6 NOCTUID &. 
Sect. TV. Antenne of male with strong fascicles of cilia. 
2715. Mecodina oxydata, Swinh. MS. 
Brownish liver-colour. Fore wing with antemedial waved line 
on a diffused ochreous band; dark specks in and at end of cell, 
the former with striga above it on costa; a crenulate medial line 
with a diffused ochreous band beyond it on which is the crenulate 
postmedial line;, an indistinct sinuous submarginal line and 
marginal series of specks. Hind wing fuscous ; underside ochreous, 
with cell-speck and postmedial line. 
Hab. Khasis. HKup., g 34, 2 36 millim. 
Sect. V. (Pantura). Antenne of male short and serrate. 
2716. Mecodina ophiusalis, Wk. Cat. xvi, p. 173; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. 
ili, pl. 177, fig. 4; C. §& S. no. 3007. 
Red-brown ; the head and collar dark chestnut. Fore wing 
with a speck at base ; sinuous antemedial and medial lines oblique 
towards inner margin; a black lunule on discocellulars often 
broken up into spots; a postmedial line oblique below costa and 
angled above inner margin, with a nearly straight pale line beyond 
it; a chocolate quadrate patch on costa before apex; a sinuous 
submarginal line. 
Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 42 millim. 
Scr. VI. (Seneratia). Antenne of male almost as long as fore wing, 
and with long curved spines to the joints as well as cilia. 
' 2717. Mecodina precipua, Wik. Cat. xxxiii, p. 1056; Moore, Lep. 
~ Coeyl. iii, pl. 178, figs. 2, 2a; C. & S. no. 2775. Z 
Sympis turbida, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 611; C. & S. no. 2762. 
Violaceous grey; the head bright chestnut; collar red-brown at 
base. Fore wing with subbasal, ante- and postmedial indistinct 
waved lines, the last excurved beyond cell; a medial indistinct 
diffused line; a large subtriangular chocolate patch with pale 
edges on the costa before apex ; a series of submarginal white and 
dark specks. Hind wing with indistinct antemedial, postmedial, 
and submarginal wayed lines ; the outer area suffused with dark 
red-brown. 
The form turbida from the Andamans is without the triangular 
chocolate patch on fore wing. 
Hab. Nilgiris; Ceylon; Andamans. xp. 46-54 millim. 
2718. Mecodina ruficeps, n. sp. 
®. Fuscous with a slight purplish tinge; the head rufous. Fore 
wing with pale ante- and postmedial patches; waved ante- and 
postmedial lines ; an oblique ill-defined medial black band; a black 
speck at lower angle of cell; an indistinct sinuous submarginal line ; 
