BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 957 



565. (86a.) Eul. elaeota, n. sp. 



(^9. 18-21 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi dark grey^ 

 upper side ochreous-white. Antennae grey, ciliations in ^ 1. 

 Thorax pale yellow-ochreous, anteriorly suffused with dark grey. 

 Abdomen ferruginous, segmental margins pale yello\vi.sh, basal 

 segment dark grey. Legs dark grey, posterior tibise pale yellowish. 

 Fore wings very elongate, rather na rrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 acute, hind margin faintly sinuate, very oblique; ochreous-white, 

 dorsal half wholly suffased with light yellow-ochreous ; a rather 

 narrow dark grey streak along costa from near base to f, 

 extremities pointed ; a black dot beneath costa near base ; a black 

 dot in disc at J, a second on fold directly beneath first, a third 

 somewhat beyond and above middle, and three, somewhat larger 

 and more or less confluent, placed in a short curved inwardly 

 oblique line in disc at | ; sometimes a grey suffusion along upper 

 margin of yellowish dorsal suffusion from base to § ; a moie or less 

 thick dark grey streak from ^ of disc to apex, tolerably dilated 

 towards costa, lower extremity sometimes rather projecting down- 

 wards ; sometimes an obscure ill-defined dark grey submarginal 

 line, attenuated or obsolete beneath : cilia whitish-ochreous, above 

 apex with a dark grey space, on anal angle greyish-tinged. Hind- 

 wings rather dark grey ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous, more or less 

 greyish-tinged. 



Perth, West Australia ; in November, on the western slope of 

 the dividing range, locally abundant. This and the four following 

 species form a connected group, all western ; so far as my experience 

 goes, the first three are all unusually local, conBned to very small 

 patches of ground apparently not differing from the surrounding- 

 bush. 



566. (86b.) Eul. cataplasta, n. sp. 



(?Q. 17-19 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi dark grey, upper 

 side white. Antennae grey, ciliations in ^ \. Thorax white, 

 shoulders with a cloudy dark grey spot, anterior margin sometimes 

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