5/4 CATALOGUE OP 



Genus METADULA. 

 Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi 

 sat validi, oblique ascendentes, subtus pilosi ; articulus 3us conicus, 

 minimus. Antenna? breves, latissime pectinatae. Pedes breves, 

 robusti, pilosi; tibiae non calcaratae. Alae latissima; anticae fal- 

 catae, costa apicem versus arcuata, margine exteriore recto ; posticae 

 angulo interiore bene determinate. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi 

 moderately stout, pilose beneath, obliquely ascending, not rising so 

 high as the vertex ; third joint conical, not more than one-eighth of 

 the length of the second. Antennae short, very broadly pectinated. 

 Abdomen shorter by one-third than the length of the interior border of 

 the hind wings. Legs short, stout, pilose; tibia? without spurs. Wings 

 very broad. Fore wings falcate ; costa convex along the apical half; 

 exterior border straight, moderately oblique. Hind wings with the 

 interior angle prominent. 



The structure of the antennae distinguishes it from Apha, Oxy- 

 tenis and Ganisa, which genera it connects wijh the Saturniidce by 

 means of Anthercea. 



METADULA INnECTSA. 



Mas. Ciner ea ; corpus albidum ; caput apud oculos flavescens ; 

 palpi flavescentes, supra rosei ; thorax et abdomen roseo sub- 

 tincta ; pedes antici rosei ; alee fusco flavo rufoque conspersa, 

 linea fusca recta obligua, macula parva vitreo-fiavo nigroque 

 marginata ; anticce lineis duabus angulosis fuscis, striga 

 apicali obliqua ; posticce striga lineisque duabus exterioribus 

 angulosis fuscis. 



Male. Cinereous. Body whitish. Head yellowish about the 

 eyes. Palpi yellowish, rosy above. Antennae tawny. Thorax and 

 abdomen with a slight rosy tinge. Fore legs rosy above ; posterior 

 legs slightly rosy. Wings minutely speckled with brown and with 

 yellow, and towards the exterior border with red ; a straight brown 

 line extending from the tips of the fore wings to two-fifths of the 

 interior border of the hind wings ; disk with a small vitreous spot, 

 which is bordered with yellow and with black. Fore wings with 

 two brown zigzag lines on the inner side of the straight line; a 

 short white oblique apical streak. Hind wings with a brown streak 

 on the inner side of the straight line, and with two zigzag brown 

 lines beyond the vitreous spot. Length of the body 14 lines ; of 

 the wings 44 lines. 

 Zambesi Kegion. In Mr. Waller's collection. 



