212 Col. C. Swinhoe on new 
Family Lasiocampide. 
Metanastria dora, sp. n. 
&@. Dark pink-brown; antenne greyish ochreous, palpi 
and head black, thorax and fore wings uniform very dark 
glossy pink-brown; the wing crossed by two indistinct out- 
wardly curved black lines, antemedial and postmedial, a 
discal line of black spots marked with pure white, with a pale 
red shade inside the line of spots, a pure white prominent 
spot at the end of the cell on the inner side of the first trans- 
verse line. Hind wings paler, not glossed, uniform in colour, 
and without markings ; cilia of both wings concolorous with 
the wings, with a pale line at its base; abdomen chestnut- 
red ; anal tuft brown. Underside: pectus black, legs with 
black hairs, abdomen blackish brown. 
Expanse of wings 2;5 inches. 
Lawang, Java (Halliburton). One example. 
Like a very black JV. latipennis, Walker, but the colour is 
altogether different, the bands absent, and the cell-spot large 
and prominent. 
Metanastria gynandra, sp. 0. 
g. Dark pink-brown ; antenne pinkish grey, palpi, body, 
and wings dark pink-brown, palpi, head, and collar being 
very dark, nearly black. Fore wings with a pale dot at end 
of cell, followed by a pale narrow band edged on both sides 
with black and sharply elbowed outwardly above the middle ; 
two or three similarly coloured indistinct straight bands in 
the upper disk, and that portion of the wing crossed by two 
indistinct sinuous black lines, then a pale pinkish space, 
followed by another similar line marked with white spot-like 
speckles. Hind wings very slightly paler than the fore wings 
and without markings; cilia concolorous with the wings. 
Underside uniformly brown, wings crossed by two dark 
discal bands. 
Expanse of wings 2y'5 inches. 
Lawang, Java (Halliburton). One example. 
Wings very narrow. Allied to no species known to me. 
Metanastria himerta, sp. n. 
g. Fawn-colour ; palpi and plume of antenne brownish, 
abdomen above blackish brown, anal tuft ochreous. Fore 
wings with a black spot at the end of the cell and with three 
transverse, straight, complete, blackish-brown thick lines— 
