PAIS. METAGAEISTA. 



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coxe in front, the tibiop, and rings on tarsi ochreous ; abdomen 

 orange, -with black bands and dorsal spots, the ventral surface black 

 with i)ale bands. Fore wing ochreous, often more or less irrorated 

 with black ; the costa and inner margin black ; two oblique black 

 subbasal lines, the outer ending in a black-edged deep red spot 

 below the cell ; an antemedial black line incurved in cell, strongly 

 excurved below it ; a black-edged deep red hgure-of-eight-shaped 

 medial spot in and below cell, each division olten with ochreous 

 spot on it ; a black-edged elliptical discoidal spot with red centre, 

 with small ochreous spots above and below it, and ^\•ith a red streak 

 from its lower extremity to the subterminal band ; the postmedial 



Fig. 256. — Pai^ decora, (5 , 



black line dentate inwards to the discoidal spot at vein 5, below 

 vein 3 retracted to lower edge of discoidal spot, then obliquely 

 waved to inner margin ; a sinuous red subterminal band, dentate 

 inwards at vein 5, and connected with the black terminal line by 

 streaks on the veins ; cilia ochreous, intersected with black. Hind 

 wing deep cupreous red, often with pale patch in cell, and two spots 

 or a lunulate patch beyond it, and sometimes some yellow spots on 

 termen ; cilia black at base, whitish at tips. 



Hah. Orange River Coloxy, Vaal 11. (Parijs), 1 cJ ; Natal, 

 Estcourt {Hutchinson), 1 cJj 2$ ; C. Colony, Algoa Bay {Burroivs), 

 2 c? , 2 $ , Eerst R. (Trimen), 6 c? , 2 § . Exp. 44-52 millim. 



Moldcpnlcii was probably described from a dirty, greasy, or melan- 

 istic specimen. 



Genus METAGARISTA. 



Type. 



Metagarista, Wlk. i. p. 60 (1854) triplmnoidcs. 



Proboseis full}' developed ; palpi oblique!}- upturned, flie "iiid joint fi-inii;ed 

 with long hair in front, t be 3rcl short and hairy; tVous with truneate eonicul 

 prominence with raised rim at extremity; antenna; nearly simple and distinctly 

 dilated at extremity; tibia' fringed with hair; hind tarsi with the first two 

 joints fringed with long iiair ; abdomen witli dorsal crests on basal segments; 

 the male witii lateral protrusible tufts at base. Fore wing with vein .3 from 

 close to angle of ceil ; 5 from well above angle; 6 from upper angle; 'J from 

 10 anastomosing with (S to ibrm the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing witli 

 veins '6, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discoeellulars; (i, 7 

 from upper angle. 



A. Abdomen orange with black bands iiuevas. 



B. Abdomen black with wliitc bands triphmioidtt'^ 



