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Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall) ; Cape Colony, Annshaw 

 (Miss F. Barrett). Sxp. 24 mill. Type in B.M. 



(17) Metachbostis consanguis, n. sp. 



? . Head and thorax black shghtly mixed with ochreous scales ; 

 pectus and legs ochreous irrorated with black ; abdomen ochreous 

 dorsally suffused with fuscous and ventrally irrorated with fuscous. 

 Forewing with the basal area to near middle black edged by a 

 whitish line which is angled outwards on median nervure well 

 before end of cell and inwards in submedian fold and with a waved 

 antemedial line on it ; a small black discoidal lunule ; the terminal 

 half pinkish to the very indistinct postmedial line which is bent out- 

 wards from below costa to vein 4, then ferruginous brown to the 

 indistinct dentate subterminal line, the termen pinkish with fuscous 

 patches above middle and tornus ; a crenulate black terminal line. 

 Hindwing fuscous brown ; the cilia mixed with ochreous. Under 

 side with the costal area of forewing and the hindwing ochreous 

 thickly irrorated with brown, the latter with discoidal point and 

 curved postmedial line. 



Hab. N'Gamiland (Lugard). Ex2). 24 mill. Type in B.M. 



(18) Metachbostis bipaetita, n. sp. 



$ . Head and thorax pale olive-brown, in one specimen tinged 

 with pink ; pectus, legs, and abdomen pale, strongly irrorated with 

 dark brown. Forewing with the basal half pale olive, in one speci- 

 men tinged with pink with two antemedial black points on costa 

 giving rise to two very indistinct waved lines and bounded by a line 

 which is angled outwards to lower angle of cell, then incurved and 

 with a blackish shade on its inner side; the terminal half dark 

 brown, strongly irrorated and suffused with silvery grey; a black 

 discoidal point ; an indistinct waved subterminal line expanding into 

 a small triangular spot on costa. Hindwing fuscous brown with 

 fine pale line at base of ciha. Under side with the costal area of 

 forewing and the hindwing pale ochreous thickly irrorated with 

 brown, the latter with dark discoidal point and curved postmedial 

 line. 



Hab. British East Africa, Neugia (Crawshay) ; Mashonaland, 

 Salisbury (Marshall) ; Cape Colony, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett). 

 ExjJ. 26 mill. Type in B.M. 



(19) Metachbostis punctigeba, Wlk. xxii. 685 (1865). Hmpsn. 



111. Het. B.M. viii. pi. 143, f. 6. 



