652 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, IV., 



21. EOIS PROBLETA,* II. Sp. 



(J. 21 mm. Head ochreous- whitish; face dark fuscous. Palpi 

 ochreous-wliitisli mixed with dark fuscous. Antennae ochreous- 

 whitish; in ^ with moderate ciliations (l^^). Thorax and 

 abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish; anterior 

 pair fuscous; posterior pair in ^ minute, tibite very small and 

 slender, tarsi -i, slender. Forewings triangular, costa with basal 

 half nearly straight, then strong]}^ arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen bowed, oblique; ochreous-whitish suffused with pale grey; 

 an ochreous-whitish costal streak from base nearly to apex; 

 costal edge reddish; a fuscous dot on median and another on 

 dorsum at ;^, representing antemedian line; traces of a median 

 line; postmedian represented by a series of minute fuscous dots 

 on veins, from | costa to | dorsum, sinuate; suffused wavy 

 greyish subterminal and submarginal lines; a grey terminal line 

 interrupted on veins; cilia whitish with some obscure basal 

 greyish dots. Hindwings with termen rounded, strongly pro- 

 jecting between veins 2 and 5; colour and markings as forewings, 

 but antemedian and postmedian faintly indicated by grey lines. 



Nearest U. iiephehta, from which it is best distinguished by 

 the reddish costal edge of forewings, and the form of termen of 

 hindwings. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



Vic: Lome; in February; one specimen (Mr. G. Lyell). 



22. Eois NEPHELOTA,t n.sp. 



(J^. 17-18 mm. Head fuscous, fillet ochreous-whitish, face 

 blackish. Palpi ochreous-fuscous. Antennae ochreous-whitish. 

 Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish; anterior 

 pair irrorated with fuscous; posterior tibise in ^ minute, tarsi J. 

 Forewings with costa straight, posteriori}^ somewhat arched, 

 hindmargin slightly bowed, oblique; ochreous-whitish, partly 



* irpo^\T]Tos, projecting; in allusion to the hindwings. 

 t v€(f)€\a)Tos, cloudy. 



