5i0 DESCRIPTION'S OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



obliquely rounded ; fuscous-grey, finely irrorated with dark 

 fuscous and grey- whitish ; a central longitudinal streak of 

 whitish scales from base almost to apex, posteriorly becoming 

 obsolete ; an indistinct dark fuscous dot beneath this before 

 middle, a second above it in middle, a third above it beyond 

 middle, a fourth below third, sometimes a fifth on fold before 

 first, all often obsolete ; cilia light fuscous-grey mixed with grey- 

 whitish. Hindwings grey ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 



Distinguished readily by the distinct whitish longitudinal 

 streak, and also rather narrower- winged than E. adoxella, lighter 

 and more uniformly coloured, with the discal dots more obsolete ; 

 in E. adoxella the upper portion of the disc is often suff usedly 

 whitish, but does not form a distinct streak. 



Five specimens taken near Sydney in February. 



99. Eul. adoxella, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. elongatis, saturate griseis, disco saepius cano- 

 sparso, punctis disci sex strigaque postica nigris ; post, griseis. 



^ ? . 19-21 mm. Head, palpi, antenna) and thorax fuscous- 

 grey. Abdomen whitish-grey-ochreous. Anterior and middle 

 legs dark fuscous-grey, tarsal joints with ochreous-whitish apical 

 rings ; posterior legs whitish-ochreous. Forewings moderately 

 elongate, not dilated, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed 

 hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; fuscous-grej^ finely 

 irrorated with whitish, sometimes longitudinally suffused with 

 whitish towards disc ; six clearly-marked blackish dots in disc, 

 irregularly roundish, sometimes partially surrounded with 

 whitish scales ; first in disc before middle, second slightly beyond 

 it on fold, third in middle towards costa, fourth and fifth often 

 confluent, transversely placed in disc beyond middle, sixth near 

 before and beneath fifth ; a short ill-defined inwardly oblique 

 dark fuscous streak from costa at y, emitting an outwards-curved 

 cloudy line to inner margin before anal angle, indistinctly inter- 



