BY E. MEYRK'K, B.A. 267 



March ; it is a very sluggish iiisoct, and habitually remains at 

 rest on or near its food plant. 



Larva moderately elongate, cylindrical, slightly flattened ; 

 dirty greyish-white, dorsal vessel darker, slate-coloured ; head 

 brown ; second segment dark brown. Feeds in the tall spear- 

 like seed-heads of Xanthorrhcea Australis fLiliaceceJ, the so-called 

 '' grass-tree;" it burrows amongst the seeds, manifesting its 

 presence by loosening them at their base and ejecting refuse ; 

 feeds inFebruary and March, and in August. Pupa pale amber, 

 in a slight cocoon amongst refuse in the head. 



Erech. el^eorrhoa, n. sp. 



^ . bl". Head bright orange-ochreous, with a narrow white 

 longitudinal stripe on crown. Labial palpi bright orange- 

 ochreous, beneath whitish, with loosely aj^pressed hairs. 

 Antennae dark fuscous, annulated with whitish. Thorax orange- 

 ochreous, obsoletely whitish in centre. Abdomen dark fuscous 

 Legs ochreous- whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and anterior 

 tarsi suffused with dark fuscous above, middle and posterior 

 tarsi suffused with dark fuscous at base of joints. Fore- wings 

 bright orange-ochreous, suffused with white towards inner 

 margin, and mixed with blackish along costa and hind-margin ; 

 a white central longitudinal streak from base to beyond |, but 

 posteriorly suffused, rather indistinct and not sharply marked ; 

 two very oblique indistinct white streaks from costa, first from 

 middle, second from f , extending almost to hind-margin ; some 

 white scales on hind-margin mixed with the black ; cilia dark 

 fuscous, with a white apical spot, and indistinct blacker lines 

 round apex. Hind- wings and cilia blackish-fuscous. 



Bears a close general resemblance to ^. acontistes, but rather 

 smaller, brighter and more suffused, with orange-ochreous head 

 and palpi, and blackish-fuscous hind- wings. One male only, taken 

 at Parramatta in September, amongst dry scrub. 



