530 DESCRIPTIONS OF AL^STRALIAN MICEO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



irreo'Lilarly irrorated with grey ; costa suffused with dark grey 

 towards base ; a suffused dark grey streak along inner margin 

 from i to f ; a small round dark fuscous spot in disc before 

 middle, a second directly beneath it on fold, a third in disc above 

 middle, a fourth transversely double in disc bej^ond middle, and 

 a fifth rather below and before fourth ; a cloudy dark grey 

 inwardly oblique spot on costa at j ; a similar spot on anal 

 angle ; a tolerably well-defined inwardly oblique dark grey apical 

 spot, emitting a suffused dark grey curved line to anal angle : 

 cilia whitish-grey, tips paler, with a suffused dark grey line near 

 base. Hindwings grey, darker towards apex ; cilia grey, with a 

 darker basal line. 



Allied to E. variegata, but all the markings (except discal 

 dots) are grey instead of fuscous, and much more suffused, the 

 posterior costal and anal spots do not unite to form a complete 

 fascia, and the posterior legs and anal tuft are not yellowish. 



One specimen taken at Launceston, Tasmania in January. 



89. Eld. leucopelta, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. saturate fuscis, triangulo magno ad dorsi basim, 

 macula obscura cost?e media, altera postica, tertiaque anguli 

 analis albis ; post, ochreo-flavis, ciliis griseis. 



(^ . 19 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 posterior edge obscurely whitish. Antenna? dark fuscous. Thorax 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen yellowish-grey, segmental margins and 

 anal tuft ochreous-yellow. Anterior and middle legs dark fuscous; 

 posterior legs pale ochreous-yellow. Forewings elongate, not 

 dilated, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin 

 very oblique, slightly rounded ; dark fuscous, darkest towards 

 costa ; a well-defined triangular white blotch towards base, 

 resting on basal third of inner margin, its apex obtuse, reaching 

 to disc at J from base, followed by two small indistinct transversely 

 placed dark fuscous spots, round which the ground-colour is 



