444 OS LF,PIDOPl-EBA FIIOM BRITISU EAST AFRICA. [May 17, 



Metaculasta, gen. nov. 



Primaries elongate, subtriangular ; vein 2 remote from 3 ; 3, 4, 

 and 5 separate but emitted near together ; 6 from upper angle of 

 cell, 7 from centi'e of postdiscoidal areole, 8 and 9 stalked, out of 

 10, which forms front of' areole; 11 emitted well before end of 

 cell : secondaries with costa slightly angular at centre ; veins 2 

 to 6 as in primaries, 7 and S anastomosed to near end of cell : 

 thorax broad, flattened above ; head rather wide ; antennae smooth, 

 palpi directed obliquely upwards ; hind tibise with two pairs of 

 spurs, inner spurs very long. Type M. dives. 



235. Metaculasta dives, sp. n. 



$ . Primaries above golden testaceous, longitudinally indistinctly 

 streaked with greyish and flecked with blackish near the borders ; 

 a black dot at upper angle of cell ; a very oblique shining silver 

 streak towards the base, just entering the discoidal cell and not 

 extending below vein 1 ; a second slightl3'-waved arched oblique 

 streak commencing at about the basal third of inner margin (where 

 it is indistinct) and extending to apex ; a pale diffused flesh-tinted 

 band runs above the latter, almost filling the interval between the 

 two silver streaks on the lower half of the wing ; fringe with a 

 pale basal line : secondaries pearl-white, slightly huffish at costal 

 and outer margins : thorax ash-greyish ; abdomen whity brown, 

 nearly white. Primaries below whity brown, showing traces of the 

 upper surface markings through the wing : body below white ; 

 tarsi slightly brownish underneath. Expanse of wings 33 millim. 



Yoi, iltli July, 1897. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate XXXII. 



Fig. 1. Pyrgus hettoni, p. 415. 



2. Baoris auritinctas, p. 416. 



3. Aloa bivittata, p. 417. 



4. Lacydes gracilis, ■p. ^iVl. 



5. Betionia ferruginea, p. 418. 



6. Lacipa impuncta, p. 427. 



7. Lojjera monosticta, p. 428. 



8. Aclonophlebia jiavinotata, p. 428. 



9. Nipkadokpis auricinda, p. 437. 



10. Paryphanta bisccta, p. 437. 



11. Lemhopteris puella, p. 438. 



12. Stauropus dasychiroides, p. 433. 



13. Hameoins rudicornis, p. 435. 



Plate XXXIIL 



Fig. 1. Goodia hollandi, p. 430. 



2. Trotonotus bettoni, p. 431. 



3. Arniocera chrysosticta, p. 439. 



4. „ ericata, p. 440. 



5. „ cyaiioxaniha, var., p. 440. 



6. „ imperialis, p. 440. 



7. „ sternecki. var.. p. 441. 

 8, 9. Zitlia varicms, p. 441. 



10. GlyphodffS ste^iocraspis, p. 442. 



