BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 749 



New South Wales ; one specimen. May eventually prove to be 

 a geographical form of the preceding species, but at present seems 

 distinct. 



30. Metacrias, n.g. 



Tongue obsolete. Antennae in $ moderately bipectinated 

 throughout. Palpi rather short, hairy, concealed in rough hairs of 

 head. Thorax and femora densely hairy beneath. Anterior tibiae 

 with developed spine beneath and apical hook. Wings in Q 

 rudimentary. Fore wings with vein 2 from f, 6 from point with 

 or out of 9, 7 and 8 out of 9, 10 sometimes connected with 9 at a 

 point above 7. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 almost from point, 

 6 and 7 from a point or short-stalked, 8 from ^. 



a. Forewings with a red streak from base 



beneath costa 89. Huttonii. 



b. Forewings without a red streak from base 



beneath costa 88. erichrysa. 



88. Met. erichrysa, n. sp. 

 £. 31-33 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax black ; hairs 

 beneath thorax and partly above tending to become pale grey 

 towards tips. Abdomen black, marked with yellow on sides and 

 sometimes beneath. Legs yellow-ochreous. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, costa straight, apex obtuse, hindmargin strongly 

 rounded, rather oblique; vein 10 separate; black; markings 

 orange-yellow ; a slender costal streak, much dilated on basal 

 fourth ; a slender dorsal streak ; a wedgeshaped discal spot before 

 middle ; a moderately broad streak along submedian fold from 

 near base to |- ; a curved discal series of five elongate spots about 

 | ; a subterminal series of eight dots or small spots, more or less 

 connected by fine longitudinal lines with hindmargin : cilia pale 

 ochreous-yellow, basal half blackish. Hind wings orange-yellow ; 

 a curved black transverse discal spot ; a moderate irregular-edged 

 black hindmarginal band, on upper half containing three or four 

 yellow dots, on lower half with an elongate orange-yellow marginal 

 spot sending an acute projection to inner edge of band near anal 

 angle ; cilia pale ochreous-yellow, on upper half black at base 



