Heteroccra from China, Ja^mn, and Corca. o97 



1386. Zethcs mandarina, sp. n. 



Greyish sparingly dusted with fuscous-brown. Primaries have a 

 triangular whitish-grey patch on the costa towards the apex; sub-basal 

 and anteniedial lines blackish, curved, the latter indented below the 

 costa ; postmedial line blackish, outwardly oblique to lower edge of 

 the costal patch thence waved obliquely to the inner margin, the 

 space between this line and a diffuse central line is suffused with 

 chocolate-brown ; submarginal line blackish, wavy and dotted with 

 black ; stigmata outlined in brown but not distinct. Secondaries 

 have a dusky oblique anteniedial line, and a black wavy postmedial 

 line, the latter is slightly angulated before the middle and is fol- 

 lowed by a blackish transverse shade ; submarginal line du-sky 

 undulated, represented by black dots towards the abdominal margin ; 

 the dusky discal mark is surrounded with whitish. Fringes of the 

 ground-colour marked with darker and preceded by a thin black 

 interrupted line. Under surface grey irrorated with brown, the 

 secondaries and outer marginal area of primaries tinged with ochreous 

 and suffused with fuscous ; all the wings have three brown transverse 

 lines, the two outer wavy and pale edged, with a dusky shade between 

 them ; the stigmata on the primaries are reproduced in greyish and 

 the secondaries have a black lunule surrounded with greyish scales. 



Expanse 40 millim. 



One male specimen from Ichang and one female from 

 Chow-pin-sa, taken in June. 



Allied to Z. trimantesalis. Walk., but differs from that 

 species in the direction of the lines, and in the greyer 

 coloration. 



Halitat. Central and Western China. 



1387. Zcthes cana, sp. n. 



Pale leaden-grey with a lilacine tinge, especially on the outer 

 marginal area. Primaries have the usual three fuscous-brown trans- 

 verse lines, but the sub-basal is obscure ; the anteniedial is curved and 

 has a small dentation, below the costa ; the postmedial is curved 

 beyond the cell thence sinuous to the inner margin; the costal 

 triangle is whitish tinged with lilacine, its outer edge diffuse, and 

 there is a similar coloured patch at the apex of the wing ; below the 

 costal triangle there is a rufous cloud and the wavy submarginal 

 line, represented by black points, is edged towards the costa with 

 more or less connected creamy spots ; reniform stigma creamy-white 

 outlined in brown, central lunule fuscous, orbicular stigma outlined 

 in brown. Secondaries have fuscous ante- and postmedial line, the 



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