494 CATALOGUE OF 



lus subfasciculatus. Abdomen subcristatum ; fasciculus apicalis 

 brevissimus. Pedes breves, crassi, late fimbriati. Alae anticae 

 latae, subelongatae, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore subcon- 

 vexo valde obliquo ; posticae abdomen superantes. 



Male, Body very stout, densely pilose. Proboscis obsolete. 

 Palpi porrect, stout, pilose, hardly extending beyond the head ; 

 third joint conical, minute. Antennae rather short, very slightly 

 pectinated, with a small tuft on the basal joint. Abdomen slightly 

 crested, decreasing in breadth from the base to the tip, shorter than 

 the interior border of the fore wings ; apical tuft very short. Legs 

 short, broadly fringed, very stout. Wings broad, slightly elongate. 

 Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior border very con- 

 vex, slightly oblique; second inferior vein more than twice further 

 from the third than from the first ; third twice further from the 

 fourth than from the second. 



Most allied to Natada, from which its short palpi will dis- 

 tinguish it. 



Eloasa calida. 



Mas. Rufescente-cervina ; caput, thorax abdominisque vitta 

 ockracea ; abdomen apice aurato-flavum, fasciculo apicali 

 nigricante ; pedes posteriores chalybceo vittati ; alee fimbria 

 nigra ; anticce striga apud marginem interiorem brevi trans- 

 versa nigricante, 



Male, Reddish fawn-colour. Head, thorax and ridge of the 

 abdomen ochraceous. Antennae fawn-colour. Abdomen gilded 

 yellow at the tip ; apical tuft blackish. Posterior tibiae and posterior 

 tarsi chalybeous black above. Wings with the fringe black except 

 towards the base. Fore wings with a short transverse blackish 

 streak on the middle of the interior border. Length of the body 

 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



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



Genus APHENDALA. 



Masetfozm, Corpus robustum, laeve. Proboscis nulla. Palpi 

 porrecti, validi, pubescentes, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us 

 conicus, parvus. Pedes validi, sub fimbriati ; calcaria quatuor longa. 

 Alae latae, spissae. Mas. — Palporum articulus 2us subtus sub- 

 fimbriatus. Antennae subpectinatae. Abdominis fasciculus apicalis 

 brevis, subquadratus. Alae anticae vix acutae, margine exteriore 



