468 



AECTIADJi:. 



A. Fore wing with scarlet streak below basal part of costa. 



B. Fore wing without, scarlet streak below costa. 



a. Hind wing with the terminal area crimson 



h. Hind wing with the terminal area orange 



huttoni. 



strategica. 

 crichrysa. 



2063. Metacrias huttoni. 



Fhaos hutfonii, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 487 (1879) ; Hudson, New Zealand 

 Moths & Butterflies, p. 5, pi. 4. f. 6 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 263. 



S . Black : head, thorax, and ahdomen with some grey hair ; tibiae 

 and tarsi mostlj^ orange ; abdomen witli lateral and ventral orange 



Fig. 20^.^Metacrias Imttoni, cJ . i. 



bands on terminal segments. Fore wing with slight yellowish sub- 

 basal streak below costa, with a longer scarlet streak below it ; a 

 yellowish streak in end of cell ; a streak in snbmedian fold from 

 near base to near termen, sometimes with a subterminal spot 

 separate from it ; a series of short postmedial streaks between veins^ 

 2 and 7, with the streaks above veins 2 and 5 rather longer ; a 

 subterminal series of spots ; cilia mostly yellow. Hind wing orange- 

 yellow, with diffused blackish streaks from base below the cell and 

 on vein 1 ; an oblique spot at lower angle of cell ; a broad terminal 

 band with a large spot partially joined to it near tornus, its inner 

 edge minutely waved and with more or less developed orange points 

 on medial part of termen, Underside of fore wing yellow, with large 

 discoidal spot and subterminal and terminal series of spots. 

 2 . Apterous. 



Eah. N. Zealand, Lake Wakatipu {Ilutton), 2 S type. Exj:). 

 34 millim. 



*2064. Metacrias strategica. 



Metacrias strategica, JLudson, Entom. xxii. p. 53(1889); id. New Zealand 

 Moths & Butterflies, p. 4, pi. 4. f , 4 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 263. 



cJ . Black : vertex of head, tegulse, edges of patagia, and sides of 

 abdomen yellowish. Fore wing with yellow fasciae on costa, througli 

 the cell, in snbmedian fold and on inner margin, the 2nd and 3rd 

 not quite reaching termen ; postmedial and subterminal series of 

 short streaks between veins 2 and 7 ; cilia yellowish. Hind wing 

 with the basal half orange-5'ellow, the terminal half crimson; a 

 broad subterminal black band from costa to snbmedian fold and a 

 large spot near tornus. 



