1430 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Body moderately stout. Frontal tuft prominent. 

 Proboscis short. Palpi broad, porrect, rostriform, pilose, as long as 

 the breadth of the; head; third joint conical, not more than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antenna? slender, smooth. Legs 

 rather slender ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings elongate, 

 rather broad. Fore wings obtuse; exterior border much notched 

 in front. Hind wings slightly dentate. 



1. Chalastra pellurgata. 



Fcem. Pallide straminea ; alee anticce ferrugineo conspersa, \a 

 basali subangulosa, 2a recta latissima, 3a antice flexa, 4a sub- 

 arcuata, guttis exterioribus albidis trigonis ferrugineo margin- 

 atis, puncto discali nigro ; posticce linea exteriore nigra 

 punctulari abbreviata. 



Female. Pale straw-colour. Palpi brown. Fore wings with 

 ferruginous speckles, and with four transverse ferruginous lines ; 

 first line near the base, slightly zigzag ; second straight, slightly 

 oblique, very broad ; third oblique, much bent in front; fourth more 

 slender, slightly curved, accompanied on the outer side by whitish 

 triangular ferruginous-bordered dots; discal point black. Hind 

 wings paler, slightly speckled, with a black exterior line, which is 

 obsolete in front and is represented by points hind ward. Length of 

 the body 5£ lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley's collection. 



Genus 34. ELVIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Fasciculus frontalis productus, 

 acutus. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi lati, longi, porrecti, timbriati; 

 articulus 3us brevissimus, gracillimus. Antennae breves, vix serratae. 

 Abdominis fasciculus apicalis radiatus. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae elongatae, sat angustae ; 

 anticae margine exteriore postico perobliquo ; posticae margine exte- 

 riore postico subexcavato. 



Male. Body rather slender. Frontal tuft prominent, acute. 

 Proboscis moderately long. Palpi broad, porrect, fringed, longer 

 than the breadth of the head; third joint very short and slender. 

 Antennae short, indistinctly serrated. Abdomen with a somewhat 

 radiating apical tuft. Legs smooth, rather stout; hind tibiae with 

 four long spurs. Wings elongate, rather narrow. Fore wings rect- 

 angular at the tips; exterior border very oblique hindward. Hind 

 wings with the exterior border slightly excavated hindward. 



