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32. Metachanda glaciata, n. sp. 



?. 15 mm. Head and thorax blackish-grey. Palpi black, second joint with two 

 undefined rings and extreme apex white, terminal joint with submedian ring and apex 

 white. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded ; ochreous-white ; markings dark ashy-grey mixed with black ; a 

 moderate basal fascia ; a trapezoidal spot on costa at f ; stigmata large, plical slightly 

 beyond first discal, second discal confluent with angle of lower of two confluent triangular 

 blotches occupying tornus and termen ; a quadrate blotch on costa at §•, its angles 

 touching second discal stigma and angle of terminal blotch : cilia ashy-grey, mixed with 

 dark grey towards base. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Silhouette, Mare aux Cochons plateau, 1000 feet, in September; one specimen. 



33. Metachanda mormodes, n. sp. 



$. 12 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous, face paler. Palpi grey, 

 terminal joint darker. Forewings elongate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; dark purplish-fuscous ; base 

 blackish ; black fascia-form blotches from dorsum at ^ and beyond middle, first reaching 

 f across wing, margined above and on upper § posteriorly by a curved orange black- 

 edged streak, second reaching § across wing, with a curved orange line running round 

 its upper half, and an oblique orange mark across its lower anterior angle ; a somewhat 

 curved orange black-edged streak running from ^ of costa towards tornus but not quite 

 reaching it, attenuated beneath : cilia purplish -grey, with blackish basal line. Hindwings 

 blackish-grey ; cilia light grey, with blackish basal line. 



Mahe, near Morne Blanc, 800 feet, in October ; two specimens. 



34. Metachanda noctivaga, n. sp. 



$. 8 mm. Head and thorax shining dark grey, lower part of face suffused with 

 ochreous-whitish. Palpi rather short, ochreous-white, second and terminal joints each 

 with two suffused dark fuscous bands. Abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft mixed with 

 pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 

 rather strongly oblique ; shining dark leaden-fuscous ; markings blackish-fuscous ; a spot 

 on costa near base, edged beneath with an ochreous-whitish dot ; a narrow fascia at J, 

 on which first discal and plical stigmata appear as black spots preceded by ochreous- 

 whitish dots; a larger spot on costa at f, from which proceed a fascia to dorsum at f, 

 containing two black spots preceded by ochreous-whitish dots, upper representing second 

 discal stigma, and also a slender angulated fascia running to tornus : cilia shining dark 

 leaden-fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, darker towards base. 



Silhouette, Mare aux Cochons plateau, 1000 feet, in September; one specimen. 



35. Metachanda prodelta, n. sp. 



£?. 9—11 mm. Head and thorax rather dark bronzy-fuscous. Palpi blackish, 

 more or less sprinkled with ochreous-whitish, apex of joints ochreous-whitish. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; dark fuscous tinged with 

 purplish, sometimes more or less sprinkled with ochreous-whitish ; markings blackish, 



