10 NOCTUID ZA. 
2727. Zethes renalis, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 194, pl. 172, fig. 12; 
C. & S. no. 2718. 
6. Head and thorax rufous; abdomen fuscous, with ochreous 
anal tuft. Fore wing grey-brown, suffused with rufous, especially 
at base and apex; traces of a subbasal pale line; an antemedial 
oblique line angled below costa; the reniform dark, with pale out- 
line; the postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 4, where it is 
very highly angled, then crenulate to inner margin; a greyish 
patch from costa to its angle; a marginal series of dark specks. 
Hind wing dark fuscous, the inner area with a reddish tinge; a 
marginal series of dark specks. Underside pale. 
Hab. Ceylon. Hxp. 30 millim. 
b’. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. 
) 2728. Zethes pulcherrima, Buti. Ill. Het. iii, p. 67, pl. 57, figs. 5-9. 
Head pale brown; thorax pink and yellow; abdomen fuscous 
with a white basal band. Fore wing with the basal area and the 
costal area to near apex pink, the rest of wing fuscous ; indistinct 
yellowish subbasal and antemedial lines ; a black speck at lower 
angle of cell; a postmedial line angled below the costa, then 
obliquely sinuous to near middle of inner margin ; a purple patch 
with dark marks on it from the end of pink area to above middle 
of outer margin; a whitish or grey patch on the costa before apex ; 
an indistinct submarginal whitish line. Hind wing with the base 
pink; traces of a medial line; a submarginal series of white 
specks and fulvous spot above anal angle. 
Hab. Japan; N. China; Simla. ap. 28 millim. 
2729. Zethes pictipennis, n. sp. 
3. Differs from pulcherrima in having the rosy-brown area of 
fore wing more extensive, reaching the apex and embracing two 
minute black specks at end of cell; the postmedial line less 
angled below costa, then much less oblique; the submarginal line 
with some white on each side of it towards inner margin. Hind 
wing much more variegated ; the medial and postmedial lines much 
more distinct ; a series of white lunules on inner area, and black 
specks on the apical area just inside the margin. 
Hab. Trivandrum (Fergusson). Eep.30 millim. Type in B. M. 
b'. Palpt with the 2nd and 3rd joints much longer. 
2730. Zethes talusalis, Wik. Cat. xvi, p. 219; C. & S. no. 2743. 
@. Dull ochreous brown. Fore wing with minute white speck 
in cell and two at end of it; an indistinct fulvous submarginal 
band angled outwards at middle ; a crenulate marginal line. Hind 
wing with indistinct nearly straight postmedial fulvous band and 
crenulate marginal line. 
Hab. Moulmein. ep. 34 millim. 
