1898.] OF THE StrBFAMILT PTHAtTSTIKJE. 757 



Gemis 84. Meteea. 



Metrea Grote, Papilio, ii. p. 73 (1882). 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint slightly scaled in front, the 3rd 

 porreet ; maxillary palpi filiform ; frons rounded ; tibiae with the 

 outer spurs half the length of inner. Fore wing with vein 3 from 

 near angle of cell ; 4, b from angle ; 7 well separated from 8, 9, to 

 which 10 is approximated. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from 

 angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Fig. 84. 





Metrea ostreonalis, (J. }. 



Sect. I. Antennae of male thickened and minutely serrate to 

 one-third from base, where they are slightly contorted. 



(1) Meteea NEBtTLALis, "Wlk. xxxiv. 1353. 



Sula ; Mysol ; N. Guinea. 



Sect. II. Antennae of male ciliated. 



(2)tMETEEA AEiPANAiis, n. sp. (Plate L. fig. 18.) 



"White ; palpi with the extremity of 2nd joint black ; tegulae, 

 patagia, and thorax spotted with black ; mid tibiae black at base 

 and extremity ; abdomen with subdorsal black spots on 2nd seg- 

 ment and dorsal band on subterminal segment ; wings clouded 

 ^lith pale brown in places. Pore wing with black spot at base of 

 costa ; a subbasal series of three spots ; the antemedial line repre- 

 sented by spots on costa and inner margin, obsolescent and angled 

 at middle ; a speck towards end of cell and large discoidal spot ; 

 the postmedial line with spots on costa and inner margin, sinuous, 

 oblique from costa to vein 2, then acutely angled and retracted to 

 below end of ceU ; a dentate subterminal line developing into a 

 spot at middle, then obsolescent ; a terminal series of points, the 

 three near apex developed into elongate spots ; a black line through 

 cilia. Hind wing with black discoidal spot ; a sinuous postmedial 

 line bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below 

 end of cell ; a terminal series of points, two near apex and one 

 between veins 2 and 3 developed into prominent spots ; a dark 

 line through cilia. 



Hah. Queensland. Exp. 22 mm. 



