948 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



a very faint fuscous dot in disc at f : cilia pale brownish-ochreous. 

 Hindwings grey, fuscous-tinged ; cilia whitish-fuscous. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; three specimens received from Mr. G. 

 Barnard. 



548. (78c.) Eul. heliocoma, n. sp. 



9. 13-18 mm. Head rather dark purple-fuscous, side-tufts 

 ochreous-orange. Palpi, antennae, thorax, and legs rather dark 

 purplish -fuscous, posterior legs whitish-ochreous. Abdomen fus- 

 cous, somewhat mixed with orange-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa gently arched, apex tolerably obtuse, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded ; rather dark fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged : cilia fus- 

 cous. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; three specimens received from Mr. G. 

 Barnard. 



649. (79a.) Eul. malacoptera, n. sp. 



(J$. 14-18 mm. Head orange-yellow. Palpi yellow, lower half 

 of second joint dark fuscous. Antennae grey, dilations in ^ 2. 

 Thorax dark grey, posterior half orange-yellow. Abdomen grey, 

 anal tuft yellowish. Legs dark grey, jDosterior pair light yellow- 

 ish. Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex rounded, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; orange- 

 yellow ; a reddish-ochreous-brown blotch occupying apical third, 

 its anterior edge running from | of costa to anal angle, convex, 

 marked with an obscure dark fuscous dot in middle : cilia reddish- 

 grey, towards base more reddish-ochreous, tips round apex dark 

 grey. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale reddish-grey. 



Sydney and Bathurst, New South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; 

 Port Lincoln, South Australia; from August to November, 

 common. This and the following series diverge widely in colour- 

 ing from their allies, and might be mistaken for species of Coesyra, 

 to which they have much general resemblance. 



550. (79b.) Eul. heliodora, n. sp. 



^9. 13-15 mm. Head orange-yellow. Palpi orange-yellow, 

 lower half of second joint dark grey. Antennae dark grey. 



