422 catalogue of 



2. Sedenia rupalis. 



Mas et foem. Alba, sericea, frons lateribus incisis, apice cylin- 

 drico-truncata ; palpi subtus subarcuati ; antenna distincte 

 pubescentes; aim anticce linea angulata, litura postica furcata, 

 fascia exteriore subtrigona, orbiculari et reniformi cervinis ; 

 postica fusco-subtinctce, fimbria alba. 



Sedenia rupalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 250, 235. 



Australia ? 



Genus 9. METASIA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Frons squamoso-hirsuta. Proboscis 

 obsoleta. Palpi lanceolati, subincumbentes, squamosi, capite trans- 

 verso non longiores. Palpi maxillares distincli. Antennae sub- 

 mo nili formes, vix pubescentes. Abdomen subcarinatum, alas 

 posticas superans, lateribus dilatatis. Pedes glabri, sat graciles, 

 calcaribus breviusculis. Ala) oblongae, integrae, squamosa? ; anticae 

 apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Synaphe, p., Hubn. Verz. Schm. 347. 

 Pyral is, p., Treit. ; Herr.-Schtfff. 

 Cledeobia, p., Dup. 

 S tenia, p., Herr.-Schaff. 



Body rather stout. Front squamous-hirsute. Proboscis obso- 

 lete. Palpi lanceolate, slightly incumbent, coarsely squamous, as 

 long as the breadth of the head. Maxillary palpi distinct, almost 

 conniving, about one-third of the length of the labial palpi. An- 

 tennae submoniliform, hardly pubescent in the male. Abdomen 

 slightly keeled, extending beyond the hind wings, rather dilated on 

 each side. Legs rather slender, not pilose; spurs short, slender. 

 Wings oblong, entire, coarsely squamous. Fore wings slightly 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border very oblique. 



1. Metasia Olbienalis. 



Fcem. Pallide ochracea ; palpi subrecti, squamosi, capite non 

 longiores ; al& linea exteriore e atornis nigricantibus, fimbria 

 alba squamis apicalibus nigris ; anticce apice acutce, linea 

 interiore sabobsoleta, exteriore apud medium dilatata, puncto 

 discali ; posticce lanceolatce, nigricante-cinereo conspersce. 



Metasia Olbienalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 251, 237. 



Hyeres. 



