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Gen. Metaraphia. 



Type. 

 Metaraphia Hmpsn., Rcrm. Mem. viii. p. 49-1 (1901) ....... postluteella 



Proboscis slight ; palpi of female short, porrect, typically not extending 

 as far as the frontal tuft which is large and truncate ; antennae short, the 

 basal joint long and curved. Forewing long and narrow, the costa slightly 

 arched, the apex typically acute, the termen evenly curved ; the cell long ; 

 vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from well before angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; the 

 discocellulars angled ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8 and 10 stalked, 7 from beyond 

 10, 9 absent ; 11 from ceU ; a small glandular swelling at base of costa on under- 

 side. Hindwing with the apex typically produced and acute ; vein 2 from 

 near angle of cell ; 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent ; the discocellulars strongly angled ; 

 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Sect. I. Both wings with the apex produced and acute ; forewing with vein 

 2 from middle of cell ; palpi not extending as far as the frontal tuft. 



(1) Metaraphia postluteella. 



t Metaraphia postluteella Hmpsn., Rom. Mem. viii. p. 495. pi. 55. £. 2 (1901). 

 Borneo, Baram. 



Sect. II. Both wings with the apex rounded ; forewing with vein 3 from 

 near angle of cell ; palpi extending about the length of head. 



(2) t Metaraphia calamistis n. sp. 



$. Head, thorax and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous, especially on 

 dorsum of abdomen. Forewing ochreous irrorated with black-brown especially 

 along median nervure ; a diffused antemedial blackish mark on vein 1 and ter- 

 minal series of points. Hindwing ochreous, the termen brownish. Underside 

 with the forewing and costal area of hindwing irrorated with brown. 



W. Colombia, San Antonio (Palmer), 1 ? type. Exf. 28 miU. 



Gbn. Ethopia. 



Type. 

 Ethopia Wlk., xxxi. 233 (1863) roseilinea 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi of male short, upturned, thickly scaled, of 

 female obliquely upturned, the second joint reaching to about middle of frons, 

 the third long, smoothly scaled ; maxillary palpi shght ; frons with tuft of hair ; 

 antennae short, almost simple ; male with large protrusible genital tuft. Fore- 

 wing narrow, the costa highly arched throughout in female, towards apex only 

 in male, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved, the inner margin some- 

 what excised towards tornus ; male with vein 3 from just before angle of cell ; 

 4 from angle with a recurrent vein running back from it to middle of subcostal 

 nervure ; vein 5 from middle of cell from the almost obsolete discocellulars 

 which are strongly angled inwards above it ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 

 7 from before 9 ; 10, 1 1 from cell ; the cell on underside clothed with silky 

 downturned hair ; female with veins 4, 5 from angle of cell and the discocellulars 

 strongly angled inwards. Hindwing with veins 3 and 5 from angle of cell, 

 4 absent ; the discocellulars angled inwards to near base ; 6, 7 strongly stalked 

 and anastomosing with 8 ; the male with fringe of long downturned hair on 

 upperside from beyond upper angle of cell. 



