TROLASIA. METASTATIA. 371 



with large hyaline patch below the cell ; the costal and terminal 

 areas broadly black. Underside with some white on retinaculum ; 

 hind wing with white fascia in cell. 



Hah. TiuNiDAD. Exp. 30 millim. Type in CoD. Schaus. 



Genus SESIURA, nov. 



Type, 8. smaragdina. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturnecl, reaching just above vertex of head ; 

 antennre bipectinate, with moderate branches dilated at extremity ; tibiis with 

 the spurs short ; abdomen soirewhat constricted at 5th and 6th segments, then 

 expanding again, the terminal segments with lateral tufts and the anal segment 

 with thick fringe of hair all round. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle 

 of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. 

 Hind wing with the cell about two-thirds of wing ; vein 2 from well before 

 angle ; 3 from angle ; 4 absent ; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



822. Sesiura smaragdina. 



Etmomia sinaragdina, Wlk. xxxi. 92 (1864) ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 152. 

 Mthria saturatissima, Wlk. xxxi 93. 



J . Head and thorax black shot with blue ; palpi white in front ; 



a line behind eyes and spots on tegulge and patagia white ; coxae 



and spots on end of mid and hind tibia; white ; abdomen almost 



completely shot with brilliant 

 metallic blue; a dorsal white 

 point at base ; the fringe on 

 anal segment crimson ; paired 

 series of ventral white spots 

 except on last two segments ; 

 wings hyaline, the veins, and 

 margins rather broadly, black. 



Fig. 182. — Sesiura smaragdina, cJ. \. Fore wing with white point at 



base ; a black discooellular 



bar : the terminal band expanding towards apex. Hind wing with 



the terminal band expanding and dentate towards tornus. 



Ab. 1. Abdomen with the anal tufts orange. — Cayenne, Coll. 



Standi nger. 



Hah. Cayenne ; Amazons, Ega (Bates), 1 J , type of both 



Walker's descriptions. EcV2). 32 millim. 



Genus METASTATIA. 



Type. 



Metastatia, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 115 (1876) pyrrhorhcpa. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching above vertex of head ; 

 antennas bipectinate, with moderate branches dilated at extremity ; tibiae with 

 the spurs short ; hind tibia3 dilated ; abdomen with the 2nd segment somewhat 

 constricted, the anal segment with lateral tufts. Fore wing with vein 3 from 

 before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; (5 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, lU, 1 1 stalked. 

 Hind wing with the cell about two-thirds of wing ; vein 2 from long before 

 angle; 4 absent; 5 from above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



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