14 NOCTUID^:. 



b'. (Cultripalpa). Antennce of male with very long cilia ; palpi with 

 the 2nd and 3rd joints longer, the 2nd straighter. 



2741. Zethes partita, Guen. Noct. iii, p. 332; C. $ S. no. 2730. 

 Cultripalpa indistincta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 183 ; C. fy S. no. 2729. 

 Cultripalpa trifasciata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 184, pi. 6, fig. 1; 



C. $ S. no. 2731. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with grey, ochreous, and 

 brown scales. Fore wing with the basal half rufous ; an indistinct 

 irregularly waved double antemedial grey line ; a white speck in 

 cell and pale-edged lunule on discocellulars ; a dark postmedial 

 line with grey edges, irregularly sinuous from costa to vein 2, then 

 recurved to lower angle of cell and oblique to inner margin ; the 

 outer area pale brown, with dark striae and indistinct series of sub- 

 marginal fuscous spots, two near apex being prominent ; a w r hitish 

 marginal line. Hind wing with the basal area rufous ; an indistinct 

 subbasal line ; a black speck on discocellulars ; a sinuous medial 

 line with grey edges ; the outer area pale brown, with dark striae 

 and traces of submarginal fuscous band ; a marginal white line ; 

 the cilia chestnut, with the tips dark. 



. More ochreous in tone ; in the form trifasciata the post- 

 medial line of the fore wing is minutely dentate beyond the cell 

 and the apical area rufous. 



Hob. Bhutan; Assam; Calcutta; Bassein. Exp. 9 3 34, 36 

 millim. 



2742. Zethes ocellata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 195, pi. 174, fig. 4 ; 



C. $ S. no. 2740. 



c? . Dull red-brown. Fore wing with traces of five waved lines 

 angled below the costa ; the reniform grey, with dark centre. 

 Hind wing with traces of a dark antemedial band, on which is a 

 black-centred grey spot on the discocellulars; indistinct waved 

 postmedial and submarginal lines ; both wings with lunulate mar- 

 ginal line. Underside slightly suffused with grey. 



(The type has the palpi wanting.) 



Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 22 millim. 



b. Costa of fore iving slightly excised beyond middle. 



2743. Zethes igneola, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 254. 



Dark brown, irrorated with grey. Fore wing with indistinct 

 subbasal and antemedial rufous lines ; an orange spot in cell and 

 lunule at end of it ; a sinuous line just beyond the middle ; a post- 

 medial line much bent outwards beyond the cell, then sinuous to 

 inner margin, its costal part white ; an orange apical patch and an 

 irr<-u r ularly dentate submarginal line. Hind wing with rufous 

 lunule at end of cell ; traces of postmedial and submarginal white 

 lines, with a fulvous and black band between them ; cilia with a 

 dark line through them. Underside with the costal area of fore 

 \\ -iiiij and basal area of hind wing suffused with while. 



Hab. llangoon ; Tenasserim. Exp. 32 millim. 



