METALLOTHEA; IDIOCHLORA; METALLOCHLORA. By L. B. Pkout. 
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ing race, the posterior terminal patches a little darker, the band beneath almost complete, markedly bent 
or curved opposite the tail of the hindwing. Also in S. India, from Travancore to Karwar. — trychera trychera. 
subsp. nov. (13 f), from N. India and perhaps Burma, is narrow-winged, with the excisions and projections 
of the distal margins more pronounced, the patches at the anal angles as pale as in macariata, the band 
beneath usually only reaching about from SC 5 of the forewing to M 2 of the hindwing. Especially common 
in the Khasis; type in Tring Museum. Malayan specimens (Singapore, Java, Borneo, etc.) perhaps represent 
a third race, approaching trychera in shape and coelataria in markings. 
M. macariata Walk. (13 g) has the distal margin of the forewing not dentate posteriorly, the pale macariata. 
colour not running along the costal margin of the forewing, on the other hand very broad and uninterrupted 
on both wings distally. Band of underside generally broader than in coelataria. N. India. 
M. dysides Prout is similar to macariata (13 g), but rather broader-winged; termen of forewing rather dysides. 
less oblique, not excavated between the radials, the distal edge of the green area less oblique than the 
termen, the band of the underside less broad, but continuing (though tapering) to the costal margin; tail of 
hindwing rather less long, central projection of green area much less produced, subterminal band less broad, 
proximally accompanied by elongate black marks before and behind the 3rd radial. Benkoelen, S. W. Suma¬ 
tra, only the type ^ known. 
M. tanygona Turn. 26 mm. Face ochreous, upper edge more brownish. Forewing with distal margin tanygona. 
slightly crenulate, not excavated between the radials; rather dull green; costal edge narrowly white, near base 
brownish-ochreous; cell-dot circular, fuscous; two similar dots on hindmargin, antemedian and median; fringe 
chequered, white and fuscous. Hindwing with cell-spot larger and only one posterior dot. Mount Tam¬ 
bourine, Queensland, one $. 
69. Genus: Metallothea Front. 
Characters of Metallochlora, but the J antenna shortly pectinate, the wings shaped about as in 
Eucrostes, the distal margin of the forewings rather strongly oblique. Erected for the single species described 
below. 
M. eucrostes Prout. 20 mm. Face reddish. Abdomen with 4 shining bronzy crests, the last (on eucrostes. 
segment 6) small. Wings light green, with interrupted dark terminal line and rather dark fringes; forewing 
with 2 slightly curved silvery lines, the proximal one close to a minute dark cell-dot; hindwing with the post¬ 
median line only. Underside with a single line of fuscous irroration, more proximal than the outer line of 
upperside. Queensland: Salisbury Plains, N. of Bowen, 1 <$. 
70. Genus: [cliochlora Prout. 
Another offshoot (or section) of Metallochlora, without crests or metallic markings, the hindwing with 
the 2nd subcostal not or only very shortly stalked. Founded on an Indian species, with which may perhaps 
be associated ,,Nemoria“ cinctuta Saalm. (Vol. 16, PL 5 a) from Madagascar. 
I. ophthalmicata Moore (13 f) cannot be mistaken for any other species. The elongate, pale-centred ophthalmi- 
cell-mark of the hindwing is the most characteristic marking. N. India. cata 
71. Genus: Metallochlora Warr. 
Palpus of $ with 3rd joint elongate. Antenna of with fascicles of cilia. Hindtibia with all spurs; 
that of the with hair-pencil. Abdomen nearly always with metallic crests. Forewing with the 2nd sub¬ 
costal sometimes arising beyond the 5th. Hind wing bent or tailed at the 3rd radial; 2nd subcostal well stalked, 
1st median rather long-stalked. The species belong chiefly to Queensland, New Guinea and the islands 
eastward thereof but are connected with Hemithea by a few African species w'hich have the general habitus 
of the latter combined with the tibial armature of Metallochlora. 
Section A. Hindwing with a rather long tail (Cosmogonia Warr.). 
M. decorata Warr. (13 g). Quite unlike any other Metallochlora. The red apical dot and white fringes decorata. 
somewhat recall Gelasma papuensis (11 d), while the elongate cell-mark of the hindwing (though bright red and 
smaller) reminds of Idiochlora. Described from N. Queensland, but evidently of Papuan origin, being widely 
distributed in New Guinea and found also on Goodenough, Woodlark and Sudest Islands. 
