MICEAGYRTA. — METALOBA. 



283 



625. Micragyrta diminuta. 



Dwptis diinimita, Wlk. ii. p. 328 (1854) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 121. 

 Agyrta gavisa, Wlk. xxxi. 147 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 121. 



$ . Black shot with dark blue ; head, thorax, abdomen, and base 



of wings shot with brilliant 

 metallic blue ; frons white. 

 Eore wing with hyaline 

 streaks in and below cell ; 

 an oblique series of streaks 

 beyond the cell between 

 T^- 101 i^r. . 7. . r. veins 8 and 7. Hind wing 



¥ig.m.-Micragyriadzminuta,2. h ^-.^^ j^yaline streak below 



the cell and between veins 2 and 4, and a streak above vein 4. 



Hah. Brazil, Ega, 1 $ , type gavisa ; Para, 1 $ type {Bates), 

 Exp. 30-34 millim. 



Genus METALOBA, nov. 



Type, M. nana. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, extending about the length 

 of head, the iird joint short ; antennas bipectinate, with rather long branches ; 

 tibiae with the spurs short. Fore wing long and narrow ; vein 2 from long 

 before angle of cell ; 3 from close to angle ; 4, 5 somewhat approximated for a 

 short distance ; 6 from upper angle, in male stalked with 7,8, 9 ; 10, 11 shortly 

 stalked. Hind wing with the cell short ; veins 2 and 4 from angle ; 3 and 5 

 absent in male ; 3 from 2 near margin in female ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 present as 

 an aborted vein in male, not reaching costa ; male with the wing lanceolate and 

 running out to a point at vein 4 ; a fold between veins 2 and 4 ; the tornus lobed, 

 the inner area with a fold containing a thick fringe of hair. 



A. Abdomen with golden fascias nana. 



B. Abdomen with green fascije argante. 



*626. Metaloba nana. 



Calanotos nana, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xx. p. 300 (1897). 

 S . Black ; palpi at base, frons, and tegulse with white points ; 

 pectus and coxoe with patches of white ; abdomen with dorsal ai]d 



Fig. 132. — Metaloha nana, (^ . \. 



lateral golden fasciae, the 1st segment with lateral white spots and 

 a ventral series. Fore wing with white points at base and short 

 golden green fascia below median nervure ; an elongate hyaline 

 spot below middle of cell ; a series of three spots beyond the cell 



