374 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MU8EUM. vol. 50. 



parallel with termen followed by black points on veins; outer margin 

 yellow brown between veins 4 and 6, shaded with dark gray above 6; 

 a terminal wavy dark line. Hind wings: A faint postmedial and 

 sub terminal dark shade; terminal dark line as on fore wings. Fore 

 wings below: The disk shaded with gray brown; a dark postmedial 

 line; termmal space with brownish striae. Hind wings below whit- 

 ish buff, irrorated with brown; a fine dark hne on discocellular; a 

 fine postmedial line; a sub terminal dark shade; a dark terminal line 

 on both wings. 



Expanse. — 29 mm. 



Habitat. — Loja, Ecuador. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19856, U.S.N.M. 



Genus METALECTRA Hubner. 



Metaledra HvBNER, Verz. bek. Schmett., 1823, 342. 



Stimmia Guenee, Noct., vol. 3, 1854, p. 23. Type, S. scoria Guen^e. 



Bithiga Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 33, 1865, p. 832. Type, B. rubrisparsa 



Walker. 

 Homopyralis Grote, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1874, p. 213. Type, H. tactus 



Grote, which is a synonym of H. quadrisignata {Homoptera) Walker, Cat. Brit. 



Mus., vol. 13, 1857, p. 1073; =Homopteria contractu Walker, Can. Nat. GeoL, 



vol. 5, 1860, p. 258; =-^IIomoptera zonata Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 33, 1865, 



p. 878. 



Male. — Palpi obUquely ascending, smooth; third joint almost as 

 long as second. Antennae pubescent ciliate. Legs with tufts or 

 smooth. Wings narrow, the termen usually crenulate. Fore wings: 

 Vein 2 well beyond middle of cell; 3 near lower angle; 4 and 5 from 

 lower angle; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8 and 9, 10 from areole; 11 free. 

 Hind .wings: Veins 3 and 4 from lower angle; 5 well above angle; 

 6 and 7 from upper angle. 



Type of genus. — Metalectra praecisalis Hubner ^ = Stimnaia scoria 

 Guenee ^ = Homoptera dotata Walker^ = Homoptera Jimhripcs Walker* = 

 Homoptera paupera Walker.^ 



The genus also includes: 



Metalectra carneomacula {Stimmia) Guenee, Noct., vol. 3, 1854, 

 p. 2^= Metalectra ypsilon Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1879, 

 p. QA = Orsa multusta Kaye, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1901, p. 130, 

 pi. 5, fig. 16. 



Metalectra indecidens (Homoptera) Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 

 15, 1858, p. 1800, like M. praecisalis Hubner, but more reddish bromi. 



Metalectra punctilinea (Hmnoptera) Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 

 1862, p. 98. 



> Samml. exot. Schmett., vol. 2, p. 29, figs. 367, 308. 



» Noct., vol. 3, 1854, p. 24. 



'Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. 13, 1857, p. 1067. 



* Joum. Linn. Soc. ZooL, vol. 9, 1867, p. 185. 



* Idem, p. 185. 



