. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 592 112. Metagarista maenas. JEgocera mtenas, Aussereur. Sclimett. ff. 20, 21 (1853): Cat. Het. p. 41. Kirbyi Head orange; palpi with a spot on side of 2nd joint and the 3rd joint black, a brown stripe on frons and vertex of head ; thorax olive-grey, the tegulse and patagia with rufous edges, and the femora with rufous stripe; pectus and legs orange, the fore femora above and tarsi black; abdomen orange, with black bands above. Fore wing olive-grey, the costal and inner areas to the postmedial line s
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. 592 112. Metagarista maenas. JEgocera mtenas, Aussereur. Sclimett. ff. 20, 21 (1853): Cat. Het. p. 41. Kirbyi Head orange; palpi with a spot on side of 2nd joint and the 3rd joint black, a brown stripe on frons and vertex of head ; thorax olive-grey, the tegulse and patagia with rufous edges, and the femora with rufous stripe; pectus and legs orange, the fore femora above and tarsi black; abdomen orange, with black bands above. Fore wing olive-grey, the costal and inner areas to the postmedial line suffused with olive-brown and thickly irrorated with chocolate scales ; a sinuous chocolate antemedial line oblique from costa to below the cell, where it is angled; the orbicular, reniform, and an elliptical spot below end of cell with chocolate outline and centre with leaden line on it; the veins beyond the cell with chocolate streaks, also the interspaces of terminal area; a double slightly- waved postmedial line strongly exenrved from costa to below 3, then incurved, the outer line with some leaden-grey on it ou inner area; a fine waved chocolate terminal line; cilia chocolate at tips. Hind wing deep orange, with reddish-brown maculate terminal band and waved terminal line. Underside of fore wing orange, with black spots in cell and on discocellulars and some dark suffusion beyond the postmedial line. Bab. AsHANxr, 1 S ; Cape Coast (Niblett), 1 c? ; Old Calabae (Samjjson), 1$ ; Camekoon^s (Rutherford), 1 c?, 1 $ , ). 58- 64 millim. 113. Metagarista triphaenoides. MetuganstatriphfEnoulcs. Wlk. i. p. (U (); Butl. 111. Het. B. M. i. p. 12, pi. 5. f. 7; Karscb, Ent. Nachr. xsi. p. 352, pi. ii. f. 8; Kirby, Cat. Het. ID. Fig. 257.—Metagarista tri]jhanoklcs, S- r* Head rufous; thorax olive-grey, the teguliie and patagia edged with rufous; pectus orange; foie legs rufous, the tarsi black; abdomen black with white bands, the base orange, the dorsal crests rufous, the
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