BY E. METEICK, B.A. 531 



lighter and mixed with whitish, a short cloudy inwardly oblique 

 whitish streak from costa slightly beyond middle, almost con- 

 nected with apex of basal blotch ; a small irregular ill-defined 

 whitish spot above anal angle, containing a dark fuscous dot 

 near its anterior margin, and connected with anal angle by a short 

 cloiidy whitish streak ; a small inwardly oblique ill-defined white 

 spot on costa at f ; one or two whitish scales near hindmargin in 

 middle, and faint indications of a darker fuscous curved transverse 

 line near hindmargin : cilia dark fuscous-grey, mixed with whitish 

 at base, and with an indistinct central row of darker dots. Hind- 

 wings nniform ochreous-yellow ; cilia dark fuscous-grey. 



A conspicuously distinct species. 



One specimem taken in March in a railway carriage after 

 descending the mountains by night from Mittagong to Sydner ; 

 it may probably have entered the carriage near Mittagong. 



90. Eul. 'poeciJella, n. sp. 



Minor, alls ant, saturate ochreo-flavis, vitta costae dimidium 

 superante, altera dorsi post medium dilatata, fascia antica angusta, 

 altera postica latiore cum vitta costae conjuncta saturate fuscis ; 

 post, saturate fuscis. 



($ . $ 16-19 mm. Head deep yellow. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 above yellow. Antenna? dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, 

 posteriorly paler, with a small yellow lateral spot. Abdomen 

 fuscous- grey, segmental margins and anal tuft deep yellow. 

 Anterior and middle legs dark fuscous, beneath yellowish ; 

 posterior legs ochreous-yellow. Eorewings elongate, hardly 

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

 very oblique, slightly rounded ; deep ochreous-yellow, with well- 

 defined dark fuscous markings ; a moderately broad streak along 

 costa from base to f , leaving costal edge very narrowdy yellow 

 except near base ; a moderately broad streak along inner margin 

 from base to f , attenuated at base, posterior extremity dilated 



