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SYNTOMID.E. 



Metarctia invaria. (Tiutc \ . ii-. I'u.) 



Anace invariti, \Mk. vii. ITl'o (iN'.C), Kirbv, Cat. ll.-f. p. 'J21. 

 Meturctiu ernbisttm.s, Wlk. xxxi. 315 (1HV4)"; Kirbv. C'nt. llet. p. *JlM. 

 Plciiapten/x si/tUomia, PluU, Stott. Ent. Zt'iL 18<S(), p. S.'. ; hirhv, Cut. 



Hot. p. 21' 1. 

 rie(tapf,rt,x t^i/acru. Plotz, 8lott. Ent. Zcit. 1KS(». p. n; ; Kirln, Cut. Ilct. 



p. 221. 

 Thi/ntrs j„>/i>io.*, M.il). Ann. Soo. Ent. Fr. ((>) x. p. .'57 (181K)) ; Kirbv. Cat. 



Il.t. p. KKJ. 

 Mctarctut parecleita, Ht.lland. Psvcbe, vi. p. \VM\ ( iSlUi). 

 Metarctia littea, Ilollmul, l»syclu».*vi. p. ?fM\ (18«A3). 



Orange-rod sufTiised witli liiowii ; licad, thorax, and alidoraen 

 yellow below. Fore wini: with brown at ha.sc of costa and in and 

 heyond eell, leaving nd spots in end of and beyond the eell and 

 nl)ove }»ase of vein«>: an anteniedial hrown hand and a patcli 

 between veins 2 and '^ extending more or lejw towards termen ; the 

 veins and cilia brown. Hind wing ])rowii, reddish towards costa. 



Antenna^ of female with hhrirt branches ; j)alpi in female not 

 reaching heyond frons. Veins 4, 5 of both wings shortly stalked 

 or from a j)oint. 



Ah. 1. trnhe«ctns=^jKtrech-ctn. liright orange-red; thorax tinged 

 with brown : tin* hrown markings of fore wing standing out 

 prominently: hind wing oriint;e-red, the cilia fuscous. 



Ah. 1'. Hind wing with \\\o cilia yellow. — Oi)obo, Old Calabar, 



2 ?. ^ . . ' . . 



Ab. ',\. latea. Yellow; fore wing sometimes with a fuscous bar 

 across suhniedian interspace at middle of vein 2. — Ogove 11., Old 

 Calabar. 



litih. \\. Afkica, type 2 , Ogove K., types t pnrcrlfcta and lutea 

 in Coll. Holland ; Sierra I>cone {Fo.xrroft), 1 $ type fnihesccmt'. Old 

 Calabar (Misn Kiuffshif). Kvp. 'M-'M) millim. Type t si/ntomin 

 in Coll. Staudinger. 



•280. Metarctia haematoessa. (Plate V. fig. 17.) 



Metarctia htfmafoesaa, Holland, Psyche, ri. p. 390 (1893). 



$ . Orange-red ; antenna? white: head and thorax Huffused with 

 fuscous. Fore wing suffused with fuscous, leaving some red at base 

 of inner area and spots below origin of vein 2, in end of cell, and 

 beyond the cell above bases of veins 3, 4, 5 ; veins and cilia fuscou8. 

 Hind wing ])inkish red, the cilia fuscous. ' 



Ilah. W. Africa, Ogove R. (Good), type t 2 i'» ^'•-'ll- Holland. 

 Exj). 48 millim. 



♦281. Metarctia haeinatosphages. (Plate V. fig. 2.5.) 



Mttarctia htematosphagcs, Holland, Psyche, vi. p. 390 (1893;. 



$ . Orange-red : antonnie white ; thorax with very slight fuscous 

 tinge : wings with slight fuscous irroration, the veins tinged with 

 fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Jlah. W. Africa, Ogove R. {Good)^ type t $ in Coll. Holland. 

 Exp. 42 millim. 



