BY E. MEYEICK, B.A. 537 



almost meeting a sTiort oblique fuscous-grey liue from costa at -;5 ; 

 a cloudy fuscous-grey dot in disc beyond middle, and a dark 

 fuscous dot below it ; a broad cloudy dark fuscous transverse 

 fascia from f of costa to anal angle, mixed with blackish on 

 upper half, anterior edge irregular and ill-defined, posterior edge 

 bordered by a sinuate whitish line, beyond which the apical area 

 is mixed with dark fuscous : cilia light grey, irrorated with whitish, 

 at apex and anal angle mixed with blackish-fuscous, beneath 

 anal angle whitish-ochreous. Hindwings whitish-ochreous, apical 

 half in male, two-thirds in female suffused with fuscous-grey ; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, with a grey spot at apex. 



A rather elegant species, very distinctly marked. 



Three specimens taken at rest on fences in Sydn^, in December 

 and January. 



96. Eld. 2)liiJostaura, n. sp. 



Media, alis anticis griseis, cano nigroque sparsis, fascia costse 

 antica nebulosa plicam non superante, macula costse media 

 obscura, punctis disci quinque saepe duplicibus, serie punctorum 

 postica sinuata alteraque marginis postici nigrescentibus ; ^^o^t. 

 fusco-griseis. 



(^ ? . 17-27 mm. Head gre}^, mixed with ochreous-whitish on 

 face and sides. Palpi whitish, externally more or less mixed 

 with grey. Antennae whitish, annulated with grey. Thorax 

 fuscous-grey, irrorated with whitish. Abdomen whitish-grey- 

 ochreous. Anterior and middle legs dark grey, with whitish 

 rings at middle and apex of tibiae, and apex of tarsal joints ; 

 posterior legs ochreous-whitish, beneath greyish. I'orewings 

 rather elongate, oblong, not dilated, costa slightly arched, more 

 strongly near base, apex rounded, hindmargin very obliquely 

 rounded ; light fuscous-grey, coarsely and irregularly irrorated 

 with whitish and dark fuscous ; a very irregular short oblique 

 cloudy dark fuscous streak from costa very near base ; a cloudy 



