BY E. IIEYRICK. 431 



Bathurst (2000 feet), Blackheath (3500 feet), and Mount 

 Kosciusko (4500 feet), Xew South Wales; Deloi'aine, Tasmania; 

 from November to March, ten specimens. 



253. E. exilis, n.sp. 



(J^. 10 13 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous mixed 

 with whitish. Palpi fuscous, whitish-sprinkled, second joint 

 without scale-projection, terminal joint and apical band of second 

 dark fuscous, terminal joint rather short, apex whitish. Antennae 

 fuscous. Legs fuscous, ringed with dark fuscous and whitish. 

 Forewings very narrow, costa slightly arched, 7 and 8 stalked; 

 fuscous, mixed with whitish, irregularly irrorated or strigulated 

 with dark fuscous; a narrow indistinct dark fuscous inwardly 

 oblique fascia before middle; a black dot in disc before this, and 

 another at f , beyond which is an indistinct ochreous spot; four 

 small equidistant black dorsal scaleteeth, first at ^, fourth at 

 tornus ; a black costal dot towards apex : cilia pale greyish- 

 ochreous, round apex irrorated with blackish. Hindwings light 

 grey; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



Sydney, New South Wales; Adelaide, Wirrabara, and Port 

 Lincoln, South Australia ; in June, July, and from October to 

 December, ten specimens. 



254. £. aphronesa, n.sp. 



(J. 14 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen light brownish mixed 

 with whitish. Palpi fuscous, apex of second and terminal joints 

 whitish, second joint with projecting scales towards apex above, 

 terminal joint very short. Antennse fuscous. Legs fuscous, 

 ringed with dark fuscous and whitish. Poi'ewings narrow, costa 

 gently arched, 7 and 8 separate ; light brown, reddish-tinged, 

 sprinkled with whitish and dark fuscous; a broad undefined white 

 subcostal streak from beneath costa near base to costa at 4; an 

 oblique irregular blackish bar from costa at i, reaching to fold; a 

 black dot beneath costa at |-, one in disc close beyond bar, one on 

 fold before middle followed by a ferruginous spot, one in disc 



