1899.] OJ? THE SCBFA.MILV PYK.lUSTlX.E. 239 



(26)tMETASIA HOLOXANTHIA, D. Sp. 



2 . Bright orange-yellow ; palpi and froiis fuscous, the former 

 white below, l^ore wing with the costa rufous ; dark points near 

 base and in middle of cell, and a larger discoidal spot. Hind wing 

 ■with discoidal dark point ; both wings with postmedial series of 

 dark points excurved between veins 5 and 4 ; a terminal series 

 of dark poiuts on rufous marks ; cilia fuscous. 



Hah. Estcourt, Natal {Hutchinson). Exjj. 22 mm. 



Auctoram. 



Metasia octogenalis Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. 1863, p. 421, pi. 15. 



f. 10. W. Asia. 



„ ochrifascialis Christ. Hor. Eoss. xvii. p. 121. Turkestan. 



,, ossealis Stgr. Hor. Boss. sv. p. 182. W. Asia. 



„ mendicalis Stgr. Hor. Eoss. xv. p. 183. W. Asia. 



Stenia viperalis Guen. Eeunion, p. 62. Mauritius. 



„ adelalis Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 245. S. Erance. 



Metasia olbienalis Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 251. S. France. 



„ cnencalis Eag. Ann. ISoc. Ent. Er. 1894, p. 171. Spain. 



. „ argalis Eern. Insect Life, vi. p. 2bin. California. 



„ quadnstriijalis Eern. Insect Life, vi. p. 257. California. 



„ rosealis Eag. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1895, p. xcviii. Syria. 



„ deltoidalis Suell. Tijd. v. Ent, xviii. p. 243, pi. xiii. f. 16. 



Bogota. 

 „ lilliputalis Snell. Tijd. v. Eut. xxiii. p. 229, and xxvii. 

 pi. iii. f. 8. Celebes. 



„ acharis Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 518. 



New Guinea. 

 „ t)i?«steKs Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1894, p. 169. Persia. 

 „ vircjiaalis Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1894, p. 170. Persia. 

 „ ibericalis Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1894, p. 170. Spain. 



Genus 146. Pionka. 



Hapalia Hiibn. Verz. p. 355 (1827), non descr. 

 Oebia Hiibn. Verz. p. 362 (1827), non descr. 

 Pionea Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 367 (1854). 

 Udea Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 398. 

 Stantira Wlk. Cat. xxvii. p. 76 (1863). 

 JSfomis Motsch. Et. I860, p. 38. 

 Cindaphia Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. 1863, p. 438. 

 Osiriaca Wlk. xxxiv. 1493 (1865). 

 Perispasta Zell. Verb. z.-b. Ver. Wien, 1875, p. 331. 

 Pseudebulea Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 587. 

 Melanomecyna Butl. E. M. M. xix. p. 179 (1883). 

 Microstega Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 450. 

 Jdioblasta Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) viii. p. &2 (1891). 

 Aglaops Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) ix. p. 298 (1892). 

 iSericoplaga Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) ix. p. 296. 

 Prodasyciemis AVarr. A. M. N. H. (6) ix. p. 301. 



