154 DESCRIPTIONS OP NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



Differs from S. prcecipua in being only | size, and in having 

 head and palpi fuscous to black instead of chocolate-ochreous ; 

 the wings are blacker, and the whole insect has not the violet so 

 diffused as in S. 2)rceci2nia, while the markings are different and 

 less conspicuous in relief. 



Family ENNOMIAD^. 



Lagyra flaccida, sp.nov. 



^. 30 mm, 9. 36-52 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen 

 black tinted with violet-grey. Antennae black, pectinations in ^ 

 grey. Fore wings triangular, broadly dilate, costa rounded, apex 

 rounded and prolonged, hindmargin deeply scooped out beneath 

 apex, thence rounded and slightly crenulate ; violet-slate coloured 

 and banded with black ; in ^ rather a blue-grey or a violet diffused 

 with ochreous ; a darker broad black band at base ; a broad band 

 immediately beyond posterior border from J costa to J inner 

 margin, bowed in costal half ; a conspicuous broad median fascia, 

 darker on either border, occupying the third fourth of the wing, 

 posterior border rounded in centre, waved, a submarginal line 

 at |- diffused with shaded black more or less to hindmargin, hind- 

 marginal line deep black : cilia black tipped with grey or white. 

 Hindwings with the colour, markings and fascia as in and con- 

 tinuous with those of forewings ; cilia as in forewings. 



Geraldton, Johnson River (Messrs. Meek and Barnard). 



Allied to L. Talaca, Walk. 



Family EROSIIADyE. 



Erosia conscripta, sp.nov. 



(J 9. 14-16 mm. Head ochreous-grey. Palpi light fuscous- 

 grey. Antennae silvery-grey. Thorax and abdomen light grey. 

 Forewings broadly dilate, costa straight, apex rounded, hindmargin 

 gently rounded, light grey, dusted with fuscous and marked with 

 dark fuscous lines and spots; costa dotted along its entire length; 

 a circular line of dots from J costa to J inner margin ; a second 



