of the f^nlifamUij H)'iliocain|)ina\ 13 



voiji 3 to tlic l()l)i' ; till' uiidcrsidc \\itii iiiucuhite white inc(li:il 

 l):iM(l from costa t») vein 2. 



Hub. Solomons, BougJiinviilc 1. {Meek), 2 cJ type. I'Juj/. 

 20 nun. 



(3 4.) Pihtocera stijylalis, sp. n. 



Autcmuc of male with a tnfl of hair at one third, followed 

 by a ridi^e ot hair, tli(Mi aiiother tuft, followed hy a sinus ; 

 fore femora with tuft of hair at extremity; fore wing with 

 the basal half of costa lobcd. 



cJ . Head, tiiorax, and abdomen l)laek-bro\vn ; antcnnrc 

 with the tuft at two thirds of shaft white, the shaft beyond 

 it white above; tarsi with slight pale rings; abdomen with 

 the terminal segment oehreous below, the genital tufts 

 oehreous white ; wings blaek-brown. Fore wing with very 

 indistinet pale postmedial line, slightly cxcurved below eosta, 

 bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, thou retracted towards 

 lower angle of cell and again slightly cxcurved. Hind wing 

 with very indistinct pale jjostmedial line, slightly cxcurved 

 below costa, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then 

 retracted to near lower angle of cell and oblicjuc to tornus. 



Hub. Solomons, Choiseul I. {Meek), 1 ^J type; (iuiulal- 

 canar I. {Meek), 1 J ; Kulambangra I. {Meek), 1 ^. Eup. 

 21- umi. 



{\ a.) Piletocera denticostalis, sp. n. 



Fore wing with tufts of hair on inner area below pro- 

 jecting over hind wing. 



(T . Head whitish; palpi with the extremity of second 

 joint and the third joint brown ; antennae broAvn to beyond 

 the tufts ; thorax cupreous brown ; pectus and legs white, 

 fore legs with the tuft of scales at extremity of femora 

 black. Fore wing cupreons brown; a small wliitish spot in 

 middle of cell, with others below it above and below vein 1 ; 

 a whitish discoidal lunule ; })ostmcdial line w ith w hitish bars 

 at costa and inner margin, cxcurved and obsolescent between 

 those points. Hind wing cupreous brown ; a dark post- 

 medial line defined by whitish on outer side, nearly straight 

 from costa to tcrmcn at vein 2, then retracted to lower angle 

 of cell and oblique to tornus ; the underside with the basal 

 area wliitish, an indistinct discoidal annulus. 



Hab. Solomons, Gizo I. (Meek), 1 <^ type. E.rp. 20 mm. 



