BY A. J. TURNER. 649 



apex, ciliations 1. Thorax and abdomen ochreous- whitish. Legs 

 ochreous-whitish ; anterior pair mixed with dark fuscous; 

 posterior tibiae in ^ well developed, broad, laterally compressed, 

 rough-scaled, without spurs; posterior tibiae in 9 with middle 

 spurs wanting; posterior tarsi in ^ very short, i. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, termen bowed, very 

 oblique; ochreous-whitish, with pale greyish lines; basal line and 

 discal dot obsolete; median very oblique from middle of inner 

 margin, obsolete towards x;osta; postmedian line from costa at |- 

 to inner margin at |^, dotted with fuscous on veins; subterminal 

 and submarginal cloudy; cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwings 

 with termen sinuate; 6 and 7 stalked; colour and markings as 

 forewings. 



The largest Australian species. Of ordinary facies, distin- 

 guishable by the shape of the fore- and hindwings, but the hind 

 tibiae of the male are of the form characteristic of several of the 

 genus Leptomeris. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q,: Bundaberg, Brisbane; three specimens in April. 



Section ii. Hind tibice and tarsi of ^ slender, abbreviated (Eois). 



15. Eois ferrilinea. 

 Eois f err ilinea Warr., Nov. Zool. 1900, p. 106. 



My specimen is in poor condition, but agrees with the type in 

 Coll. Rothschild, with which it has been compared. 



Q.: Duaringa; Stanthorpe, in January, one specimen. 



16. Eois cletima,* n.sp. 



^^. 12-15 mm. Head and thorax whitish, faintly tinged with 

 reddish-orange, with a few blackish scales; face and palpi dark 

 fuscous. Antennae whitish, in 9 sometimes fuscous except 

 towards base; in ^ serrated, ciliations J. Abdomen whitish 

 mixed with fuscous. Legs whitish; anterior pair infuscated; in 



* KXrjTifxos, worth choosing. 



