METARBELODES; METARBELA. By M. Gaede. 
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II. The following genera have an accessory cell in the forewing. 
10. Genus: Metarbelodes Strd. 
Similar to the following genus. Antennae of $ with long, strong pectinations. In the forewing veins 
7 and 10 + 8 + 9 from the apex ot the accessory cell. In the hindwing veins 6 + 7 stalked, 8 connected with 
the cell by a bar near the base. Type: umtaliana Aur. 
M. umtaliana Aur. (78 f). Thorax and forewing yellowish-brown, with variably distinct dark transverse umtaliana. 
lines and marginal dots. Below vein 2 a broadly faded yellowish-white stripe. Abdomen and hindwing yellowish- 
white. $ 25—30 mm. East Africa, Mashonaland. 
M. obliqualinea B.-Bak. Thorax greyish ochreous, abdomen dingy grey. Forewing reddish ochreous obliquali- 
with a dark grey line below the cell and vein 2, the latter towards the inner margin narrowly edged with nea 
creamy white. Transverse lines indistinct, best visible in the basal area which thereby turns more reddish. 
Hindwing creamy white. <$ 26 mm. 
11. Genus: Metarbela Roll. 
Antennae in nearly all the species relatively long and in the $ with moderately long, in the $ with very 
short pectinations. Apex of forewing more pointed or more rounded. Vein 6 from the upper cell-angle, 7 and 
8 + 9 from the apex of the accessory cell, 10 somewhat basad to the latter. In the hindwing veins 6+7 
moderately long-stalked, 8 connected with the cell by a bar. Type: stivafer Holl. 
1. arcifera- group. Small species with very long and strongly pectinate antennae. 
M. arcifera Hmps. (78 f). Body and forewing ochreous brown. Below the cell beginning from the base arcifera. 
and at vein 2 a narrow white band, also the base at the inner margin white. Apical area whitish, only veins 
brown. Hindwing white, veins finely brown. 20—26 mm. East Africa, Uganda. pagana Strd. On the pagana. 
forewing above vein 2 more intensely brown, otherwise pale, without markings. Hindwing not so purely white. 
22 mm. East Africa. It may be only a faded arcifera. 
M. pallescens Le Cerf. Forewing white, at the base somewhat rusty brown. At the inner margin an pallescens. 
irregular grey spot. At the inner angle a dark shadow, in front continued in dark streaks. Hindwing dingy 
white. 22 mm. East Africa. This may also be only a faded arcifera. 
M. laguna Hmps. Thorax and forewing pale rusty brown. Basal area, a triangular area from the lower laguna. 
cell-angle to the inner margin and the distal area except at the costal margin whitish-brown. In and below 
the cell a dark streak which is below white-edged above and under vein 1. Besides a triangular white spot 
connected with an elliptical dark spot between the submedian fold and the inner margin. Before the margin 
3 elliptical dark spots, decreasing posteriorly. Dark marginal spots, fringe white. Hindwing brownish white. 
d 1 25 mm. Gold Coast. 
2. stivafer-gvoup. Larger species with shorter antennae, especially short in the type. 
M. onusta Karsch (78 f). <f$ golden yellow with brown marking. At the cell-end a ring. Vein 2 dark onusia. 
and indistinctly so prolonged to about l / 3 of the costal margin. Exterior line from near the apex, incurved 
behind the cell, then notched parallel to the distal margin. At the margin dark lunae. Hindwing yellowish- 
white. $ more intensely reddish brown, only costal margin lighter. An interior line is also visible from % costal 
margin to y 3 inner margin. At the cross-vein a narrow rectangle. Hindwing rusty yellow. 26—30 mm. Togo. 
M. cymaphora Hmps. (= neurosticta Hmps.). Thorax dark yellowish-brown. Forewing with a lighter cymaphora 
gloss. The dark radial line only at vein 2 itself, posteriorly white-edged, below it near the inner angle 2—4 white 
dots. At the cross-vein an almost quadrangular dark, light-edged spot. The dark submarginal line is concave 
behind the cell, inside with whitish streaks. x4t the costal margin near the apex dark and light dots. Hindwing 
pale yellowish-brown. $ 22—26 mm. Rhodesia, Transvaal. 
M. bipuncta Hmps. Body and forewing pale red-brown, at the costal and inner margins somewhat bipuncta. 
darker. The triangle from the median vein to the apex and inner angle dark violettish-brown. Below' the basal 
half of vein 2 two small silvery dots with a little black between. Before the margin a pale line, from vein 4 
incurved. Hindwing glossy dark red-brown. 28 mm. East Africa. 
M. quadriguttata Aur. Body dark brown, thorax at the end and abdomen at the base, with wdiite hairs, quadrigut- 
Forewing blackish with yellow short streaks, costal margin chiefly yellow. Below the end of vein 2 there are 4 ta,a - 
small w+ite spots. Hindwing blackish-brown, at the costal margin lighter. $ 24 mm. Fernando Po. 
