230 



xocrniDji:. 



inner side ; abiloinen wiilioiit crests. Fore wing witli tlie costa nearly 

 struiglit, the apex rounded, tlie ternien evenly curved and slightly crenulale ; 

 Veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; *J from 10 anas- 

 tiimosing with 8 to form the areole ; 1 i from ceil. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 

 from angle of cell ; .') obsoleneent from well below middle of discocellulars ; (>, 7 

 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base 'ally. 



A. Fore wing with triangular white spot on anteinedial line 



just below the cell e.veelsa. 



B. Fore wing without white spot on anfemedial line Jia:seni. 



*4604, Metopoplus excelsa. 



Clidia excelsa, Christ. Rom. Mtl-m. ii. p. lid.'), pi. l",. f. 4 (1885) ; Stand. Cat. 

 Lep. pal. p. 222. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow. Fore wing yellow mixed 

 with some browji and white; subbasal line dark brown defined by 

 reddish brown on outer side, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line 

 dark brown, slightly sinuous, interrupted just below the cell by a small 

 triangular pure white spot defined by dark brown ; orbicular and 

 roniform absent ; a diff"used reddish-brown medial shade ; postmedial 

 line dark broAvn, excurved below costa and at middle, then slightly 

 sinuous ; a diffused red-brown band beyond it expanding to near 

 termen between veins 7 and 6 and to termcn between veins 5 and 4 ; 

 cilia chequered pale yellow and reddish brown. ]Iind wing ])alc 

 yellow. 



JJab. Armenia; Peksia, Schahkuh. Kv2). 42 milliiu. This 

 species is unknown to me. 



4605. Metopoplus fixseni. 



Mefopoplua furseni, Christ. Iris, vi. p. 92(1898); Alpli. Rom. Mem. ix. 

 p. 221, pl. b. f. 6; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal, p. 2-_'2. 



S . Head and thorax yellowish white tinged with ochreous ; fore 

 femora brown above: tarsi banded with brown ; abdomen vcUowish 



1 7 4/ 



Fig. 91. — Metopoplus fixseni, J. \. 



white dorsally sufTused with brown. Fore wing pale yellow, the 

 ante- and postmedial areas suffused with brownish ochreous ; ante- \ 

 medial line rufous, double, the inner line indistinct, curved ; a 

 medial brownish ochreous shade; postmedial line rufous, double, : 

 the outer line indistinct, slightly excurved below costa and at ' 

 median nervules, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 and bent ' 



