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PLUTORECTELLA; LIOTHULA; EL1NOSTOLA; HYALARCTA. By M. Gaede. 
rhabdo- A. rhabdophora Hmps. (91b) is a very delicately built species. Body and forewing blackish-brown, 
phora. bluish-white at the base. Hindwing purely white. The larval case of the $ is suspended on a thread, that 
of the $ is smoother outside and not suspended. $ 14 mm. Ceylon. 
Subgenus: Hemilipia Hmps. 
Forewing with a very oblique distal margin. The two inner-marginal veins are separated, the upper one reaching 
also the distal margin, not despatching a spur to the inner margin as in Amicta. Veins 4 and 5 from the same base. The 
upper cell-angle is far produced, veins 7 and 8 from the angle, 6 below it, 9 absent. The hindwing lacks vein 5, 8 is con¬ 
nected with the cell by a bar. The partition-vein of the cell is forked in both wings. 
punch- A. punctimarginalis Hmps. Body covered with long black hair. Forewing white with black spots and 
marginalis. streaks at the costal margin as far as its centre and on the whole inner margin. The whole rest of the wing 
is transparent, with black veins and some black scales. Hindwing black-haired at the inner margin, other¬ 
wise transparent, with black veins. $ 26 mm. Ceylon. 
11. Genus: JPlutoreetella Strd. 
The first tarsal joint is almost as long as the 4 following ones together. Vein 1 b of the forewing 
is strong, 1 c weak, similar as in Amicta, with a spur to the inner margin. Veins 5 and 9 absent, all the 
other veins free. Vein 3 arises much nearer at 4 than at 2 in both wings. Veins 4 and 5 of hindwing arise 
from the same base, 6 far from 7, 8 from the anterior margin of the cell, far from the angle, without ac¬ 
cessory veins. 
abdomi- P. abdominalis Strd. Thorax blackish in front, fawn-coloured behind. Wings scantily clad with partly 
nalis. long hair, the veins of the forewing lighter, $ 22 mm. South West Australia. 
12. Genus: liiotlmla Fer. 
As the only species of this genus is placed to Oeketicus by Meyrick, it presumably differs only in 
the somewhat different shape of the wings. The pectinations of the antennae seem to extend farther to the tips. 
omnivora. L. oninivora Fer. (90 h). Body blackish. Forewing very oblong, blackish-brown, somewhat scantily 7 
scaled. The hindwing is semihyaline and appears lighter for this reason. — The larva lives on willows, coni¬ 
fers and many other plants; the sac consists of reddish-brown silk, clad with few remnants of plants, $ 30—36 mm 
New Zealand. 
13. Genus: £liuostola Meyr. dr Low. 
agriodes. 
panagria. 
hypomela. 
Antennae pectinated to the tips (?). The two inner-marginal veins are fused as far as the centre, 
veins 4+5 and 7+8 stalked, 9 absent. Hindwing without veins 5 and 6, vein 8 without accessory veins. 
Type: hypomela Meyr. 
E. agriodes Meyr. Body and antennae blackish-brown. Forewing oblong triangular, rounded at the 
apex. Veins 7+8 stalked. Membrane of wings pale blackish-brown, clad with blackish-brown hair. Fringe 
pale brown. Veins 4 + 5 of the blackish-brown hindwing stalked, fringe blackish-brown and white. — Sac 
16 mm long, irregularly covered with little pieces of bark. — $ 17 mm. Queensland. 
E. panagria Meyr. Body blackish-brown. Forewing with a more excurved costal margin than in agriodes 
and therefore broader. Veins 7 and 8 separated. Fore wing and fringe blackish-brown. Veins 4 + 5 of hind¬ 
wing stalked, hindwing blackish-brown, fringe the same. — The sac is spun with somewhat larger pieces of 
bark, $ 16 mm. Queensland. 
E. hypomela Meyr. Body blackish. Forewing oblong, pale smoky brown, semihyaline, fringe dark 
brown. Hindwing relatively small, apex rather pointed, distal margin oblique, blackish-brown, somewhat 
lighter at the base. — $15 mm. Brisbane. 
14. Genus: Hyalarcta Meyr. & Low. 
Antennae pectinated to the tips. Body moderately long. Inner-marginal veins as in Elinostola. 
Forewing without vein 5, 6 above the centre of the cross-vein, 7 sometimes stalked with 8, 8 + 9 stalked, 
10 + 11 sometimes stalked. Hindwing without vein 5; veins 6 and 7 nearer together or united, 8 branches 
off behind the centre of the cell. 
H. nigrescens Dhl. (= ? herrichi Wiv.). Body black, legs reddish ochre. Forewing oblong, costal 
margin straight, iridescent hyaline. Veins reddish ochre, of the same colour a broad costal-marginal stripe 
as far as the cell-end. Base of wing blackish, especially at the inner margin. Hindwing small, rounded, colour 
and veins as on forewing, more densely scaled at the inner margin. Fringe brownish ochreous in both wings. 
26 mm. Sydney, Adelaide. — The sac is 30—-40 mm long, 8 mm thick, greyish ochre, cylindrical, without 
clothing, with 7 longitudinal furrows. On Eucalyptus. 
