538 DESCRIPTIONS OF At^STEALIAX MICEO-LEPIDOPTEKA, 



dark fuscous-grey fascia-like spot from costa at i, reaching fold, 

 aud a small more suffused spot on costa in middle ; five small 

 irregular blackisli-fuscous spots in disc, each more or less 

 surrounded with whitish ; first in disc before middle, oblique, 

 often double, second on fold beneath first, similar, third roundish, 

 in middle towards costa, fourth transverse, in disc beyond middle, 

 indistinctly double, fifth small, below fourth, sometimes touching 

 it ; a suffused short inwardly oblique dark fuscous-grey streak 

 from costa at f , emitting a suffused strongly outwards-curved 

 line to anal angle^ more or less interrupted, before lower extremity 

 sinuate ; a row of ill-defined dark fuscous elongate dots along 

 hindmargin and apical fourth of costa : cilia light grey mixed 

 with whitish, basal third with ill- defined alternate whitish and 

 dark grey spots. Hindwings grey, ochreous-tinged, rather paler 

 towards base ; cilia whitish- grey- ochreous, with a faint grey line 

 near base, tips faintly grey. 



This and the four following species are nearly allied ; JE. 

 pliilostaura is readily known by the forewings being relatively 

 broader towards base, with the costa basally more strongly arched, 

 the ground colour mixed with whitish throughout and therefore 

 appearing lighter, the two darker costal spots, of which the first 

 is produced as far as the fold, and the more ochreous-tinged 

 hindwings ; the size is very variable, some specimens being much 

 larger than any of the other species. 



Common in Sydney, where however it seems confined to the 

 neighbourhood of gardens^ being found at rest on fences, from 

 IS'ovember to January ; also taken at Kiama, Xew South Wales, 

 and tolerably common in the bush near Brisbane, in September. 



97. Euh amaura, n. sp. 

 Minor, alls ant. brevioribus, saturate griseis, punctis disci 

 quinque strigaque postica obscuris nigris ; post, griseis. 



(^ ? . 1G-I7i inm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark 

 fuscous-grey. Abdomen ochreous-grey. Legs dark grey, tarsal 



