594 
XOCTTTIDjE. 
Genus MALATROGIA. nov. 
Type, M. castanitis, Hmpsn. ( Zetlies ), J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. 
Soc. xvii. p. 666 (1907). 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 
2nd joint reaching to middle of frons, moderately scaled in 
front and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 
3rd minute and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge 
of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with 
long bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales 
mixed and without crests ; fore and mid tibiae moderately 
fringed with hair, the hind tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen 
with some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. 
Fore wing with the apex obliquely truncate, the termen 
hooked at vein 3, then excised and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind 
wing with the termen produced to slight points at veins 7 
and 4, hooked at vein 3, then excised and produced to a point 
at vein 2 ; the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ; 
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near 
base only. 
Genus ZETHESIDES, nov. 
Type. Z. hesperioides. Guen. ( Zethes ), Noct. iii. p. 330 
(1852) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iii. p. 11 (1895). 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and 
fringed with hair behind except at base, the 3rd long and 
smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; 
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with slight bristles and 
cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without 
crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with 
some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore 
wing with the costa arched towards apex which is produced 
and acute, the termen excised below apex and produced to a 
point at vein 4, then oblique, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from 
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anasto- 
mosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing 
with the termen produced to points at veins 7 and 4, crenu- 
late ; the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 
from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base 
only. 
