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Sect. III. AntennsB oi male with scale-tooth on basal joint ; the 

 base of shaft excised followed by slight scale-teeth ; under- 

 side of both wings with rough scales in cell, hind wing with 

 large recurved tufts of scales on medial part of costal area. 



(6) PiLOCEOCIS COPTOBASIS, n. sp. 



c? . Purplish fuscous; base of palpi and thorax and abdomen below 

 white. Pore wing with small quadrate hyaline spot in end of cell 

 and another below origin of vein 2 ; the postmedial line formed by 

 three dentate hyaline marks beyond the cell, then three points 

 nearer the termen, between veins 5 and 2, and a point near the 

 hyaline spot below vein 2. Hind wing with the postmedial line 

 represented by a spot beyond the cell, three points near the termen 

 between veins 5 and 2, and a line from lower angle of cell to 

 tornus. 



Eab. Amboina ; Celebes ; Batchiau (DoTiertif) ; Pergusson I., 

 "N". Guinea (MeeJc). Exp. 36 mm. Types in Coll. Eothschild and 

 B. M. 



Sect. IV. {Anisoctena). Antennte of male with scale-tooth on basal 

 joint ; a deep excision at base of shaft followed by curved 

 teeth on outer side for some distance ; maxillary palpi dilated 

 with scales. Pore wing with thick curled hair on base of 

 inner margin met by a fringe of curved hair in upper part of 

 cell ; the median nervure and inner area clothed with long 

 hair. Pemale normal, 



(7)tPii'OCE,ocis SYNOMOTis Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 456. 



Celebes. 



Sect. V. Antennae of male with the shaft fringed with hair on 

 upperside at about one-sixth from base ; frons with rounded 

 prominence. 



(8)tPlI'0CR0CIS PUBPtTRASCENS, n. sp. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous brown ; palpi at base, 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white ; wings dark 

 fuscous with a purplish gloss ; both wings with faint traces of 

 discoidal spot and postmedial line retracted at vein 3 to lower 

 angle of cell. 



Hah. Ecuador, Loja ; Trinidad. E.vp. 40 mm. 



Sect. VI. (Pilocrocis). Antennae of male with the base of shaft 

 excised, then thickened and curved for some distance ; fore 

 wing with a thick fringe of hair and scales below basal half 

 of costa, 



Tyr)e. (9) Pilocrocis ramen^talis Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 430, 

 pi. 16. f. 13. U.S.A. ; Venezuela; Brazil. 



Zlnckenia jperfuscalis Hulst, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xiii. p, 159. 



