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  Mr. 
  W. 
  Schaus 
  on 
  

  

  Metanastria 
  rufescens, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Palpi 
  violaceous 
  brown, 
  irrorated 
  with 
  buff 
  above. 
  

   Head 
  and 
  collar 
  greyish, 
  the 
  base 
  o£ 
  the 
  scales 
  brown. 
  Thorax 
  

   and 
  abdomen 
  reddish 
  brown 
  ; 
  some 
  greyish-buff 
  hairs 
  ter- 
  

   minally 
  on 
  abdomen. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  darkest 
  

   medially 
  and 
  on 
  outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  some 
  ochreous 
  shading 
  at 
  

   base 
  of 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  antemedial 
  space 
  crossed 
  on 
  

   either 
  side 
  by 
  ochreous-buff 
  lines 
  and 
  slightly 
  irrorated 
  with 
  

   ochreous 
  buff 
  ; 
  a 
  white 
  point 
  in 
  cell, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  long 
  

   fuscous 
  shade 
  reaching 
  subterminal 
  spots 
  ; 
  the 
  postmedial 
  

   space 
  broad, 
  ochreous 
  buff, 
  crossed 
  by 
  two 
  reddish-brown 
  

   lines 
  ; 
  subterminal 
  ochreous-buff 
  blotches 
  spotted 
  with 
  black 
  

   between 
  7 
  and 
  9 
  and 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  vein 
  2 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  

   margin 
  slightly 
  tinged 
  with 
  violaceous. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  reddish 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  the 
  cilia 
  tipped 
  with 
  white. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  75 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Juan 
  Vinas, 
  Tuis. 
  

  

  Metanastria 
  antonia, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  £ 
  . 
  Palpi 
  violaceous 
  brown, 
  tipped 
  with 
  buff. 
  Head, 
  

   collar, 
  and 
  thorax 
  light 
  brown, 
  the 
  scales 
  tipped 
  with 
  buff. 
  

   Abdomen 
  brown. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  brown, 
  thickly 
  irrorated 
  with 
  

   buff 
  ; 
  the 
  lines 
  buff, 
  outwardly 
  edged 
  with 
  darker 
  brown 
  

   except 
  the 
  medial 
  line, 
  which 
  is 
  inwardly 
  so 
  shaded 
  ; 
  basal 
  

   line 
  straight 
  at 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  base; 
  antemedial 
  straight, 
  

   followed 
  in 
  cell 
  by 
  a 
  white 
  point 
  ; 
  medial 
  and 
  postmedial 
  

   lines 
  faintly 
  curved 
  on 
  costa 
  and 
  inwardly 
  oblique, 
  parallel 
  ; 
  

   irregular 
  subterminal 
  darker 
  shadings, 
  hardly 
  discernible, 
  

   and 
  two 
  black 
  spots 
  near 
  tornus. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  violaceous 
  

   brown. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  69-74 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Juan 
  Vinas, 
  Tuis, 
  Cariblanco. 
  

  

  Metanastria 
  tremula, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  brown, 
  tinged 
  with 
  lilacine, 
  the 
  scales 
  

   tipped 
  with 
  buff. 
  Abdomen 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  Fore 
  wings: 
  

   base 
  to 
  medial 
  space 
  brown, 
  thickly 
  irrorated 
  with 
  buff, 
  

   crossed 
  by 
  an 
  antemedial, 
  finely 
  wavy, 
  fuscous 
  line 
  ; 
  medial 
  

   space 
  dark 
  brown, 
  narrowing 
  on 
  inner 
  margin, 
  edged 
  by 
  a 
  

   finely 
  dentate 
  buff 
  line, 
  and 
  containing 
  a 
  white 
  point 
  in 
  cell; 
  

   space 
  beyond 
  to 
  subterminal 
  spots 
  rather 
  paler 
  than 
  basal 
  

   area 
  and 
  crossed 
  by 
  an 
  indistinct 
  buff 
  line, 
  also 
  finely 
  dentate, 
  

   curved 
  on 
  costa 
  and 
  inwardly 
  oblique 
  to 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  an 
  

  

  