TESSELLOTA. — METACRISIA. 431 



middle of costa to a large somewhat irregularly triangular dark 

 brown patch which extends from costa above middle to termen 

 above tornus and to inner margin before middle ; the veins of 

 terminal area brown : irregular subterminal brown-edged spots 

 below costa and at middle ; an irregularly waved line just inside 

 termen from costa to vein 2. Hind wing white, with discoidal 

 point and brown patch on termen towards tornus. 



Hah. Brazil, type t aplola in Coll. Druce, Espiritu Santo, Sta. 

 Catherina, 1 $, Eio Grande do Sul, 1 c?; Uruguay (^a?/n^) ; 

 Argentina, type t d' in Mus. Buenos Ayres. Exp. 34 millim. 



2002. Tessellota cancellata. 



Halesidofa cancellata, Burm. Descr, Rep. Arg. v. p. 445 (1878) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 211. 



White ; head with some orange at back ; shoulders with a fuscous 



spot; legs streaked with fuscous; abdomen orange above, with 



dorsal and lateral series of 



black spots. Pore wing with 



orange spot at base ; a short 



fuscous-brown fascia on base 



of costa and a triangular spot 



at middle ; a short streak 



below base of median nervure 



^. ,^^ ^ „ ^ 77 . , , and small triangular spot 



Fiff. 176. — Tessellota canceliata, r?. f- i„i -jn v • 



^ ' u 1 below middle; a fascia on 



basal half of inner margin, emitting a tooth to or towards the spot 

 below middle of cell ; a very irregular oblique postmedial band 

 expanding and enclosing one or two white points below costa, 

 angled inwards below end of cell and emitting a hook from its 

 outer side connected with a spot on inner margin before tornus ; a 

 terminal maculate band expanding into a large patch between 

 veins 5 and 2. Hind wing with more or less developed discoidal 

 brown spot. 



Hah. Argentina, Buenos Ayres (Be^^g), 1 d" , 1$. Exp. 32 

 millim. 



Genus METACRISIA, nov. 



Type, M. courregesi. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending about the length of 

 head, the 2nd joint fringed with long bair below ; antennse bipeetinate with 

 moderate branches ; thorax and base of abdomen clothed with rough hair ; 

 legs fringed with long hair, the spurs moderate. Fore wing rather narrow ; 

 vein o from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 

 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein Ij from before angle of 

 cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell, not 

 reaching costa. 



*2003. Metacrisia courregesi. 



Picrms courregesi, Dognin, Le Nat. xiii. p. 257 (1891); id. Lep. Loja, 

 pi. viii. f. 14 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 906. 



J Head and thorax ochreous and brown; palpi black on outer 



