METACRIAS; ATOLMIS; BAROA. By Dr. W. v. Rothschild. 
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14. Genus: Metacrias Meyr. 
Tongue stunted; palpi minute, entirely hidden in the dense, long hair with which the head, thorax 
and abdomen are covered; antennae doubly combed; anterior tibiae with a slightly curved claw inside at the 
end; posterior tibiae only with a pair of spurs. Vein 3 of the forewing rises before the lower cell-angle, 5 above 
the angle, 6 from the upper angle; 9 and 10 are fused with 8 and form an areola; 11 separate; the costa 
near the base somewhat lobately bent outward. Veins 3 and 5 of the hindwing rise near the lower cell-angle; 
6, 7 from the upper angle; 8 from the middle of the cell. 4 forms, all from New Zealand. 
M. strategica Hudson. (26 cl). <$: head, tegulae and shoulder-covers yellow with black spots; thorax strategics 
black; antennae strongly double-combed, blackish-brown; abdomen above black, at the sides yellow. Forewing 
black with two strong, light yellow longitudinal streaks extending to the distal margin; at the veins, from the 
direction of the distal margin, short lines as broad as hairs, of 2 mm length, extend into the wing. Hindwing 
yellow, with a broad, black submarginal band interrupted near the anal angle; on both sides of this band the 
yellow is replaced by red. Length of forewing: 18 mm. Canterbury District, middle island of New Zealand. — 
hudsoni subsp). nov. (24 g) differs from strategica strategica by its smaller size and the absence of the red on the hudsoni. 
hindwing. Length of forewing: 13 mm. Invercargill, to the south of the middle island of New Zealand. 
M. huttoni Btlr. head, thorax and abdomen black, with some grey hairs, sides of the last abdominal huttoni. 
rings yellow, forewing black, the basal quarter of the costa fiery red, the rest of the wing with longer and shorter 
light yellow longitudinal stripes. Hindwing darker yellow with a broad, black marginal band interrupted near 
the anal angle, and a large, black discoidal spot. $ wingless. Length of forewing: 15 mm. In the south-west 
of the middle island of New Zealand. ■—- erichrysa Meyr. (24 g). In this form the red at the costa is absent, erichrysa. 
and the size is larger. The wingless $ has very strong legs and is one-coloured, ochreous-white. — The larva 
is black, strongly haired. The hairs resting on the segmental indentations, are brownish ochreous. It lives 
in January on Senecio bellidioides. Web thin and feeble. 
15. Genus : Atolmis Hbn. 
Tongue fully developed; palpi turned upward, only extending to the forehead; tibiae with spurs of 
medium length; abdomen roughly haired, the anal valves of the large. Forewing narrow; vein 3 close in 
front of the lower cell-angle; 4 and 5 on a footstalk; 9 and 10 fused with 8 and form an areola; 6 rises before 
the areola, 11 separate. Vein 3 on the hindwing from the lower cell-angle; 4, 5 on a very long footstalk; 
6, 7 from the upper angle and 8 from the middle of the cell. Two species, only one of which is Indo-Australian. 
A. unifascia Hmps. (13 k). <$: head and thorax black; palpi and head orange-yellow; tegulae and unifascia. 
shoulder-covers orange-yellow, spotted white; abdomen orange-yellow. Forewing silvery white, speckled pale 
brownish-grey, costa orange-yellow, a broad, median black streak extending from the base barely to the distal 
margin. Hindwing yellowish-white. Length of forewing: 16 mm. Island of Sumbawa. 
16. Genus: ISaroa Moore. 
Distinguished from Atolmis by the palpi reaching the upperhead, the 2nd joint being roughly scaled 
and the 3rd joint bare; $ antennae bristly; tibiae roughly scaled, spurs long; retinaculum of the <J rising below 
the median. The veins 3 and 5 of the forewing rise close at the lower cell-angle; 6 below the upper angle; 9 
and 10 are fused with 8 and form a moderately long areola; 7 rises before the areola; 11 before the cell. 
Veins 3 and 4 of the hindwing rise from the lower cell-angle; 5 above the angle; 6 and 7 from the upper angle; 
8 from the middle of the cell. Retinaculum in both sexes the same. — 4 forms. 
B. punctivaga Wkr. (24 f). Palpi orange-yellow, with a black terminal joint; head and thorax ashy punctivaga. 
with black dots. Abdomen ashy with an orange-yellow anal segment. The forewing is in the basal half drab 
with 7 subbasal black dots and 2 similar ones in the cell, a median, curved transverse row of black spots 
from the costa to the proximal margin, the distal half darker, more ashy, with light grey veins. Hindwing 
blackish, base, costal margin and fringes ashy. •—- ab. nigra ab. nov. is quite black with ashy veins on the nigra. 
forewings, just as common as the typical form. Length of forewing: 20 mm. India and Java. 
B. vatala Sivinh. (24 f). Antennae, palpi, head, and thorax light yellowish-grey; abdomen yellowish- vatala. 
grey with an orange-yellow anal segment. Forewing light yellowish-grey, with greyish-white veins, 6 subbasal 
dots and 2 in the cell black, a curved, postdiscal transverse row of black dots. Hindwing light grey with a median 
transverse row of blackish-grey dots. Length of forewing: 16 mm. India and South China. 
B. soricina Snell. (24 e). (J: palpi black; antennae brown; head and thorax yellow with black spots; soricina. 
abdomen blackish-brown. Forewing brownish-black with an intense, purple lustre, veins yellow, fringes at 
