224 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



thorax and abdomen above pale fuscous ; body beneath and 

 legs pale fuscous ; the tarsi ochraceous. 



Anterior wings dark fuscous, with a broad transverse 

 ochreous-white fascia near base, a similarly coloured costal 

 spot beyond end of cell, and the outer area suffused with the 

 same tint, especially at apex and outer angle ; a small fuscous 

 mark is in the costal pale spot, and there are a series of small 

 dark spots on extreme outer margin. Posterior wings plum- 

 beous, the fringe ochraceous. Wings plumbeous, the pale 

 markings to anterior wings scarcely visible beneath. 



Exp. wings 18 millim. 



Hab. Transvaal, Pretoria (Distant). 



Metachrostis vuUuosa, sp. n. 



Body above chocolate-brown, margins of the abdominal 

 segments paler ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; 

 abdomen brownish ochraceous. 



Anterior wings chocolate-brown, costal margin spotted with 

 golden yellow, which is most prominent at apex, and is there 

 the commencement of two very obscure submarginal yellowish 

 waved fasciae ; reniform spot large and margined with dull 

 ochraceous ; beyond this spot the wing is crossed by a strongly 

 waved and bent transverse fascia; near base are some other 

 transverse linear fasciae (scarcely discernible in some speci- 

 mens) and an oblique series of obscure yellow spots extending 

 from costa across cell. Posterior wings paler and brighter 

 chocolate-brown, with a marginal series of small golden- 

 yellow spots, of which the largest are at anal angle and apex. 

 Anterior wings beneath chocolate-brown, the cellular area, a 

 short transverse bar beyond it (in some specimens continued 

 as a fascia to inner margin), a submarginal series of spots, 

 and about basal half of inner marginal area golden yellow. 

 Posterior wings beneath golden yellow, crossed by a discal 

 and a submarginal fascia, chocolate-brown ; the posterior 

 margin of the same colour and connected with the submar- 

 ginal fascia, so as to enclose a series of small yellow spots. 



Exp. wings 25 millim. 



Hab. Transvaal, Pretoria [Distant), Barberton {Dr. P. 

 Rendall). 



Specimens from Estcourt, Natal, are in the British Museum, 



Metachrostis accincta, sp. n. 



Body and legs pale brownish ochraceous. 

 Anterior wings pale brownish ochraceous ; crossing the 

 wing and almost enclosing the reniform spot is a broad 



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