BY E. METEICK, B.A. 489 



wholly grey except on costa and inner margin, with base round 

 apex ochreous. 



A very peculiarly marked and distinct species. 



Not uncommon round Sydney from October to December, 

 frequenting Acacia decurrens, and also at Hobart, Tasmania, in 

 January. 



52. Eicr. demotica, n. sp. 



Major, alls ant. griseo-fuscis, punctis disci tribus minimis 

 serieque punctorum postica angulata obscuris saturatioribus ; post, 

 griseis, apicem versus latius albidis. 



^ $ . 23-33 mm. Head and thorax fuscous-grey or reddish- 

 grey-fuscous. Palpi grey-whitish, sometimes reddish-tinged, 

 second joint greyer towards apex, white at base. Antennae 

 whitish-grey, semi-annulated with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 w^hitish-grey, sometimes ochreous-tinged. Anterior and middle 

 legs dark grey, tarsi with obscure whitish rings at apex of joints ; 

 posterior legs whitish-grey ; all legs white beneath. Forewings 

 large, moderately broad, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin somewhat oblique, 

 straight above, rounded beneath ; greyish-fuscous, sometimes 

 slightly reddish-tinged ; extreme costal edge very slenderly whitish 

 towards middle ; a dark fuscous dot in disc before middle, a 

 second in disc beyond middle, and a third obliquely beyond first 

 on fold ; a very indistinct row of small dark fuscous crescentic 

 marks from costa about middle very obliquely outwards to disc 

 at *, thence bent sharply inwards and continued to inner margin 

 a little before anal angle ; a row of faint dark fuscous dots along 

 hindmargin and aj)ical third of costa : cilia light greyish-fuscous, 

 often reddish-tinged, extremities more whitish. Hindwings 

 trapezoidal, hindmargin markedly indented; ochreous- whitish, 

 towards inner margin broadly suffused with light grey, apex and 

 hindmargin very slenderly suffused with light grey ; cilia pale 

 whitish- grey. 



