LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 609 



Genus 28. ELYMIOTIS. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi 

 validi, ascendentes, pilosissimi ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae 

 serratae. Abdomen elongatum, cristatum, alas posticas triente 

 superans. Pedes longiusculi, sat graciles; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 longissimis. Alse sat amplae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice 

 subrotundatae, margine exteriore denticulato mediocriter obliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis ratber long. Palpi 

 stout, ascending, very pilose; third joint very minute. Antennae 

 serrated. Abdomen elongated, crested, extending for one-third of 

 its length beyond the hind wings. Legs rather long and slender; 

 hind tibiae with very long spurs. Wings rather ample. Fore wings 

 quite straight in front, somewhat rounded at the tips, denticulated 

 and moderately oblique along the exterior border. 



I. Elymiotis Notodontoides. 



Mas. Cana, ex parte subfuscescens ; caput et thorax anticus 

 obscure fusca ; abdomen pallide fuscescens, apice nigricans; 

 alee anticce lineis nigris undulatis duplicatis incompletes, ex 

 parte nigro conspersce, strigis duabus exterioribus nigris, linea 

 submarginali albida, lunulis submarginalibus et marginalibus 

 venisque inter mediis nigris, orbiculari etreniformi indistinctis, 

 ciliis testaceis aut fuscis testaceo guttatis ; posticce sordide 

 albid&, fascia margineque lato diffuso fuscis. 



Male. Hoary, partly and slightly tinged with pale ligneous 

 brown. Head and fore part of the thorax dark brown. Abdomen 

 pale brownish, blackish at the tip. Fore wings with the usual lines 

 black, undulating, double, and very incomplete ; a few black flecks 

 at the base, and before the middle and beyond the reniform spot, 

 where they are accompanied by two black streaks ; submarginal 

 line whitish, indistinct, having between it and the black marginal 

 lunules a row of black curves, the latter being connected with the 

 lunules by the black intermediate veins; discal spots indistinct; 

 ciliae alternately brown and testaceous, each brown part including a 

 testaceous dot opposite the black vein. Hind wings dingy whitish, 

 with a slight brown band and a broad diffuse brown border. 

 Length of the body 1 1 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a ? From M. Becker's collection. 



