374 



arctiadj:. 



704, Metalobosia elis. 



Od»:ana e/u<, Druce. Biol. Centr.-Am., Ilet. i. p. 125, pi. 12. f. 19 (1885) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 292. 



cJ. Fuscous brown with a sHpht purplish tinge; the genital 

 tufls orange. Hind wing slightly paler hrown. 



Fig. 284. — Metaluhosia elis, J . }. 



$ , Head and thorax with a bronze-green tinge ; fore wing 

 cupreous brown, the basal half suffused with purplish, the inner 

 margin suffused with bronze-green, extending to submedian fold at 

 middle ; hind wing black-brown. 



J]aJ). Guatemala, Cerro Zunil {Champion), 1 cS tj'pe, Godman- 

 Salvin Coll. ; I^razil, Sao Paulo {Jones), 1 $ , Castro Paraiia. Exp. 

 24 millim. 



Sect. II. Fore wing of male with the inner margin evenly curved ; hind wing 

 with the tornal area much produced and without fold and fringe of 

 scales. 



A. Hind nine; crimson, the apical patch extending to vein 1 varda. 



U. Hind wing orange tinged with criurson, tlie apical patch not 



extending below vein 5 ctiprea. 



*795. Metalobosia varda. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 15.) 

 Odozana varda, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. See. iv. p. 149 (1896). 



S . Head, thorax, and fore wing black-brown suffused with 

 cuprcons and purple : abdomen crimson, the ventral surface Idack 

 to near extremity. Hind wing crimson, becoming orange towards 

 inner margin ; a terminal blackish band, very wide at costa, 

 narrowing to vein 1. 



Jlah. iJRAziL, Sao Paido, Castro Paraiia (John's), type t in Coll. 

 Schaus. Exp. 22 millim. 



796. Metalobosia cuprea. 



Odozana cuprea, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. See. iv. p. 150 (1896). 

 S . Head and thorax brown suffused with greyish fuscous ; 



abdomen crimson. 



Fig. 285. — Metalobo&ia cuprea, cf 



orange towards base, the ventral surface 

 blackish to near extremity. 

 Pore wing golden cupreous. 

 Hind wing pale crimson, with 

 apical brown ])atch extending 

 down to vein 2. 



Hah. Brazil, Siio Paulo 

 (Jones), 3 J . Eap. 24 millim. 

 Type t in Coll. Schaus. 



