Heterocera from Central America. Ag fi 
outer margin deeply concave to the middle, then almost 
straight to the anal angle, dentated slightly between the 
veins; the inner margin slightly curved from the abdomen, 
the anal angle rounded. 
Type Metosamia Godmani. 
Saturnia montezuma, Sallé, will also come into this genus. 
Both species will be figured in the ‘ Biologia.’ 
Metosamia Godmani, sp. n. 
Male.—Primaries and secondaries uniform bright orange- 
brown ; primaries with nearly two thirds of the costal margin 
broadly edged with greyish brown, thickly irrorated with 
white scales ; a large white spot at the base of the wing close 
to the thorax ; a large V white mark at the base of the cell 
and a large hyaline oval spot at the end of the cell bordered 
with pale yellow and edged with a very fine black line; a 
pinkish-white line partly crosses the wing near the base; a 
rather wide black submarginal line edged with pinkish-white 
scales extends from the costal margin close to the apex to the 
inner margin just above the anal angle: secondaries crossed 
below the middle from the costal margin to the anal angle 
by a black line corresponding to the one on the primaries, 
but only edged with pinkish-white scales from the end of the 
cell to the anal angle; a small hyaline spot at the end of the 
cell broadly bordered with pale yellow, edged with a rather 
wide black line, the black line on the upperside being divided 
into two by a narrow line of bluish-white scales. Under- 
side: both wings reddish brown, thickly irrorated round the 
outer margins and at the base of the secondaries with black 
and pinkish-white scales. ‘The head, front of the thorax, and 
base of the tegule greyish brown, thickly irrorated with 
white hairs; the thorax, abdomen, tegule, and legs bright 
orange-brown ; the antennex pale yellowish brown. 
Expanse 7 inches. 
Hab, Mexico, Oaxaca (I. D, Godman). 
This very grand insect was obtained by Mr. Godman 
during his last visit to Mexico. I at first thought it might 
possibly be the species described by Sallé as Saturnia monte- 
zuma; but having recently received a caretul drawing of that 
species made from the type, and since then a very fine speci- 
men of that species, it at once proved that the imsect I have 
very much pleasure in naming after Mr. Godman is exceed- 
ingly distinct. 
