Pyralide of the Subfamily Hydrocampine. 269 
(16d) Piletocera leucocephalis, sp. n. 
6. Head and tegule silvery white, the sides of frons and 
shoulders dark brown; thorax glossy brown with some white at 
base of patagia and sides of metathorax ; abdomen white banded 
with brown at base; then glossy brown with the genital tufts white 
tinged with rufous; antenne dark brown, white from the con- 
tortion to near tips; palpi brown, white tinged with brown at base 
and in front to near extremity of 2nd joint; pectus and ventral 
surface of abdomen white tinged with brown; legs brown. Fore 
wing cupreous red-brown ; a slight whitish antemedial spot in the 
cell and line from cell to inner margin; a quadrate white patch in 
end of cell and dark discoidal lunule with curved whitish striga on 
it ; a wedge-shaped white subterminal mark from costa to discal 
fold; a slight white mark on termen at submedian fold. Hind 
wing with the basal half white, the terminal half dark cupreous 
brown ; a round cupreous brown discoidal spot; a rather diffused 
cupreous brown postmedial line from discal fold to inner margin, 
confluent with the lower terminal area to vein 2; cilia white with 
a brown line near base in submedial interspace. : 
@. Head and tegule suffused with brown; antennze wholly 
brown ; abdomen with some whitish at base. 
Hab. Bismarck Arcu., Rook I. (Meek), 3 6,29 type. Hup., 
36, 26, 2 22 mm. 
(20a) Piletocera maculifrons, sp. n. 
3. Head white with dark brown spot on frons and the vertex 
tinged with brown; thorax and abdomen dark reddish brown, the 
latter with some whitish at base and a spot on anal segment; palpi 
dark brown, the basal joint, 2nd joint in front at base, and the 3rd 
joint white; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen pure 
white, the fore tibiz with black patch at extremity, and the tarsi 
ringed with blackish. Fore wing dark reddish brown; a small 
ochreous white antemedial spot below the costa and slight whitish 
line from cell to inner margin; an ochreous white patch in end of 
cell and points beyond the angles of cell; the terminal half of costa 
with four small ochreous white patches with black-brown between 
them; a slight ochreous white mark before termen at submedian 
fold; cilia creamy white with a dark line near base, the tips dark 
brown at middle and at tornus. Hind wing dark reddish brown, 
the costa white towards base; a small ochreous white spot before 
termen at submedian fold; cilia white with a dark brown line near 
base, the tips brown towards apex, at middle, and at tornus. 
Hab. Assam, Khasis,1 ¢ type. Exp. 14 mm. 
| (20 6) Piletocera leucogastralis, sp. n. 
6. Head white mixed with dark brown; thorax and abdomen 
dark brown, the latter with diffused whitish band on 2nd segment 
