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reaching costa, above indistinct ; fascia before I, very narrow on 

 costa, very rapidly dilated and extremely broad on fold, where its 

 outer edge is angulated inwards to inner margin ; second spot on 

 middle of costa, small, outwardly oblique ; third on costa beyond 

 it, much slenderer, rather less oblique ; fourth broadly triangular 

 on inner margin at anal angle, united to third by a small black 

 cloud ; fifth forming an oblique subapical streak from costa to 

 middle of hind-margin ; cilia fuscous-grey, with two black streaks 

 radiating from apex at an obtuse angle, the lower produced 

 backwards into white costal cilia. Hind-wings and cilia fuscous- 

 grey. 



Closely allied to the preceding species, but recognisable by the 

 additional spot in middle of costa, and the more strongly dilated 

 fascia. I have little doubt that my specimens are really Stainton's 

 species ; the only point of difference in his description is that he 

 represents the first spot on inner margin as being extended to 

 costa, which may be a slight error or an individual variety, as the 

 description was taken from one specimen only, sent from Brisbane ; 

 moreover he gives the size as only 3", and the fascia in his figure 

 appears to be less broad ; however it seems best to adopt his 

 name. I have only once taken the imago ; I have bred it sparingly 

 from larvEe found in the dry bush round Sydney and Parramatta. 

 in July and October. 



Larva yellowish, tapering posteriorly; feeds in a broad, flat, 

 irregular blotch in upper surface of leaves of Uucali/ptus, sp., in 

 September. Pupa in a flat cocoon within the mine. In the case 

 of this and other Eucalyptus-feeding insects it i^ commonly very 

 difiicult or impracticable to discover the specific name of the 

 Eucalyptus to which they are attached ; the determination of this 

 genus is always difficult, and the larvae are generally found to 

 occur on young plants which have not yet flowered. 



Grac. chalcoptera, n.sp. 

 ? . 4". Head, thorax, and palpi bright metallic coppery bronze. 

 Anteunse dark fuscous with indistinct paler rings, basal joint 



