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Genus Ela, n. g. 

 Mas. — Corpus sat robustum, pilis longis vestitiim. Proboscis 

 obsoleta. Palpi porrecti, minimi. Antennae latissime pec- 

 tinatae. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes breves, 

 graciles, pilosi, calcaribus minimis. Ala; elongatse ; anticae 

 apice rotundatae, margine exteriore recto perobliquo ; posticae 

 margine interiore pilis longis vestito. 



Male. — Body moderately stout, clothed with long hairs. Pro- 

 boscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, very small, not extending beyond 

 the head. Antennae moderately long, very broadly pectinated. 

 Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind-wings. Legs 

 short, slender, pilose ; spurs very small. Wings elongate, mode- 

 rately broad. Pore-wings rounded at the tips ; costa straight, 

 slightly rounded towards the tip ; exterior border straight, very 

 oblique. Hind-wings clothed with long hairs along the interior 

 border. 



This genus is nearly allied to Ahella. 



Ela leucophcea. 

 Mas. — Fusca, antennis testaceis, alis anticis albo-conspersis, 

 linea sub-marginali alba dentata antice abbreviata postice 

 dilatata intus fusco-obscuro-marginata, alis posticis dimidio 

 exteriore albo. 



Male. — Brown, paler beneath. Antennae testaceous. Fore- 

 wings irregularly speckled with white ; a white sub-marginal 

 dentate line, which is dilated hindward and is abbreviated in front, 

 and is bordered with darker brown on the inner side. Hind-wings 

 with nearly half the exterior part white. 



Length of the body 8 lines ; of tlie wings 20. lines,^ 



Australia. 



Genus Clostra, n. g. 



Mas. — Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi por- 

 recti, pilosi, sat graciles, caput superantes ; articulus 3» conicus, 

 brevis. Antennae graciles, sub-pectinatae. Pedes pilosi, 

 longiusculi, sat graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 longis. Alae amplae, inlegrae ; anticae apice sub-rotundatae,^ 

 costa sub-convexa ; posticae abdomen superantes. 



Male. — Body moderately stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi 

 porrect, pilose, rather slender, extending somewhat beyond the 

 head ; 3rd joint conical, less than one-fourth of the length of the 

 2nd. Antennae slender, slightly pectinated ; branches very short 



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