BY K. MEYRICK. '247 



laide — W. Aust. : Perth ; from September to December. 

 Larva cylindrical, wliitisli-grey, faintly purplish-tinged, hcacl 

 and plate of second segment ochreous-brown ; feeds in a good 

 deal of web and refuse amongst spun shoots of , ! rdritt 

 decurreiis. Pupa in same position, without cocoon, furnished 

 with a transverse row of small close oblique spines on each 

 abdominal segment, stronger posteriorly. An unusually large 

 9 specimen of the image (20 mm.) from Hobart is- in Mr. 

 Lyell's Collection. 



345. E. opsin, n.sp. 



cf 9 • 14-16 mm. Head and thorax pale grey mixed with 

 whitish, patagia suffused with light brown. Palpi white, 

 second joint with base and two more or less defined bars 

 dark fuscous, sometimes nearly obsolete. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa slightly 

 arched, in (f with strong fold reaching from base to near 'j, 

 apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, somewhat oblique ; grey 

 or fuscous, suffused with brownish-ochreous, and finely 

 sprinkled with white ; costa strigulated with whitish suf- 

 fusion, fold margined beneath with white suffusion ; 

 dorsum dotted with dark fuscoiis ; two undefined oblique 

 whitish marks or spots of suffusion above dorsum be- 

 yond middle : ocellus margined laterally by two leaden- 

 metallic striae ; sometimes a white dot in disc at |- , and 

 some darker suffusion beneath it : cilia fviscous irrorated with 

 white, base spotted with white on upper part of termen. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked : grey, thinly scaled near 

 base, darker posteriorly ; cilia whitish or pale grey, becoming 

 wholly white round apex. 



S. Aust. : Port Lincoln ; in November, twenty specimens. 

 Allied to E. frianfjulaiia, but lighter, and distinguished by 

 the ochreous-brown suffusion, and absence of black markings. 



346. E. jjcrar/, n.sp 



9- 13 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax grey sprinkled with 

 white, palpi rather long, white towards base. Forewings 



