14S SYNTOMID.F.. 



pink cliscoocllulnr s]>ot. TTiiid winp fufcous Itrown, with tlic imior 

 ni.irgin pinkisli : \rins \, ."i from a point. Antcniui' niinutt.'ly 

 serrate. 



Al). 1. Hiii'l win;:: ]»iiik.- Congo, ^fus. Stockliolni, 

 II((f>. W. AiuicA, (Jalxton, 1 9 typo. /-/.j-y*. 'rj niillini. 



-^7. Metarctia rufescens. (Plate \. \\<j;. <!.) 



Mrfarrfii ruj'.s<eus, Wlk. lii. 7«'.'.> (IS.V»). Kirbv. Cat. H.t. p. 2l>l. 

 Jlexaucuro mnnilifrra, ^^'llf;^Il. Wion. Knt. Mon. iv. p. 1»V1 (18r»4»); Kirbv, 



Cat. Hot. p. ■\'X\. 

 Metarcfio jtarr/npharf.s, Hnllund. P»vrlio, vi. p. .'tO.') (1S*).'>). 



c< . Tloatl yollowisli : antenna' and thorax dark ]>rown ; alxlomen 

 fulvous yellow with a pinkish tinp', and with fuseous se^rmentil 

 bands. Fore win^ pinkish brown elouded with fuscous, and with 

 a fuscous discocj'llular spot. Uind winj^ ])inkish fulvous ; veins 4, 

 T) from a j)oint or shortly stalkrcl. 



$ with the atitennu' serrate. 



Ab, 1. Fore wini? much more clouded with fuscous. 



Ab. 2. Hind winj^ also clouded with fuscous, the e.xtremity of 

 abdomen sometimes also fuscou'<. 



Ab. .*i. juir, inphare.t. Fore win^ uniform fuscou'* ; hind wing yel- 

 lowish white with a j)inki?*h tinge. — W. .Vfrica, Xata!. 



Hah. W. Africa, Opovr 1{. {(iood), type+ parfmpluirea in Coll. 

 Holland; ^ \i\\. {(jutiuziu^) \ CiPE Vou^^y {Trimeu), tvpc. A'ry). 

 34-41' millim. 



2SS. Metarctia incoiispicua. (Plate VI. fig. 11.) 



Mrfarrfui iticonj>piciia, Holland, Knt. xxv. (Suppl.). p. 03 (1892); id. P. 

 U.S. Mum. xvili. p. 2.^.0. pi. 8. f. 3 (IS^*,). 



the hair on 1st joint of antonntc 

 IS segmental 



♦281». Metarctia benitensis. (Plate V. fig. 27.) 



Metar-.tia heviti .i.>i^, Ilulland, P«ivfh<', \\. |>. u05 (ISO.*]). 



$ . Uniform dark fuscous ; hind wing slightly paler. 

 c^ . Hind wing whitish. 



Hah. W. Africa, Cameroons ; Bonita, type t in Coll. Holland. 

 E,vp., (S 30, $ 42 millim. 



290. Metarctia meteus. 



Sphinx meteus, StoU, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 347. B (1782); Kirbv, Cat. Hot. 



p. 220. 

 Decimia bicohra, ^^^k. vii. 1718 (18.30) ; Kirbv, Cat. Ilet. p. 220. 



