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edo-ed in $ with scattered ochreous-whitish scales, in ? with whitish-ochreous suffusion ; 

 a quadrate blotch on base of costa ; a triangular blotch on costa before middle, its apex 

 formed by first discal stigma ; plical stigma represented by a moderate spot rather 

 obliquely before this ; an 8 -shaped spot representing second discal stigma, and a spot 

 on dorsum beneath it ; a spot on costa at f , whence a curved interrupted line runs 

 to tornus, these pale-edged posteriorly only : cilia dark grey. Hindwings dark fuscous ; 

 cilia dark grey. 



Mahe, Cascade Estate, 1000 feet; Silhouette, forest above Mare aux Cochons, 

 1000 feet ; Felicite ; in September and from December to February, ten specimens. 



36. Metachanda thalcropis, n. sp. 



£$. 8 — 10 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous, face whitish-tinged. Palpi 

 dark fuscous sprinkled with whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; whitish, irrorated with dark fuscous, 

 in % more or less wholly suffused with brown-grey ; markings variably mixed with 

 ferruginous brown and black ; a spot on costa near base ; first discal and plical stigmata 

 round, plical rather obliquely beyond first discal, sometimes united into a bar ; a similar 

 spot between and above first and second discal ; second discal similar, forming with 

 a spot on costa at f and a transverse mark from dorsum before tornus a more or less 

 complete slender fascia ; a spot towards termen in middle ; two or three undefined dots 

 on costa posteriorly : cilia ochreous-whitish, sprinkled or dotted with blackish irroration. 

 Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Mahe, Cascade Estate (1000 feet) and Port Victoria; Silhouette, Mare aux Cochons 

 plateau (1000 feet) and south side of Mont Pot-a-eau (1500 feet); in August, September, 

 and from December to February, thirty-one specimens. 



37. Metachanda classica, n. sp. 



^<j>, 10 — 11 mm. Head and thorax whitish, sometimes sprinkled with grey. Palpi 

 whitish, suffusedly sprinkled or banded with blackish. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; white sprinkled with dark fuscous ; blackish spots on costa 

 near base and at f, accompanied beneath by ferruginous-ochreous marks; stigmata 

 small, blackish, accompanied by small ferruginous-ochreous spots, plical obliquely before 

 first discal, an additional dot beneath second discal, and a small spot between and 

 above first and second discal ; a spot of blackish and ochreous scales on costa at §, 

 one on dorsum before tornus, and one towards termen in middle, united by a more 

 or less defined angulated ferruginous-ochreous line : cilia ochreous-whitish, base sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous. Hindwings in t pale grey, in ? grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, in 

 % tinged with grey. 



Mahe\ Cascade Estate, 1000 feet ; Silhouette, south side of Mont Pot-a-eau, 

 1500 feet; in September, January, and February, three specimens. More brightly 

 marked than the preceding, from which it may be distinguished by different position of 

 plical stigma. 



