HELIODINIDiE, 
543 
blackish-grey except basal fourth whitish, somewhat extended on 
costa and slightly tinged red; cilia grey. 
Assam, Shillong, 5000 feet, August, September ; amongst bamboo 
much infested with Aphides , the larva probably feeding on these 
(Fletcher); Q ex. 
Eretmocera pentaxantha, n. sp. 
$ . 12 mm. Head, palpi, thorax blackish. Abdomen orange- 
yellow, 2 basal segments blackish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; 
blue-blackish : cilia dark grey. Hind wings dark fuscous ; cilia 
grey. » 
China, Tsinan, Shantung, June ( Hindle ) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Eretmocera percnophanes, n. sp. 
<$ 5 . 13 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax dark iridescent 
fuscous, collar bronzy. Abdomen orange, a broad antemedian 
band and anal segment except apex indigo-blackish (abdomen <y 
missing). Forewings dark purple-blue-fuscous : cilia dark fuscous. 
Hind wings dark coppery-fuscous ; cilia dark fuscous. 
Philippines, Samar, May (McGregor) ; 2 ex. 
HECATOMPEDA, n. g. 
Head with appressed hairs, sidetufts loosely rough; ocelli 
posterior; tongue apparently obsolete. Antennse slightly over 1, 
joints very numerous (about 100), somewhat flattened, scape rather 
short, stout, without pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, 
recurved, second joint thickened with rough scales anteriorly, not 
reaching base of antennae, terminal joint about as long as second, 
moderately acute. Maxillary palpi short, apparently 3-jointed, 
porrected, with appressed scales. Posterior tibiae rather rough- 
scaled, tarsi longer, with slight apical bristles. Abdomen rather 
stout, somewhat flattened. Fore wings 2-4 nearly approximated 
from angle, 5 absent, 7 to apex, separate, 11 from before middle. 
Hindwings 1, elongate-trapezoidal-ovate, cilia ^ ; 2 from §, 3 from 
angle, 3-7 parallel. 
A peculiar and interesting form. 
Hecatompeaa pyrocephala, n. sp. 
2 . 19 mm. Head reddish-orange. Antennae grey. Palpi 
orange, terminal joint whitish anteriorly, with a grey lateral line. 
Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen blackish, basal half orange, 
beneath wholly orange. Forewings narrow, costa faintly sinuate, 
arched posteriorly, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; dark 
purplish-fuscous : cilia grey. Hindwings dark grey ; an irregular- 
edged oblique antemedian light orange band, interrupted by some 
narrow grey suffusion below middle ; cilia grey, paler and slightly 
yellowish-tinged anteriorly beneath apex. 
Solomon Is., Florida (Meek) ; 1 ex. (Coll. Paravicini.) 
