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6. Eiipithecia obumbrata, new species. — Expanse, 20 mm. Palpi 

 short and bushy. 



General colour of head, thorax, abdomen and wings above a soft 

 smoky gray, without any brown tinge in the type specimens. 



Fore wings with the costa very straight ; the inner ma' gin is also 

 straight and rather long, and the outer margin is well rounded from the 

 tornus to vein 4, and thence almost straight to the apex. 



The markings are not easy to trace in the type specimens, w^hich are 

 in very good condition, but in a specimen that is a little worn it can be seen 

 that the basa! space is separated from the median by a double pale line, and 

 that in the same way the discal and submarginal spaces are separated by a 

 similar double line or band. In the discal space there is a pale double 

 line curving regularly out from costa to vein 3 (just missing the very 

 small, but distinct, discal dot), and thence in a wavy line to the inner 

 margin. The extra-discal double line is parallel to this. The submarginal 

 white line is hardly discernible in any specimen I have seen, but its 

 termination is marked by a very distinct single white dot at anal angle, 

 marginal line black ; fringe with a pale line at the base, then a row of dark 

 spots almost contiguous, outer half of fringe paler. 



Hind wings uniformly dark smoky gray ; cross lines indicated by pale 

 marks on the inner margin, and a few black dots on the veins ; fringe as 

 on fore wings. 



Abdomen dark gray, dorsal line paler, two dark spots on each 

 segment, one on each side of dorsal line. 



Beneath, fore wings smoky, without markings basally ; the median 

 line is marked by two whitish spots on the costa ; a submarginal line is 

 faintly indicated. 



Hind wings paler gray, with dusky scales, and with about six dusky 

 brown diffuse lines crossing the wnng ; discal dots minute black specks. 



Types, two females, both taken on loth May, 1903, at Goldstream, 

 near Victoria, by Mr. A. W. Hanham. This species is nearly allied to 

 E. scriptaria, Herr. Sch., and to E. Regina, Taylor, also to Eup. modesta. 

 described below, but it is, I think, distinct from them all. 



I have seen several other specimens taken at Goldsteam, and at 

 other points in the neighbourhood of Victoria. The dates run from 30th 

 April to June 6th. 



7. Eupithecia fftodesta, new species. — Expanse, 21 mm. Palpi 

 rather long, not very heavily scaled. 



