1898.] 



OP THE STJBFAMILT PTKAUSTIIf^. 



707 



middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8 for a 

 short distance towards apex. 



Type. tEKiNOTHUS lollialis "Wlk. xix. 1005. 



Borneo. 



Genus 63. Aohantodes. 



AcJumiodes Guen. Noct. ii. p. 386 (1852). 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint smoothly scaled, the 3rd short 

 and blunt ; maxillary palpi dilated with scales ; f rons rounded ; 

 antennae laminate ; tibiae with the outer spurs two-thirds length of 

 inner. Fore wing with the costa straight ; the apex produced to 

 a point ; the outer margin excised below apex and much excurved 

 at middle ; vein 8 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 7 

 straight ; 10 approximated to 8, 9. Hind wing with the outer 

 margin slightly excised below apex ; vein 3 from angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 approximated for some distance ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 

 anastomosing with 8. 



Fig. 63. 



Aehantodes cerusicosta, (^ . \. 

 Type, AcHANTODBS OERTTSicosTA Guen. Noct. ii. p. 386. 



Venezuela. 



Genus 64. Piletosoma, nov. 



Palpi upturned, the 2ud joint moderately scaled in front, the 

 3rd short and blunt ; maxillary palpi minute ; frons rounded ; 

 antennae of male minutely ciliated; abdomen extremely long, the 

 proximal segments with tufts of hair at sides, the anal tuft long ; 

 tibiae with the outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner ; wings 

 long and narrow. Fore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 7 

 curved and approximated to 8, 9, to which 10 also is approximated. 

 Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Fig. 64. 



Piletosoma novalis, ^. \. 

 Type, (1) Piletosoma novalis Wlk. ixxiv. 1399. 



Villa Nova, Brazil. 



