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2738«. Zethes apicata, n. sp. 



^. Head and thorax dark-purple-brown ; abdomen pale ochreous-brown. 

 Forewing pale ochreous-brown with numerous pale striae and irrorated with 

 a few black scales ; a subbasal purple-brown band edged by rufous lines ; 

 the postmedial line angled at vein 5, dark brown above that point, pale below 

 it ; a quadrate purple-brown apical patch extending nearly to cell and to vein 

 4 with an oblique pale mark on it from costa ; a pale crenulate subterminal 

 lino and almost terminal series of points, Hindwing pale greyish brown ; 

 two discoidal points ; a medial pale line defined by brown on outer side, the 

 area between it and the crenulate postmedial line reddish ; some black spots 

 on the postmedial line towards inner margin ; a subterminal series of small 

 lunules ; a fine pale terminal line. 



Habitat— Khasis. Exp. 30-32 mill. Type— In B. M. 



2740a. Zethes macaeiata. Dudgeon, Ined, 



2 . Pale-ochreou3 tinged with pale-rufous in parts and irrorated with a 

 few dark scales ; palpi and antennae blackish. Forewing with two indistinct 

 curved and waved antemedial lines ; a black point in middle of cell and 

 white discoidal bar with somewhat excised outer edge ; a pale highly sinuous 

 medial line running out to an angle below costa and with bluish-white sufEuaion 

 between it and the postmedial line becoming almost white near costa ; the 

 postmedial line angled outwards below costa and at middle and bent 

 outwards to inner margin, the area beyond it red-brown with a whitish patch 

 at apex and traces of a subterminal series of black points. Hindwing with 

 indistinct subbasal line angled at middle ; a sinuous medial line with red- 

 brown suffusion on its inner side ; an indistinct curved and slightly waved 

 postmedial line ; a very indistinct sinuous subterminal line with dark red- 

 brown patch beyond it towards tornus with three black points on it, the termen 

 straight from apex to the angle at vein 4. 



Habitat— ^ikhim, 1800' (Dudgeon). Exp. 48 mill. Type— In B, M, 



2738a. Capnodes purpurea, n. sp. 



^. Dark purple-red ; abdomen blackish above towards extremity. Fore- 

 wing with small oblique fulvous spot below middle of costa ; black point 

 in cell and two grey points on discocellulars ; a small white lunule on costa 

 beyond middle and three points towards apex ; a treble black and brown 

 line from apex to middle of inner margin of hindwing ; both wings with 

 minute series of white points just inside termen. 



Habitat— Khk?,i^. Exp. 34 mill. Type— In B. M. 

 2769a. Diomea livida, n. sp. 



^. Head black ; thorax rufous, the tegulse ochreous in front ; abdomen 

 fuscous, the dorsal tufts rufous, the anal tuft ochreous. Forewing purplish 

 brown, the costal area suifused with reddish-ochreous ; small subbasal and 

 antemedial black spots defined by whitish on the costa ; traces of an ante- 

 medial line on inner area and of a double line just beyond the middle ; a 

 large deep black discoidal lunule with diffused black above it on costa ; a 



