370 Mr. W, Schaus on 



Metanastria rufescenSj sp. n. 



^ . Palpi violaceous brown, irrorated with buff above. 

 Head and collar greyish, the base o£ the scales brown. Thorax 

 and abdomen reddish brown ; some greyish-buff hairs ter- 

 minally on abdomen. Fore wings reddish brown, darkest 

 medially and on outer margin ; some ochreous shading at 

 base of inner margin ; a broad antemedial space crossed on 

 either side by ochreous-buff lines and slightly irrorated with 

 ochreous buff ; a white point in cell, followed by a long 

 fuscous shade reaching subterminal spots ; the posttnedial 

 space broad, ochreous buff, crossed by two reddish-brown 

 lines ; subterminal ochreous-buff blotches spotted with black 

 between 7 and 9 and above and below vein 2 ; the outer 

 margin sliglitly tinged with violaceous. Hind wings reddish 

 brown ; the cilia tipped with white. 



Expanse 75 mm. 



Hub. Juan Vinas, Tuis. 



Metanastria antonia, sp. n. 



(J . Palpi violaceous brown, tipped with buff. Head, 

 collar, and thorax light brown, the scales lipped with buff. 

 Abdomen brown. Fore wings brown, thickly irrorated with 

 buff ; the lines buff, outwardly edged with darker brown 

 except the medial line, which is inwardly so shaded ; basal 

 line straight at some distance from base ; antemedial straight, 

 followed in cell by a white point ; medial and postmedial 

 lines faintly curved on costa and inwardly oblique, parallel; 

 irregular subterminal darker shadings, iiardly discernible, 

 and two black spots near tornus. Hind wings violaceous 

 brown. 



Expanse 69-74 mm. 



liaO. Juan Vinas, Tuis, Cariblanco. 



Metanastria tremula, sp. n. 



Head and thorax brown, tinged with lilacine, the scales 

 tipped with buff. Abdomen reddish brown. Fore wings: 

 base to medial space brown, thickly irrorated witii buff, 

 crossed by an antemedial, finely wavy, fuscous line ; medial 

 space dark brown, narrowiiig on inner margin, edged by a 

 finely dentate buff line, and containing a white point in cell ; 

 space beyond to subterminal spots rather paler than basal 

 area and crossed by an indistinct buff line, also finely dentate, 

 curved on costa and inwardly oblique to inner margin ; an 



