BY E. MEIRICK. 303 



77. *S'. erehenna, n.sp. 



(Jq. 9-11 mm. Head and thorax whitish, more or less mixed 

 with blackish. Palpi white, basal half and subapical ring of 

 second joint, and base and apical half of terminal joint black. 

 Antennae whitish, ringed with dark fuscous. Abdomen bronzy- 

 grey. Legs dark fuscous ringed with white, hairs of posterior 

 tibii« white. Forewings acutely long-pointed; white, coarsely 

 irrorated with dark fuscous; a more or less developed variably 

 interrupted black streak from base of costa through disc to apex, 

 and a less marked also interrupted streak along fold; sometimes 

 a white streak between these, or a white longitudinal mark in 

 disc beyond middle, or white opposite tornal and costal spots; 

 sometimes stigmata traceable as part of black streaks, elongate, 

 plical beyond first discal : cilia fuscous, round apex mixed with 

 whitish, with rows of blackish points. Hindwings fuscous 

 darker posteriorly; cilia fuscous. 



Sydney and Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales; Gis- 

 borne and Healesville, Victoria; Perth and Albany, West Aus- 

 tralia; from October to December, fourteen specimens. This 

 species varies much in the development of the markings. 



14. Epithectis, Meyr. 



Antennae |, in ^ simple, basal joint moderate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened with scales, 

 somewhat rough beneath, terminal joint as long as second, acute. 

 Forewings : 2 and 3 separate, 7 and 8 out of 6, 7 to costa. 

 Hindwings over 1, trapezoidal, apex pointed, termen sinuate, 

 cilia 1; 3 and 4 connate, 5 somewhat approximated to 4, 6 and 7 

 stalked. 



A small European and North American genus, to which the 

 following species seems truly referable; it is a conspicuous insect, 

 distinct in appearance from anything else. Imago with fore- 

 wings elongate, pointed. 



