On a Collection of Heterocera Made in the Transvaal
On a Collection of Heterocera Made in the Transvaal
William Lucas Distant
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wings 18 millim. Hab. Transvaal, Pretoria {Distant)^ Metachrostis vultuoaa^ sp. n. Body above chocolate-brown, margins of the abdominal segments paler; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous; abdomen brownish ochraceous. Anterior wings chocolate-brown, costal margin spotted with golden yellow, which is most prominent at apex, and is there the commencement of two very obscure submarginal yellowish waved fascise ; reniform spot large and margined with dull ochraceous ; beyond this spot the wing is... crossed by a strongly waved and bent transverse fascia ; near base are some other transverse linear fasciae (scarcely discernible in some speci- mens) and an oblique series of obscure yellow spots extending from costa across cell. Posterior wings paler and brighter chocolate-brown, with a marginal series of small ffolden- yellow spots, of which the largest are at anal angle and apex. Anterior wings beneath chocolate-brown, the cellular area, a short transverse bar beyond it (in some specimens continued as a fascia to inner margin), a submarginal series of spots, and about basal half of inner marginal area golden yellow.
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