1893.] SPECIES Of MOTHS FROM INDIA. 389 



Siibfam. Abeaxin^. 

 Obeidia, AVBv. xxiv. p. 1139. 

 Type, 0. vciffipardata, Wlk. 



Obeidia millepunctata, sp. n. 



(S . Pore ^vings white, yello^nsh towards the base, with irregular 

 clusters of small brown-black spots along the first half of the costa, 

 at the apex, and along the hind margin ; extreme apex and fringes 

 wholly brown-black ; at the middle of the costa is a large squarish 

 patch, with 4 oblong smaller blotches below it, one on the median 

 vein, the other 3 on the 3 median nervules, just beyond the origin 

 of each ; below these, on the inner margin, are 2 irregular brown- 

 black patches. Hind wings white, with the apex and bind margin 

 irregularly blotched and dotted ; an interrupted central fascia, 

 consisting of a quadrate dark blotch on the costa, and 4 smaller 

 oval ones, on the submedian and 3 median nervules respectively, 

 the 2 upper ones being contiguous. Underside the same. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen yellow, with the usual black spots. 



Expanse of wings 48 millim. 



Hob. Sikkim. 



[Males of this species were taken by Mdller's native collectors in 

 the interior, but I have never seen the insect myself alive. — 

 H. J. E.-] 



Obeidia eumosa, sp. n. 



(S 2 . Resembles 0. lihellulalis in size and shape ; the costa 

 varied with yellow for j from the base ; a series of irregular 

 roundish costal spots, an interrupted submarginal row of spots, 

 the discal spot, and another between it and the base, the hind 

 margin broadly, and the inner margin more irregularly, smoky grey ; 

 hind wings the same, but without the basal spot; the spots on the 

 fore wing often irregularly confluent. Underside the same as 

 upper; aladomen yellow, with black dots. Distinguished from 

 0. UheUulalis by the absence of the yellow hind margins of the 

 wings and the duller grey ground-colour of the markings. 



Expanse of wings 70 millim. 



Hab. Naga Hills. 



[Seems not uncommon at 5000-6000 feet, where Doherty took 

 several specimens. — H. J. E.'] 



Paeicteeodes, gen. nov. 



Abraxas?, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 653. 



This new genus is necessary for the reception of Abraxas (?) 

 tenebraria, Moore, and 3 or 4 other species. It resembles Icterodes, 

 Butler, superficially, but is distinguished by the structure of the 

 palpi and the coloration of the abdomen. The latter, instead of 

 being yellow with black spots, as in the normal Abraxince, is 

 concolorous with the hind wings. The palpi are porrected 



