528 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



wing; a blackisli-fuscous dot in disc at i, a second rather 

 obliquely beyond it on fold, a third confluent with apex of costal 

 blotch, a fourth in disc at f , and a fifth, indistinctly double, a 

 little below fourth ; a short inwardly oblique blackish-fuscous 

 streak from costa a little before apex, from lower extremity of 

 which proceeds a strongly outwards-curved well-defined row of 

 almost confluent blackish-fuscouo dots to inner margin a little 

 before anal angle ; a row of dark fuscous dots along hindmargin 

 and apical third of costa: cilia ochreous- whitish, with an indistinct 

 central row of grey dots. Hindwings grey, towards base ochre- 

 ous-tinged ; cilia dull whitish-ochreous. 



A very distinct species. 



Not uncommon at Sydney and Newcastle, from October to 

 December, generally at rest on fences. 



87. Eul. variegata, n. sp. 



Media, alls ant. canis, vitta costse antica, altera dorsi media, 

 fascia postica angusta, punctis disci quinque, serie postica suffusa 

 e macula apicis oriente, alteraque marginis postici saturate f uscis ; 

 post, saturate griseis. 



^ $ . 17^-21 mm. Head white. Palpi white, apex of 

 terminal joint, and second joint externally except at apex dark 

 fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous, beneath whitish. Thorax dark 

 fuscous, with a square white spot on back extending to anterior 

 margin. Abdomen grey, margins of segments ochreous-whitish, 

 anal tuft of male ochreous-yellow. Anterior legs dark fuscous ; 

 middle legs dark grey, apex of joints suff usedly ochreous-whitish ; 

 posterior legs whitish-yellow. Fore wings elongate, not dilated, 

 costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin very 

 oblique, slightly rounded ; white, with a few scattered fuscous 

 scales ; a broad dark fuscous streak along costa from base to j, 

 its extremity suffused ; a thick cloudy dark fuscous streak along 

 inner margin from J to f , attenuated at extremities, sometimes 



