202 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 44. ELUSA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, pilosissimum. Palpi validi, suban- 

 gulati ; articulus 2us longus, oblique ascendeos ; 3us conicus, bre- 

 vis, pilosus. Antennae dimidio basali incrassato contorto et sulcato, 

 apud medium dilatatae et cyathiforines, apices versus setosae et 

 arcuatae. Abdomen alas posticas superans, subtus lanuginosum. 

 Pedes validi ; tibiae (posticae latissime) fimbriatae. Alae brevius- 

 culae, sat angustae ; anticae apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore 

 perobliquo ; posticae margine interiore fimbriato. 



Male. Body stout, very pilose. Palpi stout, pilose ; first joint 

 very sbort; second obliquely ascending, long; third sbort, conical, 

 pilose, inclined forward, and thus forming an obtuse angle with the 

 second. Antennae incrassated, twisted and grooved above for one- 

 third of the length from the base, then with a cup-shaped dilatation, 

 setose as usual and curved from thence to the tips. Abdomen ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings, lanuginous beneath ; apical appen- 

 dages and tuft large. Legs stout ; fore tibiae slightly fringed ; 

 middle tibiae moderately fringed ; hind tibiae most densely fringed 

 with long hairs. Wings rather short and narrow. Fore wings 

 somewhat rounded at the tips ; exterior border very oblique. Hind 

 wings with the interior border fringed. 



1. Elusa Ceneusalis. 



Mas. Cervina ; antenna nodo subtus nigricante ; alee anticce ex 

 parte subrufescentes, lineis interiore et exteriore fuscescentibus 

 denticulatis indistinctis, submarginali subobsoleta, orbieulari 

 albida punctiformi, reniformi angusta longa cinerea albido 

 marginata extus excavata. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Abdomen and hind wings paler. An- 

 tennae blackish on the inside of the cup-shaped part. Fore wings 

 with a reddish tinge from the base to the reniform mark, which is 

 narrow, long, cinereous with a whitish border, excavated on the 

 outer side ; orbicular mark whitish, punctifbrm ; interior and exte- 

 rior lines brownish, denticulated, indistinct ; submarginal line 

 almost obsolete, as are the other lines on the wings beneath. Length 

 of the body 5—6 lines ; of the wings 10 — 12 lines. 



a. — c. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



