BY E. METKICK, B.A. 453 



Tolerably common round Sydney and Melbourne, and occurs 

 also at Blackbeatli on the Blue Mountains, in December, 

 Tebruary, and Marcb ; also taken by Mr. E. Gruest on Mount 

 Lofty range. South Australia. 



22. Eoclir. matutineUa, AValk. 



(0 ecopJiora matutinella,W2^X^., 'Qv'it. Mus. Cat, 689 ; Cryi^to- 

 lecTiia marginella, ibid. 761.) 



Media, alis, ant. lamella squamea dorsi adversus basim instructis 

 griseis, postice flavo-suffusis, interdum omnino roseo-suffusis, 

 costa perauguste cana, punctis disci tribus saturatioribus, ciliis 

 saturate roseo-gi'iseis ; post, dilute flavis, apice ciliisque griseis. 



S ? . 19-23 mm. Head ochreous-grey on crown, face whitish. 

 Palpi whitish, anteriorly and on outer side of second joint dark 

 grey. AntennaD whitish. Thorax ochreous-grey, lighter 

 posteriorly. Abdomen whitish- ochreous, anal tuft mixed with 

 brownish-ochreous. Anterior tibise and tarsi dull carmine-pink ; 

 middle tibiae grey, tarsi whitish suffused with grey ; posterior 

 tibiae and tarsi ochreous-whitish. Forewings moderate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex tolerably acute, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded, not sinuate ; ochreous-grey, suffused with whitish- 

 ochreous along disc and towards base of inner margin, with a laro-e 

 irregularly oval suffused deep ochreous-yellow patch on hind- 

 margin, very ill-defined, extending from somewhat before anal 

 angle almost to apex ; this patch is sometimes also more or less 

 suffused with ochreous-grey and obsolete ; disc sometimes broadly 

 suffused with carmine-pink from base to f , the suffusion extend- 

 ing less distinctly to costa and inner margin ; towards base of 

 inner margin is a triangular obliquely projecting plate of ochre- 

 ous-whitish scales, proceeding from near margin and projecting 

 beyond it ; costal edge very narrowly white from base to apex ; 

 extreme c'orsal margin white from \ to anal angle ; a dark grey 

 cloudy dot in disc before middle, a second in disc beyond middle, 

 a third on fold perpendicularly below first, and sometimes a fourth 

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