376 PTBA.LIDJE. 



with a basal black spot; a highly curved antemedial band with 

 black streaks inside it in and below cell, sometimes developed into 

 a black patch ; a black discocellular lunule ; a postmedial line 

 angled outwards to costa and beyond the cell, then incurved; 

 a series of streaks beyond it often developed into a diffuse band ; 

 a very highly curved series of subinarginal spots. Hind wing with 

 nearly straight postmedial series of fuscous streaks. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Khasis ; Nagas ; Tenasserim (Doherty). Exp. 

 26 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



5084. Sameodes pictalis, Swirih. A. M. N. H. (6) xvi, p. 303. 



$ . Orange-yellow ; palpi brownish above ; abdomen reddish at 

 base. Fore wing with the basal half suffused with fuscous, except 

 the costal area ; a hyaline spot in cell ; a large hyaline discocellular 

 spot with a larger triangular spot below it ; a small hyaline speck 

 on vein 5 beyond the cell ; bright crimson suffusion on outer edge 

 of the fuscous area beyond the cell ; a minutely waved crimson 

 postmedial line between veins 5 and 2 ; a pale fuscous curved sub- 

 marginal band. Hind wing with the basal area suffused with 

 crimson ; dark annuli in and below end of cell, the latter with a 

 hyaline spot beyond it ; a crimson postmedial line bent outwards 

 and waved between veins 5 and 2 ; a pale fuscous submarginal 

 band. 

 Hob. Kh&sis. Exp. 30 millim. 



Genus MEROCTENA. 

 Meroctena, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 392. 



Type, M. tullalis, Wlk. 



Range. Indian, Ceylonese, and Malayan subregions. 



Palpi porrect, straight, the 2nd joint fringed above and below 

 with hair, the 3rd prominent ; maxillary palpi filiform ; f rons 

 rounded ; antennae of male unipectinate for one-third length, the 

 basal joint emitting four teeth enclosing a hollow in front like the 

 calyx of a flower ; tibiae of male with the outer spurs minute ; 

 abdomen with the anal tuft very large. Fore wing with veins 3, 

 4, 5 from close to angle of cell ; 7 approximated to 8, 9 for some 

 distance, 10 also approximated to 8, 9. Hind wing with veins 3, 

 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing 

 with 8. 



5085. Meroctena tullalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 649 ; Hmpsn. III. Set. 

 ix, pi. 172, fig. 31 ; C. Sf S. no. 4079. 



Bright yellow ; palpi fulvous, white below. Fore wing with 

 indistinct subbasal line, oblique antemedial line, black speck in 

 cell, and fuscous pale-centred discocellular lunule ; a medial 

 line from vein 2 to inner margin; a postmedial line from 



