484 DESCRIPTIONS Or AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



attenuated at lower extremity ; cilia rosy, with a fuscous- purple 

 apical spot. Hindwings with hindmargin slightly indented ; in 

 male light grey suffused with whitish-ochreous towards costa and 

 base, in female darker grey ; cilia grey, suffused with rosy beneath 

 apex, at anal angle becoming ochreous- whitish. 

 Very distinct through the two parallel fasciae. 



Two specimens taken near Sydney in February and March, 

 beaten from Eucalyptii^s. 



9. EucH.ETis, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, side-tufts moderate, spreading. 

 Antennae in male moderate, with fine very long ciliations (5), 

 basal joint short, stout, with pecten of one or two fugitive scales. 

 Palpi moderately long, second joint somewhat exceeding base of 

 antennae, clothed with appressed scales, almost smooth, terminal 

 joint shorter than second, slender, recurved. Thorax smooth. 

 Porewings elongate-oblong, apex rounded, hindmargin oblique, 

 slightly sinuate. Hindwings as broad as forewings, ovate, hind- 

 margin faintly sinuate beneath apex, cilia \. Abdomen moderate. 

 Middle tibiae thickened with dense loose hairs ; posterior tibiae 

 clothed with dense hairs above. Forewings with vein 7 to hind- 

 margin, 2 from somewhat before angle of cell. Hindwings with 

 vein 5 bent and strongly approximated to 4 at base. 



The basal approximation of veins 4 and 5 of the hindwings, 

 and the absence of a complete basal pecten of the antennae, clearly 

 refer this genus to the group of IlopUtica, amongst which it is 

 characterised by the very long antennal ciliations ; but its 

 immediate affinities are not clear. Farther evidence is required 

 to ascertain its origin ; meanwhile I place it between lleliocausta 

 and 'Euryplacd, to both oF which it seems to have some relationship. 



49. Eucli. hahrocosma, n. sp. 



Media, alisant. albido-ochreis, costam versus roseo-griseis, costa 

 rosea, linea antica obliqua alteraque subterminali saturate 



