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curved from costa to vein 2, then retracted to lower angle of cell ; 

 a dark terminal line ; cilia dark at base white at tips. Hind wing 

 rather browner ; the postmedial line exenrved between veins 5 and 

 2, then retracted to origin of vein 2 ; a dark terminal line and two 

 lines through the cilia. 

 Expanse 16 millim. 



Type in Coll. Staudinger. 



Hob. Syria, Beirut. 



Differs from M. carncalis in the forewing having the 

 postmedial line curved towards costa, and in both wings 

 retracted to median nervure. 



(25a.) Metasia sanda, u. sp. (Stgr. MS.) 



Head, thorax and abdomen white sliglitly tinged with brown. 

 Forewing yellowish-white pencilled with yellow-brown scales, the 

 base white, conjoined below the cell to the waved sub-basal band ; 

 a waved antemedial band ; a patch on costa just beyond middle with 

 an excurved line from it to median nervure ; more or less developed 

 diffused patches of black scales beyond the cell, below its extremity, 

 iind above inner margin ; a waved postmedial white line strongly 

 excurved between veins 7 and 4 ; a line from apex to termen at 

 submedian fold, expanding at apex ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia 

 white mixed with pale yellow-brown. Hind wing yellowish- white. 



Expanse 20 millim. 



Type in Coll. Staudinger. 



Hah. Syria, Lower Jordan. 



Closely allied to M. monialis, Ersch, which has the medial 

 lines of forewing different and a series of eight small black 

 spots. 



(3a.) * Titanio hesperialis, n. sp. (Plate III, fig. 5.) 



^ Head, thorax and abdomen black with some grey hair ; distal 

 part of legs and anal tuft white. Forewing clothed with black, grey, 

 and a few pale fulvous scales; a large black discoidal spot with a white 

 , band beyond it from costa to vein 2 becoming pale fulvous at costa 

 and with waved edges ; a whitish band on termen from vein 7 to 1 

 with a series of black points on it ; cilia white with black bases to- 

 wards apex, the rest bro'miish with white tips. Hindwing black, 

 greyish towards tornus and from costa at apex to a point on vein 2 ; 

 a postmedial triangular white patch from costa to submedian fold ; 

 cilia white. 



