MICEAGYRTA. — MEXALOBA. 



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625. Micragyrta diminuta. 



Dioptis diminuta, Wlk. ii. p. 328 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 121. 

 Agyrta gavisa, Wlk. xxxi. 147 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Ket. p. 121. 



5 . Black shot with dark blue ; head, thorax, abdomen, and base 



of wings shot with brilliant 



metallic blue ; frons white. 



Fore wing with hyaline 



streaks in and below cell ; 



an oblique series of streaks 



beyond the cell between 



^. ,„, ,/-. ,. . ^ veins 3 and 7. Hind \^ng 



^^g.\%\.-M^cragyHa diminuta, <i. \. ^-^j^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^.^^^ below 



the cell and between veins 2 and 4, and a streak above vein 4. 



Hah. Bkazil, Ega, 1 § , type rjavim ; Para, 1 $ type (Bates). 

 Exp. 30-34 millim. 



Genus METALOBA, nov. 



Type, M. nana. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, extending about the length 

 of head, the 3rd joint short ; antenna bipectinate, with rather long branches ; 

 tibise with the spurs short. Fore wing long and narrow ; vein 2 from long 

 before angle of cell ; 3 from close to angle ; 4, 5 somewhat approximated for a 

 short distance ; 6 from upper angle, in male stalked with 7, 8, y ; 10, 11 shortly 

 stalked. Hind wing with the cell short ; veins 2 and 4 from angle ; 3 and 5 

 absent in male; 3 from 2 near mai'gin in female ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 present as 

 an aborted vein in male, not reaching costa ; male with the wing lanceolate and 

 running out to a point at vein 4 ; a fold between veins 2 and 4 ; the tornus lobed, 

 the inner area with a fold containing a thick fringe of hair. 



A. Abdomen with golden fasciae '. nana. 



B. Abdomen with green fascia argante. 



*626. Metaloba nana. 



Calanotos na7ia, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xx. p. 300 (1897). 



c? . Black ; palpi at base, frons, and tegulse with white points ; 

 pectus and coxae with patches of white; abdomen with dorsal and 



Fig. 1^2.— Metaloba nana, ^ . 



lateral golden fasciae, the 1st segment with lateral white spots and 

 a ventral series. Fore wing with white points at base and short 

 golden green fascia below median nervure ; an elongate hyaline 

 spot below middle of cell ; a series of three spots beyond the cell 



