BY E. MEYEICK, B.A. 535 



before middle, a second obliquely beyond it on fold, a tliird 

 beyond first near costa, and a fourth, indistinctly double in disc 

 beyond middle ; a small cloudy bluish- whitish spot on costa at }, 

 from which proceeds an indistidct darker fuscous outwardly 

 curved line to anal angle, on its lower portion preceded and 

 followed by scattei'ee bluish- white scales : cilia dark purplish- grey, 

 mixed with bluish- white scales at base. Hindwings deep orange- 

 yellow, hindmargin very narrowly and apex more broadly suffused 

 with dark fuscous ; cilia dark fuscous. 



Distinguished from all othor species by the orange- yellow 

 blackish-margined hindwings. 



One specimen taken near Sydney in December. 



01. EicJ. h'ontomorjylia, n. sp. 



Minor, alls ant. griseis, f usco-sparsis, vitta costae antica, altera 

 dorsi media, punctis disci quinque, fascia post medium strigaque 

 postica obscuris saturatioribus ; post, ochreo-griseis. 



S ? . 17-lS mm. Head yellowish-ochreous. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, internally and at apex of second joint ochreous-whifcish. 

 AntemicTe dark grey. Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous- 

 yellowish. Anterior and middle legs dark fuscous ; posterior 

 legs ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate, not dilated, costa 

 gently arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin very oblique, 

 rounded ; light fuscous-grey, ochreous-tinged, irregularly mixed 

 and suffused with darker ; a rather broad cloudy dark fuscous- 

 grey streak along costa from base to middle ; a small roundish 

 cloudy dark fuscous-grey spot in disc before middle, a second 

 beneath it on fold, a third very indistinct towards costa in middle, 

 a fourth and fifth close together in disc beyond middle, connected 

 with anal angle by an oblique cloudy streak ; a dark fuscous-grey 

 suffusion along inner margin from \ to f , confluent with an ill- 

 defined fuscous-grey suffusion of middle of disc ; a cloudy dark 

 fuscous-grey spot on costa at J ; a short narrow inwardly oblique 



