MECODINA. ZETHES. 7 



a marginal erenulate line. Hind wing with pale patch beyond 

 end of cell ; an ill-defined antemedial narrow black line ; a waved 

 medial line and indistinct sinuous submarginal line. 



Hob. Nagas, 3000 feet (Doherty}. Exp. 46 millim. Type in 

 coll. Elwes. 



Genus PSIMADA. 

 Psimada, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1827 (1858). 



Type, P. quadripennis, Wlk. 



Eanye. China ; Malabar ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Andamans. 



Differs from Mecodina in the 3rd joint of the palpi being 

 shorter ; the antennae of male ciliated, the medial portion thickened 

 by a ridge of scales on upper surface ; hind wing with the Outer 

 margin angled at middle. 



2719. Psimada quadripennis, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1828; Moore, Lev. 

 Ceyl. iii, pi. 170, fig. 2 ; C. $ S. no. 2629. 



Head and collar red-brown; thorax paler; abdomen fuscous. 



Fore wing with the basal half 



^^._ ^V ^^ P a ^ e red-brown, the outer dark 



BlP'^OiiiL j^^^ w ^k a purplish tinge ; traces 



*MM JT ^ aQ t eme di a l> medial, and post- 



loxT medial waved lines and sub- 



tjF' marginal series of white specks ; 



K^SF* a large triangular dark red-brown 



patch on costa at apex. Hind 



p. % wing dark, with a purplish tinge 



Psimada quadripennis, rf. 1- on basal half ; the outer half 



redder, with a large semicircular 



pale patch on outer margin towards anal angle. Underside with 

 the apex of fore wing whitish and with a submarginal oblique line. 

 Nab. N. China ; Canara ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Andamans. Exp. 

 42 millim. 



Genus ZETHES. 



Zethes, Ramb. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1833, p. 29. 

 Cultripalpa, Gum. Noct. iii, p. 332 (1852). 

 Marmorinia, Guen. Noct. iii, p. 370. 

 Saraca, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1190 (1865). 

 Tamba, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 94 (1869). 

 Obdora, Wlk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 95. 



Type, Z. insularis, Ramb., from Europe. 



Range. Mediterranean subregiori ; Japan; China; and through- 

 out the Oriental region. 



Palpi thickly scaled, the 2nd joint obliquely upturned to above 

 vertex of head, the 3rd usually long. Thorax and abdomen usually 

 smoothly scaled ; tibiae moderately hairy. Fore wing with the 

 apex acute ; the outer margin more or less angled at middle, 

 Hind wing with vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars. 



