82 NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA, 



apex of second and third joints and anterior border of second joint 

 whitish-ochreous. Antennae wbitish-ochreous, obscurely annu- 

 lated with pale fuscous; beneath ochreous-fuscous. Thorax dark 

 fuscous, mixed with ochreous-brown and whitish. Abdomen 

 dark grey; crests as thorax. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated and 

 annulated with whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular; 

 costa gently rounded, apex round-pointed, termen rounded, crenu- 

 late, slightly oblique; dark fuscous, mixed with ochreous-brown 

 and whitish, the centre of disc being darker; veins incompletely 

 outlined in white and ochreous; orbicular represented by an oval 

 ring of mixed white and ochreous scales; reniform similar but 

 larger and biconcave ; basal irroration tending to form several 

 darker and lighter transverse lines; a dark fuscous transverse 

 median shade; two closely approximated pale lines from costa at 

 J, first outwardly, then inM^ardly curved to inner margin at J; a 

 fine ochreous subterminal line preceded by a series of wedge- 

 shaped black spots; beyond this is a terminal band of whitish 

 irroration; an interrupted black hindmarginal line : cilia ochreous 

 at base, then a fine black line, then fuscous mixed with ochreous- 

 whitish. Hindwings with termen rounded, wavy; dark grey, 

 inclining to fuscous; cilia whitish-ochreous with a dark fuscous 

 line at J, on inner margin grey. 



Gisborne, Vic; one specimen, in January, taken by Mr. G. 

 Lyell. 



A very fine and distinct species. 



EUPLEXIA LEUCOSTIGMA, n.Sp. 



^. 34 mm. Head, palpi and thorax fuscous, mixed with pale 

 brown and whitish. Antennae fuscous, in male simple, with very 

 short ciliations (i). Abdomen fuscous, mixed with whitish ; 

 crests dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous mixed with whitish ; 

 posterior pair mostly whitish; anterior tarsi dark fuscous annu- 

 lated with whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen rounded, wavy oblique; grey 

 mixed with brownish and whitish; a broad oblique dark grey 

 median shade, not reaching inner margin, and containing a fine 



