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Abdomen ochreoiis-grey- whitish. Legs dark fuscous, pale-speckled, 

 posterior tibife ochreous^^hitish. Forewings ochreous-grey- whitish, 

 more or less irrorated witli fuscous ; sometimes some blackish 

 scales towards fold anteriorly; stigmata l)lack, plical and second 

 discal strongly marked, somewliat elongate, plical near before 

 middle, first discal midway between and above these, ill-defined or 

 almost obsolete : cilia ochreous-grey-whitish, round apex usually 

 V)lack-sprink]ed, sometimes forming a thick irregular interrupted 

 black basal line on upper part of termen, and a subapical line 

 opposite it. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-ochreous-grey. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Hobart, Tasmania; Adelaide and 

 Port Lincoln, South Australia ; Albany and Perth, West Aus- 

 tralia ; also widely distriljuted in New Zealand; from September 

 to March, common. 



71. E. melayiurn, Meyr. 

 [Elachista melanura, Meyr., Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 188»^, 177.) 

 (J 9. 10-13 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish ; alidomeu elongate, in ^ with dense black 

 exsertible genital tuft, in ^ with anal segment black above. Legs 

 dark fuscous, posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings oclireous- 

 whitish, sometimes finely sprinkled with fuscous; plical and second 

 discal stigmata elongate, blackish, plical i-ather before middle, 

 first discal more or less obsoletely indicated, above and midway 

 between the other two : cilia ochreous-whitish, round apex some- 

 times black-sprinkled. Hindwings pale grey or whitish-grey ; 

 cilia ochreous-grey- whitish. 



Sydney, New South Wales; Port Lincoln, Soutli Australia; 

 Albany, West Australia ; occurs als^o in New Zealand ; in Sep- 

 tember November, and January, four specimens The specimen 

 originally described from New Zealand is more grey-sprinkled 

 throughout, with the black scales in cilia of forewings more 



developed. 



72. E. cycotis, n.sp. 



(J9. 7-9 mm. Head, palpi, antenna, thorax, and abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous, sometimes brownish-tinged. Legs dark fuscous, 



