BY E. MEYEICK, B.A. 143 



Grac. auchetidella, n. sp. 

 ? . 4^"-5". Head and thorax whitish- ochreous mixed with grey. 

 Maxillary palpi white. Labial palpi white, apex of second joint 

 and a broad ring before apex of terminal joint black. Antennae 

 whitish-ochreous, annulated with black. Abdomen pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Legs pale ochreous, joints of tarsi very narrowly black 

 at base ; anterior tibiae black ; middle tibiae very much thickened 

 with black scales. Fore-wings with costal half whitish, dorsal 

 half and hind-margin pale ochreous, irrorated sparsely throughout 

 with blackish 'scales, and densely along a longitudinal dilating 

 streak from base to apex ; these scales tend to form regular 

 transverse strigulae on costal and dorsal margins ; on the white 

 costal half is abroad central pale ochreous transverse perpendicular 

 fascia, densely irrorated with black ; ciKa f uscus-grey, with three 

 indistinct black lines round apex. Hind-wings fuscous-grey, cilia 

 paler, tinged with ochreous at base. 



Allied to the preceding, but very different. Two specimens 

 beaten in October from the dense subtropical forest near the top 

 of the Bulli Pass, Illawarra, 1,500 feet above the sea. 



Grac. aethalota, n. sp. 



(^ . 4f '. Head glossy dark grey, face paler. Labial palpi 

 whitish, apex of second joint and a subapical ring of terminal 

 joint black. Antennae longer than fore- wings, grey- whitish, with 

 evanescent fuscous annulations. Thorax and abdomen dark 

 fuscous-grey. Legs whitish, tarsal joints suffused with pale 

 fuscous except an apical ring, anterior and middle tibiae not 

 thickened, suffused with fuscous above. Fore-wings unicolorous 

 dark glossy slaty grey, with one or two pale scales at apex ; cilia 

 dark fuscous, with three obscure blackish lines round apex, and 

 a whitish hook. Hind-wings and cilia dark fuscous-grey. 



Not apparently nearly allied to any described species; super- 

 ficially it seems to belong to the preceding group, but differs in 



