THE MOTHS OF INDIA. ill 



2067. a. Metachrostis paurograpta, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 4U3. 

 $. Head and thorax grey-brown irrorated with black ; tegulse with blackish 

 line arid edged with black behind ; tibia; and tarsi blackish above wilh pale ring?; 

 abdomen brown. Forewing brown suffused with greenish grey ; iregularly 

 waved subbasal, antemedial, medial and postmedial black lines arising from 

 costal spots, the last three strongly excurved below cell ; some obscure blackish 

 subterminal spots, the spot in discal fold most distinct ; a terminal series- of 

 points. Hindwing dark-brown with blackish terminal line. 



Habitat. — Ceylon, Clodagh ; Australia, Eockhampton. Exp. 20 mill. 

 2072. a. Metachrostis lamia, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7), VIII, p. 129 (1901). 

 ft. Head, thorax and abdomen brown tinged with grey ; legs with grey 

 bands. Forewing grey- brown, an indistinct waved brown subbasal line from 

 costa to submedian fold with a diffused brown shade between it and the 

 waved antemedial line ; medial shade diffused, below the cell extending to 

 postmedial line ; a black discoidal bar defined by grey on outer side ; postmedial 

 line defined by grey on outer side, minutely waved, bent outwards at vein 

 6, angled inwards in discal fold and incurved below vein 4, a blackish patch 

 beyond it between veins 6 and 4 ; subterminal line indistinct, grey, slightly 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with a slight brown shade 

 before it at costa and with b'ack streaks beyond it, above and below vein 5 ; a 

 terminal series of small black and grey lunules ; the costa with short grey 

 streaks between the lines. Hindwing fuscous brown ; cilia greyish at tips ; the 

 underside irrorated with grey, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. 

 Habitat.— Burma, Beeling. Exp. 20 mill. 

 2076. a. Metachrostis illosis. n. sp. 



ft. Head and thorax reddish mixed with black; pectus and legs ochreous 

 brown, the tibiae and tarsi banded with black ; abdomen ochreous brown 

 suffused with black. Forewing greyish mostly suffused with fuscous brown, 

 leaving the terminal area and the postmedial area below vein 5 paler, the 

 medial area except towards costa reddish brown ; a pinkish subbasal line from 

 costa to submedian fold with two slight black streaks on an ill-defined pale 

 patch beyond its lower extremity ; an obliquely curved, slightly waved, 

 whitish antemedial line, pinkish at costa ; a narrow oblique reniform stigma 

 with whitish annulus, some black suffusion before it in and below cell ; post- 

 medial line dark, defined on outer side by pinkish on costal area and purplish 

 below vein 6, oblique towards costa, excurved at vein 6 and middle, then incurv- 

 ed and slightly waved, some black beyond it between veins 7 and 5, on which 

 it is produced to streaks, some pinkish points on costn ; subterminal line 

 indistinct, pale, excurved at vein 7 and middle and with two slight black streals 

 before it below costa ; a terminal series of small dark lunules with prominent 

 black point at submedian fold ; cilia black at apex. Hindwing fuscous 

 brown ; the underside whitish, irrorated, and the costal area suffused with 

 fuscous, a small discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line and diffused 

 subterminal line. 



