412 Annals of the South African Museum. 



pectus, legs, and abdomen ochreous irrorated with fuscous. Fore- 

 wing apple-green ; the costa black at base ; an oblique sinuous 

 antemedial line arising from a black point on costa ; reniform 

 small, blackish ; the postmedial line arising from a black point on 

 costa, bent outwards from below costa to vein 4, then incurved ; the 

 terminal area blackish except the costal area extending on inner 

 side of the postmedial line to the reniform. Hindwing fuscous 

 black. Under side of forewing with the costal area irrorated with 

 rufous, its apical part ochreous ; hindwing ochreous irrorated with 

 rufous and with discoidal point and curved postmedial line. 



Hah. British Central Africa, Chinde, M'pondas (de Jersey) ; 

 Natal, Northdene ; Cape Colony, Transkei, Annshaw (Miss F. 

 Barrett). Exp. $ 20, ? 22 mill. 



(14) Metacheostis abscissa, Wlk. xv. 1764 (1858). 



Erastria fasciata, WUgrn. Wien. Bnt. Mon. iv. p. 173 (1860). 

 Hah. Natal, Durban (Gooch, Leigh) ; Cape Colony. Exp. 

 ^ 22, $ 26 mill. 



(15) Metachbostis decissima, Wlk. xxxiii. 805 (1865). 

 Erastria africana, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 108, f. 6 (1874). 



Hah. British East Africa, Eb. Urru; Natal (Burrows, Trimen), 

 Victoria District (Gooch). Exp. 24 mill. 



(16) Metachbostis semipubpubea, n. sp. 



(J . Head and thorax deep purple brown ; palpi whitish below at 

 base ; pectus and legs ochreous white thickly irrorated with fuscous ; 

 abdomen dorsally fuscous with pale segmental lines, the ventral 

 surface whitish with fuscous irroration, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore- 

 wing with the basal half deep purple brown, with traces of several 

 waved lines, its outer edge oblique from costa to lower angle of cell 

 where it is obtusely angled ; the outer half grey with a black point 

 just beyond the cell ; the postmedial line excurved from below costa 

 to vein 4, then incurved and with a similar line beyond it not so 

 bent inwards towards costa ; a slightly sinuous subterminal line ; 

 a terminal punctiform black line expanding into a diffused mark 

 below apex. Hindwing dark brown with fine pale line at base 

 of cilia. Under side with the costal area and the hindwing pale 

 ochreous thickly irrorated with brown, the latter wdth discoidal point 

 and curved postmedial line. 



$ . Head, thorax, and basal half of forewing black-brown, the 

 last with the ground colour of terminal half ochreous brown. 



