430 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



251. E. epispora, n.sp. 



(J. 9-11 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen light fuscous, 

 somewhat whitish-mixed. Palpi fuscous, whitish-sprinkled, second 

 joint suffused with dark fuscous towards apex, with scale projection 

 towards apex above, terminal joint short, porrected, with a dark 

 fuscous median ring. Antennae fuscous. Legs fuscous, whitish- 

 sprinkled, I'inged with dark fuscous. Forewings narrow, costa 

 gently arched, 7 and 8 stalked; fuscous, finely whitish-sprinkled, 

 with scattered striguhe of dark fuscous scales; slender indistinct 

 dark fuscous inwardly oblique fascife at ^ and ^, latter terminating 

 in a large dark fuscous dorsal scaletooth at ^, and followed by a 

 triangular dorsal white suffusion; a moderately broad ill-defined 

 dark fuscous vertical fascia at |, marked with an ochreous spot 

 •in disc, and terminating in a dark fuscous tornal scaletooth; a 

 black discal dot at f , partly white-edged ; costa posteriorly 

 spotted with dark fuscous : cilia light fuscous, round apex 

 irrorated with dark fuscous and whitish, with a dark fuscous spot 

 at apex. Hind wings fuscous; cilia light fuscous. 



Toowoomba, Queensland ; Sydney, New South Wales ; in 

 November and December, three specimens. 



252. E. opuias, n.sp. 



(J^. 10-14 mm. Head and thorax pale grey mixed with 

 whitish. Palpi dark grey, second joint whitish towards base, 

 without scale-projection, terminal joint short, tip whitish. Antennae 

 grey. Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs dark grey, whitish-sprinkled, 

 ringed with dark fuscous and whitish. Forewings narrow, costa 

 gently arched, 7 and 8 separate; fuscous, suffusedly irrorated 

 with white, with scattered black scales; sometimes a small black 

 spot beneath fold at 4; black dots beneath costa at i and t, one 

 in disc between these, one on fold before middle, one in middle 

 of disc often forming a short oblique transverse mark, one in disc 

 Ijeyond middle, and one at | ; minute black dorsal scaleteeth 

 before and beyond middle: cilia whitish-grey, sometimes ochreous - 

 tinged, at apex with a blackish spot, and sometimes much irrorated 

 with black. Hind wings grey; cilia whitish-ochreous-grey. 



