ANTHELINAE; PTEROLOCERA; CHELEPTERYX. By Dr. E. Strand. 
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II. Subfamily: Anthelinae *). 
Thorax and coxae densely covered with bristly hair. In the forewing the areola almost extends to 
the apex of the wing; 8 and 9 rise separately from the areola. In the hindwing 8 is distantly remote from the 
cell, thus 7 and 8 diverge from the base. 
I. In the hindwing 8 is very near to the centre of the cell. 
a. In the fore wing the areola is single. Pterolocera 
b. In the forewing the areola is parted by a vein. Chelepteryx 
II. In the hindwing 8 is distantly remote from the centre of the cell. 
a. Forewing with vein 5 from the angle of the cell .... Nataxa 
b. Forewing with vein 5 distinctly above the angle of the cell Anthela 
Besides Chenuala Swh. will belong to this subfamily. 
44. Genus: Pterolocera Wkr. 
I repeat here at first the rather insufficient original description. — body hairy and rather strong. 
Proboscis not to be noticed. Palpi porrect. rather long, very hairy, projecting beyond the head, the second 
joint much longer than the first, the third rather long, linear, obtuse. Antennae % the length of body, with 
extraordinarily long and somewhat bristly pectinations. Legs rather long and thin, femora long-haired, hind 
tibiae with 2 rather long apical spurs. Wings broad. Forewing with a straight costal margin, at the apex hardly 
angular. (This is probably a mistake: Walker presumably meant to write .,sharply angular”). The 2 nd of 
the lower veins is much farther from the 3rd than from the 1st vein, the 3rd is much nearer to the 2nd than 
to the 4th vein. The hindwing projects beyond the abdomen.” Thus far Walker’s description. -— The veins 
are remarkably thickly and densely scaled and therefore very prominent, although the scaling of the surface 
of the wing is thick and dense. In the forewing vein 3 is at the base twice as distant from 2 as from 4, vein 
4 being only half as distant from 5 as from 3. 6 almost from the angle of the cell. resp. on a very short 
fork with 7, the latter from the long areola at % of the length of’ it. 8 and 9. separated from each other, from 
the apex of the areola. 8 into the apex of the wing. 9 shortly before it. 10 from the anterior edge of the areola, 
from the apex of which it is not far away. 11 from the anterior edge of the cell beyond the centre: discocellular 
transverse and but very feebly bent; the cell projects beyond the centre of the wing. In the hindwing 3 is 
farther from 2 than from 4, 4 is distinctly separated from 5. but they both rise from the angle of the cell. 6 
and 7 on a very short fork from the anterior angle, both terminating into the distal margin. 
Pterolocera is particularly distinguished by the long (extending almost to the last quarter of the forewing) 
antennae provided with exceptionally long pectinations; the costal margin of the forewing is straight in its 
whole length, and the apex forms an acute angle with the distal margin. 
Pt. amplicornis Wkr. (46 b). Light brown. Antennae brownish-yellow with black pectinations. 
Femora and tibiae above and tarsi blackish. Wings light fawn-coloured with a brownish, discal. indistinct 
oblique band, veins distinctly marked dark brown. Veins of hindwing towards base light. Expanse of wings: 
37 mm. Adelaide. Melbourne (Australia); Tasmania. •— ferruginea form. nov. is ferruginous reddish with a 
darker head, anterior part of the thorax and costal margin of forewing; wings with an interrupted brown discal 
oblique band which is farther remote from the distal margin than in the typical form; veins like the surface 
of the wings. Swaney River and Tasmania. -— ferrugineofusca form. nov. is ferruginous reddish-brown on the 
thorax, and the wings are rather dark brown with a black band. Tasmania; Xew South Wales. 
Pt. insignis H.-Schaff. (57b). A- Light reddish-grey; wings with bright red veins; both wings with 
an almost linear blackish cross-band which encloses on the veins one jet-black dot each, beginning on the costal 
margin of the forewing at %, extending parallel to the distal margin as far as the posterior margin, whilst in 
the hindwing it. is straight or even slightly convex towards the base. Expanse of wings: 41 mm. Australia. 
45. Genus: I’lielepteryx G. R.Gray. 
Antennae bipectinate, in the $ much shorter and in-curved, palpi short, obtuse, hairy. Bcdy long¬ 
haired. Wings broad, semi-transparent, clad with hair-scales, forewing subtriangular, hindwing at the end 
slightly falciform, its cell closed. Legs thin, the four hind tibiae with terminal spurs. Thus far the original 
diagnose. — Both wings with a sharp apex, that of the hindwing pojecting beyond the anal angle of the forewing. 
Forewing of the <$ with a slightly undulate distal margin, hindwing with a right anal angle; in the $ the posterior 
angle on both wings is broadly rounded. Antennae of $ with long, of $ with short double pectinations. Palpi 
porrect, projecting beyond the head, in the $ strong, in the $ thin, the last joint and basal joint small and of 
equal size, the second joint twice as long. Middle tibiae with 2 . hind tibiae with 4 small spurs. 
*) Of many of the species enumerated here (particularly Anthela) only one specimen (the type) is known, which is 
in Australia. At the time when this group was elaborated (1918). no copies for figuring them were to be obtained. This may 
be done later on in supplementary numbers. Dr. Seitz. 
