276 Mr. H. Druce on new 
from which it differs as follows :—The primaries and secon- 
daries are quite hyaline, with the streak at the end of the cell 
and the spot at the apex bright orange-red instead of pale 
yellowish brown; the head, thorax, and abdomen black 
instead of yellow, as in Zi, tr yphoniformis » the anal tuft 
large and bright orange-red ; antenne black ; palpi orange. 
Expanse # inch. 
Hab. Mexico, near Durango city (Becker). 
Me irra, Hiibn. 
Melitta Beckert, sp. n. 
Primaries greenish brown, very thickly irrorated with pale 
green scales, the fringe ereenish brown: secondaries hyaline, 
with all nes veins bright orange-red, the marginal line black, 
the fringe dark brown. The andere of the primaries pale 
yellow near the apex, which is greenish brown; the secon- 
daries the same as above. The head and thorax greenish 
brown, the same colour as the primaries; the palpi yellow; 
antenne black ; the abdomen blackish brown; the anal tuft 
yellow ; the hind legs long and very thickly clothed with 
hair, that nearest the base on the outer side be 2ing pale yellow, 
that on the tibia and tarsus black on the inner side, bright 
orange on the outer side, almost white close to the ungues. 
The Sere of the abdomen is banded with yellow. 
Iixpanse 1} inch. 
Hab. Mexico, near Durango city (Becker). 
This fine species is allied to ML satyriniformis, Hiibn., from 
which it is at once distinguished by the orange-red oie of 
the secondaries and aang paler green primaries. 
Fam. Saturniide. 
METOSAMIA, gen. nov. 
Male.—Wead rather small. Thorax broad. Abdomen 
short and thick, not extending to the middle of the inner 
margin of the secondaries. Antenne very deeply yee el ol, 
more so than in the genus Samia. Palpi very minute ; legs 
stout and rather short, thickly clothed with hairs. Pine 
with the costal margin very much arched from the middie to 
the apex, which is very pointed, the outer margin very deeply 
concave and dentated between the Henn the anal angle 
rounded ; the inner margin straight; the cell very broad and 
much shorter thanin Saméa, Secondaries: the costal margin 
very much rounded to the apex, which is quite pointed; the 
