528 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



costa moderately arched, strongly towards base, apex rounded, 

 hindmargin oVjliquelj rounded ; pale ochreous-grey ; costal edge, 

 inner margin, and all veins obscurely lined with dull flesh-colour ; a 

 fuscous dot beneath costa at J ; a dark fuscous dot on fold before 

 middle, and a second in disc at | ; three very obscure dull flesh- 

 colour transverse lines, first from }j of costa, becoming obsolete 

 beneath, second from middle of costa to anal angle, very strongly 

 angulated in middle, third from f of costa to anal angle, strongly 

 curved above middle ; a row of well-defined dark fuscous dots along 

 hindmargin and apical part of costa ; cilia whitish-grey, tips pale 

 rosy round apex. Hind wings and cilia grey-whitish. 



A much duller insect than E. glaucopis, easily distinguished by 

 the absence of the bright rosy tints and of the i)ale yellowish dorsal 

 spot with its attendant markings. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Mount Loity, South Australia 

 (Mr. E. Guest) ; in June ; two specimens. 



EocHROis, Meyr. 

 I have altered this name to its present form, on the ground that 

 Eochroa has been previously employed by Felder for a genus of 

 Lepidoptera. 



514. (24a.) Eochr. tritoxantha, n. sp. 



Media, alls ant. fusco-purpureis, area l)asali flava, puncto disci 

 postico luteolo ; post, griseis. 



(J. 18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax deep yellow. Antennae dark 

 fuscous, spotted with white. Abdomen grey. Legs darkgrey, apexof 

 joints white, posterior pair whitish. Forewings moderately elongate, 

 costa gently arched, apex round pointed, hindmargin rather strongly 

 sinuate, oblique; fuscous-purplish, becoming fuscous towai'ds costa 

 posteriorly ; basal third deep yellow, bounded by a line from ^ of 

 costa to middle of inner margin ; costal edge whitish-ochreous on 

 posterior half; a whitish-ochreous dot in disc at | ; cilia whitish, 

 with a dark grey apical spot, basal half dark grey on upper half of 

 hindmargin, and a grey spot on anal angle. Hindwings grey ; 

 cilia whitish-grey. 



Very distinct from any other ; in form of wing nearest E. 

 acutella. 



