436 CATALOGUE OF 



Dear the tip ; two hoary patches near the interior border ; three 

 transverse black lines ; first and second zigzag, receding from each 

 other towards the borders ; third marginal, obsolete towards the tip. 

 Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 8 — 10 lines; of the 

 wings 22—26 lines. 



a — c. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



ElLIA BASIVITTA. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; palpi porrecti, graciles, subtus late fim- 

 briati; alee anticce longee, nigro conspersee, lineis quatuor 

 nigris transversis, \a,2a Zaque angulosis,4a submarginali e 

 lunulis parvis, strigis tribus lineolisque duabus nigris, plaga 

 discali albida, costa subconvexa ; posticee cinerece. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour. Palpi porrect, slender, broadly 

 fringed beneath, extending rather beyond the head ; third joint 

 acute, minute. Antenna? short, moderately pectinated. Fore wings 

 long, rounded at the tips, minutely black-speckled, with four trans- 

 verse black lines ; first, second and third lines zigzag; fourth sub- 

 marginal, composed of irregular minute lunules ; three black streaks ; 

 first basal, in a line with the second, which is much smaller; third 

 costal, near the tip, with two little black lines behind it; a whitish 

 patch between the first and second streaks, the latter bordered with 

 whitish at its tip; costa slightly convex ; exterior border straight, 

 very oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 8 lines; 

 of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



RlLlA? ILLEPIDA. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina, sat gracilis; palpi brevissimi ; pedes gra- 

 ciles ; alee fmco cons per see ; anticee apicv sub rotunda tee, plaga 

 discali nigricanle strigaque fusca obliqua connexis, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour, rather slender. Proboscis 

 obsolete. Palpi very short. Antennae moderately pectinated, rather 

 short. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings; apical tuft 

 rather large. Legs slender ; spurs long. Wings with brown minute 

 speckles. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; a blackish patch 

 in the disk, connected with a broad brown oblique streak, which 

 proceeds from it to the costa near the tip ; some black marginal 



