MET AN ASTRIA. By Dr. C. Aurivillhjs. 
„Metanastria“ despecta Le Cerf. Forewing reddish with 3 black' notched transverse lines and a white discal dot despeeta. 
encircled by blark. Hindwing somewhat lighter. Brit. East Africa. — It may be a Pseudolyra ? 
„Metanastria“ coilotoma B.-Balc. Head, thorax, and abdomen light chocolate; thorax with deep velvety brown coilotoma. 
lateral spots. Forewing reddish-brown, at the base coated with a very dark red-brown which colour extends along the discal 
cell into the postmedian portion of the wing, where it ends in a feeble bow; a dull lighter spot in the centre; behind the 
discal cell the dark area is distinctly bordered by a fine white line; between this line and the posterior margin the ground¬ 
colour is light reddish; the postmedian portion as far as the distal margin is lighter reddish with a series of irregular 
short transverse streaks between the veins. Hindwing reddish light brown. Expanse of wings: 43 mm. Angola. -— It may 
be a Taragama ? 
.fMetanasiria" zopheropa B.-Bak. Head, thorax, and forewing dingy umber-brown; abdomen and hindwing zopheropa. 
darker brown. Forewing with a double, irregular, dentate, antemedian transverse line and an irregular, partly notched post- 
median transverse line which is distally accompanied by a similar, though indistinct line: marginal portion then decidedly 
lighter and with a fine, dentate, dark submarginal line. Costal margin at the apex darkened. Hindwing unicoloured. Expanse 
of wings: 60 mm. West Africa: Grunnal. 
,,Pachymeta“ roxaiia Fawc. „<J (39 e). Head, thorax, forewing, and abdomen light red-brown. Antennae whitish, roxana. 
Forewing in the centre with a slanting dark brown transverse line distally accompanied by a dark brown band; marginal portion 
lighter with a dark brown lunular submarginal band: under surface lighter with a dark chocolate submarginal band. Hindwing 
lighter brownish-grey, at the base somewhat yellowish, with a dark brown postmedian band which is bordered by a band 
of whitish lunar spots being distally broadly edged with brown. Distal margin light with dark fringe. Hindwing beneath in 
the basal half dark chocolate, then with bands as above, at the hind-margin as far as vein 1 b white; costal margin in 
the centre sharply angled. British East Africa. — It may be a Leipoxais ? 
..Pseudometa “ cymographa Hrnps. q (39 d) makes the impression of a species of Gasiropacha, and is certainly no cymogra- 
Pseudometa. Its systematic position cannot be ascertained without examining the neuration. North-Eastern Rhodesia. pha. 
Additions and Corrections. 
P. 210. Chrysopsyche jejjeryi Tams. <$. Antennae olive-brown, the pectinations in the basal half honey- jefferyi. 
coloured, then blackish brown. Head ochreous. Thorax olive-brown with long ochreous hair-scales. 
Under surface and legs olive-brown, chest in front yellowish, and tarsi striped yellow; anal pencil 
orange. Forewing red-brown, at the costal margin and hind-margin olive-brown, with two orange 
longitudinal stripes and two blackish transverse lines. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. — §. Antennae 
orange with honey-coloured pectinations. Body ochreous; abdomen above orange. Forewing golden 
yellow, costal margin and fringe orange, with two red transverse lines extending exactly as in Chr. 
imparilis Auriv. Expanse of wings: 52 mm. Kenya Colony. 
P. 212. For Opistodontia read: Opisthodontia. 
P. 213. Opisthodontia cardinalli Tams. $. Body cinnamon-brown more or less mixed with nut-colour or cardinalH. 
tan-colour. Forewing cinnamon-brown densely speckled with a deep tan-colour; veins reddish orange; 
two transverse lines apparently arranged almost as in 0. superha. Hindwing like forewing, but at 
the hind-margin coloured like the abdomen. Expanse of wings: 47 mm. Gold Coast. 
P. 223. B. perobliqua is also figured on pi. 35 a. 
P. 224. Beralade sorana Le Cerf. Forewing white with four dark transverse lines. Hindwing brownish. 
Fringes of the wings red-brown. British East Africa. 
P. 225. Beralade donaldsoni var. rectistriga Le Cerf. only differs in the broader and quite straight submarginal 
band of the forewing. British East Africa. 
P. 225. B. marshalli is also figured on pi. 35 b. 
P. 225. B. levenna is also figured on pi. 35 b. 
P. 226. 0. pattersoni Tams. Antennae yellow. Head, thorax, chest, legs, and abdomen beneath of a bright pattersoni. 
yellowish brown with yellow and brown markings. Wings scantily scaled, opalescent, with a mixture 
of blackish-brown, chestnut-brown, and yellowish-brown scales; veins with deep velvety brown scales: 
an indistinct blackish prediscal line, at the costal margin distally bent, then undulating; a light discal 
dot and a submarginal line formed of bows which are concave towards the distal margin and are 
contiguous in black dots between the veins; fringes chestnut-brown with yellow spots at the ends 
of the veins. Hindwing yellowish, behind the discal cell and before the margin coated with chestnut- 
brown; fringes speckled as in forewing. Expanse of wings: 31 mm. Gold Coast. 
P. 227. Philotherma rosa Druce is figured on pi. 40. 
P. 236. Taragama koenigi Str. only differs from T. misanum in the distal transverse line of the forewing being koenigi. 
almost straight, and the forewing lacking any other marking. Sudan: Bahr el Jebel. 
P. 241. Taragama meloui Oberth ., from Madagascar, is a species unknown to me. 
meloui. 
