76B £JST AFRICAN LEPWOPTERA— HOLLAND. 



outer margin broadly convex, evenly scallo])ed between the extremities 

 of the uervules; the inner margin straight from tlie outer angle to near 

 the base, where it is sharply curved inwardly and upwardly; the cell 

 short and narrow, its upper margin somewhat widely removed from the 

 costa; veins 3 and 4 spring from the lower outer angle of the cell ; veins 

 5, 0, and 7 spring from the upper outer angle of the cell; veins 7 and 8 

 spring from a common stalk arising before the upper outer angle of the 

 cell; vein 12 is slightly curved beyond the base and anastomoses at its 

 extremity on the costa with vein 11 and with vein 12«, which springs 

 from the base and extends along the extreme outer baso-costal margin 

 for about one-fourth of its distance from the base. In the secondaries 

 the cell is open; vein 2 has its origin approximately equidistant between 

 the base and vein 3; veins :'>, 1, and 5 spring from a common point repre- 

 senting the lower outer angle of the cell; veins and 7 si)iing from a 

 common point representing the upper outer angle of the cell; vein S is 

 stoutly curved at its inner extremity and anastomoses before its basal 

 origin with the upper discocellular. 

 Type.—M. chankyi, Male, Holland. 



METAJANA CHANLERI, new species. 



Palpi, front, and collar dark reddish brown. Teguhe and thorax 

 gray, sprinkled with dark-brown scales. Upper side of abdomen ])ale 

 reddish brown, becoming darker toward the anal extremity. The legs 

 and the lower side of the abdomen and thorax are dark reddish brown. 

 The antenna' are black. The primaries are grayish white, profusely 

 sprinkled with dark-brown scales. An obscure dark-brown clouded 

 line runs from the base outwardly through the cell and is slightly 

 interrupt d Just beyond th^ extremity of the cell. This longitudinal 

 band fuses with the obscure transverse band which runs from near the 

 apex to the middle of the inner margin, its outer margin being exceed- 

 ingly irregularly indented. Between the indentations are some obscure 

 whitish sagittate markings, with their i)oints toward the base. The 

 secondaries are pale reddish on the innei' margin, of the same color as 

 the base of the abdomen. The costal a:.d outer ma gins are of the 

 same color as the primaries, obscurely and profusely mottled with dark 

 brown and crossed by obscure curved submarginal and discal bands, 

 and by a narrow median curved band, which is sharply defined on the 

 costa, where it is black, and vaguely defined on the reddish inner area 

 of the wing. On the under side both wings are pale reddish brown, 

 prolusely mottled, especially on the costal and outer areas, by small 

 dark brown scales, most numerous on the costa of the secondaries. 

 Exi)anse, 100 mm. 



Typc.—^^o. 01, U.S.X.M., male. 



Mr. Linell reports, in his note accompanying the sending of the 

 specimens to me, two other specimens of this species reserved in the 

 collection. 



