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CATALOGUE OF 
duobus minutis apicalibus. Alse sat angustae, non longae ; anticae 
apud costam rectae, apice subrotundata?, margine exteriore sub- 
obliquo. 
Male . Body robust. Palpi porrect, extending as far as the 
bead; third joint minute, short, conical. Antennae setaceous, stout, 
somewhat compressed, very minutely serrated, much shorter than 
the thorax. Abdomen extending for full one-third of its length 
beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with two 
minute apical spurs. Wings rather narrow, not long. Fore wings 
straight along the costa, slightly rounded at the tips, slightly 
oblique along the exterior border; structure of the veins much like 
that of Hepialus. 
1. Elhamma subvaria. 
Mas. Cervina ; caput et thorax obscure fusca ; antennee lestacece ; 
pedes supra obscure fusci ; alee ex parte cinerece annulisque 
cinereis quadrifasciatce , posticce vix fasciatee. 
Male. Fawn-colour. Head and thorax dark brown. Antennae 
testaceous. Legs partly dark brown above. Wings partly gray 
and with four oblique bands of small gray ringlets ; these bands are 
very indistinct on the hind wings, which are occasionally wholly 
gray. Length of the body 8—10 lines ; of the wings 18—24 lines. 
a — c. Van Dieman’s Land. Presented by — Walcott, Esq. 
2. Elhamma inconcluso. 
Mas. Fusca; antennee fulvee , subserratee , thorace breviores ; ab- 
domen cervinum , apice fuscum ; alee non longee , anticee guttis 
nigricantibus striga fasciaque albis fasciaque cervina , posticce 
cervinee . 
Var. f3. Alee anticee cervinee guttis fasciaque nigricantibus . 
Male. Brown. Antennae tawny, very minutely serrated, much 
shorter than the thorax. Abdomen and hind wings fawn-colour, 
the former brown towards the tip. Wings not long. Fore wings 
with blackish dots, with a white streak, extending from the base to 
the tip, and with two exterior indistinct oblique bands, the one 
fawn-colour, the other whitish. 
Var. p. Fore wings fawn-colour, with blackish dots ; exterior i 
bands obsolete ; a more oblique imperfect blackish band extending j 
from the tip of the wing to the disk. Length of the body 8 lines ; j 
of the wings 18 lines. 
