. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. TESSELLOTA.—METACRISIA. 431 middle of costa to a large somewhat irregularly triangular dark brown patch which extends from costa above middle to termen above tornus and to inner margin before middle ; the veins of terminal area brown : irregular subterminal brown-edged spots below costa and at middle ; an irregularly waved line just inside termen from costa to vein 2. Hind wing white, with discoidal point and brown patch on termen towards tornus. Hah. Brazil, ty
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Moths; Lepidoptera. TESSELLOTA.—METACRISIA. 431 middle of costa to a large somewhat irregularly triangular dark brown patch which extends from costa above middle to termen above tornus and to inner margin before middle ; the veins of terminal area brown : irregular subterminal brown-edged spots below costa and at middle ; an irregularly waved line just inside termen from costa to vein 2. Hind wing white, with discoidal point and brown patch on termen towards tornus. Hah. Brazil, type t aplola in Coll. Druce, Espiritu Santo, Sta. Catherina, 1 $, Eio Grande do Sul, 1 c?; Uruguay (^a?/n^); Argentina, type t d' in Mus. Buenos Ayres. Exp. 34 millim. 2002. Tessellota cancellata. Halesidofa cancellata, Burm. Descr, Rep. Arg. v. p. 445 (1878); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 211. White ; head with some orange at back ; shoulders with a fuscous spot; legs streaked with fuscous; abdomen orange above, with dorsal and lateral series of black spots. Pore wing with orange spot at base; a short fuscous-brown fascia on base of costa and a triangular spot at middle ; a short streak below base of median nervure ^. ,^^ ^ „ ^ 77 . , , and small triangular spot Fiff. 176.— Tessellota canceliata, r?. f- i„i -jn v • ^ ' u 1 below middle; a fascia on basal half of inner margin, emitting a tooth to or towards the spot below middle of cell; a very irregular oblique postmedial band expanding and enclosing one or two white points below costa, angled inwards below end of cell and emitting a hook from its outer side connected with a spot on inner margin before tornus; a terminal maculate band expanding into a large patch between veins 5 and 2. Hind wing with more or less developed discoidal brown spot. Hah. Argentina, Buenos Ayres (Be^^g), 1 d", 1$. Exp. 32 millim. Genus METACRISIA, nov. Type, M. courregesi. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, extending about the length of
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