236 PYBALIDJE. 



with two spots beyond it below costa ; two submarginal specks 

 below apex and some marks near outer angle. Hind wing yellow, 

 with discocellular black spot; a postmedial brown line angled 

 outwards at vein 3 and connected with the marginal markings at 

 vein 3 and towards anal angle ; an apical and marginal brown band 

 with a series of yellow spots on it ; cilia of both wings chequered 

 brown and white. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 24 millim. 



Genus PILETOCERA.. 



Piletocera, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 431. 

 Danaga, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 272 (1885). 



Type, P. violalis, Led., from Amboina. 



Range. India ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Malayan subregion to Mysol. 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint moderately fringed with scales ins 

 front and reaching vertex of head, the 3rd obtuse ; maxillary palpi 

 extremely minute ; frons rounded ; antennae of male with long cilia, 

 the shaft bent and with a bifid tuft of hair at middle, then serrated ; 

 tibise with the outer spurs two-thirds length of inner. Fore wing 

 with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell, 7 well separated from 8, 9, 10. 

 Hind wing narrow ; the outer margin somewhat excised towards 

 anal angle ; the inner margin short ; the cell short ; veins 3, 4, 5 

 from the angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



SECT. I. Fore tar&i of male fringed with curled hair. 



4738. Piletocera aegimiusalis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 929. 

 Desmia collaris, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1293. 

 JEdio'des mysolalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1299. 

 Danaga pullatalis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 420. 



Fuscous black ; the base of palpi, frons, collar, and base of 



abdomen whitish. Fore wing 

 whitish spot at middle 



it ; a small triangular 



on costa De f re a P ex ; 



jj- a W j 1 ^ e a ^ ou ter angle. 

 Hind wing with postmedial 

 Fig. 142. Piktocera agimiusalis, $ . \. white spot on inner margin ; 



. the cilia white below middle. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Khasis ; Margharita, Assam; Andamans; Borneo; 

 Mysol. Exp. 22 millim. 



SECT. II. Fore tarsi naked. 

 4739. Piletocera octosemalis, n. sp. 



<$ . Head, thorax, and basal half of abdomen fuscous variegated 

 with ochreous, the terminal half of abdomen yellowish white. 



