488 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTKALIAN MICEO-LEPIDOPTEEA, 



The genus is clearly a development from HeJiocausta, and probably 

 forms a transitional step to Hoplitica. 



51. Eu7\ ocellifera, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. dilute oclireis, dorsi basi lineaque postiea 

 transversa nigrescentibus, macula maxima media saturate pur- 

 pureo-grisea, maculas duas glaucas nigro-cinctas conjunctas 

 includente ; post, griseis, basi albido-oclirea. 



(^ . 14^-17 mm. Headlight ochreous, face whitish-ochreous. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint white beneath. Antennae 

 whitish-ochreous, sharply annulated with dark fuscous. Thorax 

 dark purplish-fuscous, anterior margin broadly pale ochreous. 

 Abdomen whitish-yellow. Legs white, anterior and middle tibiae 

 mixed with grey, tarsal joints dark grey towards base, posterior 

 tibiae and tarsi j^ellowish-tinged above. Eorewings moderate, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin rather oblique, 

 rounded ; pale ochreous ; a small cloudy dark purplish-fuscous 

 semi-oval spot on inner margin near base ; a large roundish well- 

 defined dark purplish-fuscous blotch in middle of disc, occupying 

 central third of wing, above almost touching costa in middle, 

 beneath extending on inner margin from beyond middle to above 

 anal angle ; within this blotch in disc are two rather large 

 roundish spots of whitish-blue scales mixed with blackish, each 

 surrounded with a suffused blackish ring, one before, the other 

 beyond middle, partially confluent in middle, posterior rather 

 larger and more strongly margined ; midway between this blotch 

 and apex is an outwardly-curved cloudy dark fuscous transverse 

 line, most distinct in middle, its extremities directed towards costa 

 beyond middle and anal angle, but not distinctly reaching either ; 

 two or three dark fuscous-grey scales on hindmargin round apex: 

 cilia pale ochreous, tips whitish, cilia beneath anal angle dark 

 grey. Hindwings with hindmargin slightly sinuate ; rather dark 

 fuscous-grey, towards base and costa whitish-ochreous ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous, becoming grey along lower margin, sometimes 



