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a dorsal crest on basal segment. Posterior tibiae slightly 

 hairy on dorsum. Forewings normal. Hindwings with 4 

 and 5 stalked, 8 anastomosing with cell nearly to middle. 

 sericiiia, Turn. 



15. Gen. Eligma, Hb. 



Frons not projecting. Palpi very long, ascending; second 

 joint reaching or exceeding vertex, smooth; terminal joint 

 as long or longer than second, smooth, dilated towards apex. 

 Tliorax and abdomen smooth and without crests. Posterior 

 tibiae slightly hairy. Forewings with areole long and narrow. 

 Hindwings with 8 anastomosing with cell to f . 



Hampson describes the tongue as small and aborted, but 

 it seems fairly developed in the Australian species. 



orthoxantha, Low. 



16. Gen. Gadirtha, Wlk. 



Frons not projecting. Palpi very long, ascending; 

 second joint with short loose hairs; terminal joint about J, 

 smooth, dilated at apex. Thorax with a slight posterior crest. 

 Abdomen with a dorsal series of hairy crests. Posterior tibiae 

 hairy. Forewings normal. Hindwings with 8 anastomosing 

 with cell to \ or to middle. 



pulchra, Butl. ineocacta, Wlk. f hades, Low. 



17. Gen. Plotheia, Wlk. 



Frons not projecting, but with an anterior tuft of hair. 

 Palpi very long, porrect; second joint with long hairs above 

 and beneath ; terminal joint J, hairy beneath. Thorax not 

 crested. Abdomen with a series of small dorsal crests. Pos- 

 terior tibiae smooth. Forewings normal. Hindwings with 8 

 anastomosing with cell to middle. 



Allied to Gadirtha, but with porrect palpi, the third 

 joint hairy beneath and not dilated at apex. 



elonr/ata, Hmps. Hah. — Queensland: Brisbane, Mount 

 Tambourine; five specimens. An extraordinarily variable 

 species, no two specimens being alike, which will, I think, 

 prove identical with Gadirtha elongata, Hmps., represented 

 by a single female from Assam; if so polwchroa, Hmps., 

 is a synonym. 



18. Gen. Labanda, Wlk. 



Frons not projecting. Palpi very long, ascending : second 

 joint smooth, slender, reaching or exceeding vertex; terminal 

 joint nearly as long as second. Thorax with a small posterior 

 crest. Abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments. 

 Posterior tibiae smooth. Forewings normal. Hindwings 

 with 3 and 4 separate, 8 anastomosing with cell at J. 



