PYRALIDiE, SUBFAMILY H YPS0TR0PIN Ji. 



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Auctorum. 



Anerastia korbi Caradja, Iris, xxiv. p. 117 (1910). 



? =R. ablutella Caspian Sea. 



Genus Metacrateria, no v. 

 Type, M. pulverulella. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi downcurved, extending about twice 

 the length of head and thickly scaled ; maxillary palpi minute 

 and filiform ; irons with long truncate corneous prominence with 

 raised rim at extremity, a flattened plate below the frons ; 

 antennae of male laminate and ciliated. Fore wing rather 

 narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved ; vein 2 from 

 near angle of cell ; 4 absent ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from below 

 upper angle; 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 vein 2 from just before angle of cell : 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent ; 

 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 approximated to but not anastomosing 

 with 7. 



(1) Metacrateria metallactis. 



Anerastia metallactis Meyr. Trans. Ent, Soc. 1887, p. 622 ; 

 Hag. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 399, pi. 40. f. 11. 

 N. S, Wales. 



(2) Metacrateria pulverulella. 



Anerastia pulverulella Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 56 (1896) ; 

 id. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 400, pi. 52. f. 4. 

 Ceylon. 



(3) t Metacrateria perirrorella, sp. n. 



2 . Head and thorax red-brown tinged with grey and slightly 

 irrorated with fuscous ; abdomen grey suffused with red-brown ; 

 palpi below, pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen whitish 

 tinged with red-brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with red- 

 brown and thickly irrorated with black ; small spots formed by 

 black irroration at upper and lower angle of cell ; cilia with a 

 whitish line at base. Hind wing whitish strongly suffused with 

 reddish brown, the cilia whiter. 



Mashonaland (Bobbie), 2 2 type. Exp. 28 mm. 



(4) Metacrateria miasticta, sp. n. 



2 • Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with red- 

 brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with red-brown and slightly 

 irrorated with black, especially on the veins ; a small black spot 

 at lower angle of cell. Hind wing white tinged with red- 

 brown. 



Mexico, Presidio (Forrer), 1 2 type, God man -Sal vin Coll. 

 Exp. 24 mm. 



