-514 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPfDOPTERA, 



fuscous streak from inner margin near base ; a conspicuous 

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

 middle, and a third smaller one on fold obliquely beyond first ; 

 an indistinct transverse series of cloudy dark fuscous dots 

 from f of costa obliquely outwards to near middle of hindmargin, 

 thence bent inwards and continued, very near and parallel to 

 hindmargin, to inner margin before anal angle ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, somew^hat mixed with fuscous. Hindwings pale grey, 

 apex somewhat darker ; cilia grey- whitish. 



Specially characterised by the abrupt basal arch of costa, the 

 brownish-ochreous ground colour, and the oblique transverse 

 streak from inner margin near base. 



One specimen taken near Sydney in November. 



71. Eul. cremnodes, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. saturatius griseis, nigro-conspersis, punctis 

 •disci tribus strigaque postica flexuosa nigris ; post, griseis. 



(^. 20 mm. Head grey. Palpi light grey, second joint 

 externally mixed with blackish, terminal joint with a blackish 

 :anterior spot at base. Antennae grey, annulated with dark 

 fuscous. Thorax grey, irrorated with blackish. Abdomen grey. 

 Anterior and middle legs dark fuscous-grey, tarsal joints witli 

 whitish apical rings ; posterior legs grey- whitish. Forewings 

 strongly dilated, costa arched towards apex, apex rounded, 

 hindmargin obliquely rounded ; grey, sprinkled with numerous 

 small ill-defined spots of blackish scales ; a somewhat larger and 

 more distinct blackish spot in disc before middle, a second in disc 

 beyond middle, and a third almost directly beneath first on fold ; 

 A cloudy ill-defined blackish transverse line from costa about f 

 very obliquely outwards, beneath apex sharply dentate inwardly, 

 thence bent nearly parallel and very near to hindmargin, ending 

 in an angle ; beyond this line the veins are distinctly darker 



