4 6 NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



tudinal marks, from near base above inner margin; a large blotch 

 of dull white immediately beyond lunate mark, bounded pos- 

 teriorly by a band of dull ferruginous along hindmargin; veins 

 between blotch and hindmargin neatly outlined with black : cilia 

 fuscous, mixed with ferruginous, and with a greyish median line. 

 Hind wings elongate-ovate, slightly sinuate on inner margin near 

 base; pale greyish; cilia greyish, with fuscous basal and sub- 

 terminal lines. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W.; two specimens at light, in May. 



Allied to the following species. 



Nephogenes erebomorpiia. n.sp. 



gQ. 38-42 mm. Head, palpi, thorax and antenna? dark fus- 

 cous, palpi beneath greyish. Legs dark fuscous, obscurely ringed 

 with whitish except coxa?, posterior pair greyish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen ochreous-grey, anal tuft yellowish. Forewings very 

 elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded; blackish-fuscous, sparsely mixed with whitish; a fine 

 whitish line along upper margin of cell, dotted throughout with 

 fine black spots; a somewhat interrupted black line along lower 

 margin of cell, and continued at end of cell to meet extremity of 

 first-mentioned line; veins faintly indicated in black towards 

 hindmargin; a hindmarginal row of elongate black dots : cilia 

 blackish-fuscous, somewhat mixed with grey. Hindwings och- 

 reous-grey; cilia greyish-ochreous, with a fuscous basal line. 



Broken Hill, N.S.W.; four specimens in June, at light. 



Closely allied to the preceding; best distinguished by its blackish 

 colouring and large size. In markings it bears a very close 

 resemblance to the preceding species, but I consider it quite 

 distinct. It is one of the largest of the (Ecophoridce. 



OECOPHORA MEGALOPLACA, 11. sp. 



£. 22-25 mm. Head, palpi, thorax and antenna' ashy-fuscous, 

 palpi mixed with whitish. Legs dark fuscous, tarsi ringed with 

 whitish, posterior legs ochreous-grey. Abdomen dull ochreous, 

 three anterior segments fuscous. Forewings elongate-ovate, costa 



