p}ü(j\ocausta . 



crycropa. 



niph'ileia. 



crorota. 



284 EUPHYIA. By L. B. Prout. 



Common and widely distributed in Australia. excepting the more tropica! parts; the type of perfectata came 

 Sydney, tlie other 3 types from Tasmania, but I am not aware of any geogi'aplücal Variation. 



rncphaeopa. E. cnephaeopa Turn. (28 a). Forewing broader, though still witli the termen strongly oblique; liindwing 



elongate anteriorly. Mnch more weakly marked both above and beneath and wholly dark. Mount Kosciusko. 



E. plagiocausta Tum. (2s b). Distingnishable by the c o n « p i c ii o ii s b 1 a c k i .s h .s t r e a k which 

 runs from the hindmargin of the foreAdng v e r y o b 1 i q u e 1 y o u t w a r d s and terminates abruptly op- 

 posite midcosta, with which it is connected merely by a fine line. Hindwing with termen crenulate. Near Hobart, 

 Tasmania (type) and Adelaide. 



E. cryeropa Meyr. (28 h). Palpus I-3. Antennal ciliation of (J ^3. Forewing rather liglit fuscous, more 

 or less densely irrorated witli white; basal patch consisting of faint lines; proximal edge of median band curved 

 and twice indented, distal edge with its central projection triangulär; subterminal line faint; an oblique whitish 

 subapical streak, underlined with fuscous. Hindwing weakly marked. (Abridged from Meyeick, whose Originals, 

 2 ^^ from Hay. N. S. W.. appear to be lost). The form from Adelaide, here figured, is rather pale. The other 

 recorded localities are in Victoria: Birchip, Sea Lake and? Melbourne (Lower). 



E. euphileta Tum. (28 b). Palpus II4. Ciliations of ^ I4. Median band uniformly fuscous (in the $ 

 edged with white lines), proximal edge slightly dentate, distal with the j^rojection obtuse; subterminal indicated. 

 Hind^dng with lines and dark iiroration jiroximally to the postmedian line; 2 subterminal lines indicated, at 

 least towards hindmargin. Forewing beneath darkened from base to postmedian. Lome, Victoria. 



E. crocota Turn. (28 c) is said to be nearest to trygodes but differing in its brighter and more distinctive 

 colouring. Palpus, as in that, 2' 4. Antenna in the ^ with the dentations 1. Forewing bright ochreous mixed 

 with purple-reddish ; a purple-fuscous basal patch, suffused in the centre witii the ground-eoiour; median band 

 purple-fuscous, traversed by faint wavy reddish-jjurple lines, proximal edge curved, rlistal slightly waved anter- 

 iorly, sinuate towards hindmargin; a purple-reddish distal suffusion. Hindwing pale purple-grey, distally suf- 

 fused with whitish-ochreous. Near Melbourne; jirobablv also at Kelso and jiossibly Mt. Wellington, Tasmania. 

 We figure a Kelso (^ which only deviates from the description in the (slightly) liidentate antemedian and bis- 

 inuate postmedian and in tlie purplish distal suffusion of tlie hindwing; the latter was noticed by Turner in 

 his Wellington $, which is whitish rather tlian ochreous. and he suspeets that the species "varies considerably". 



trygodes. E. trygodes Jilfyr. (28 c). o antenna triangularly dentate, ciliation -3. Forewing with termen waved; 



brown, mixed with duU rust-reddish and slightly si^rinkled wdth whitish; numerous faint waved lines; margins 

 of median band indicated by minute white dots, the postmedian from ''/j costa to -3 hindmargin, sinuate before 

 and behind the middle, central projection slight; cell-dot blackisli; subterminal line merely indicated. Hind- 

 wing with termen waved, mievenly rounded, Tasmania: Georges Bay (loc. typ.); Victoria: Melbourne and 

 Gisborne; New South Wales: Ebor. 



in.-iulstiUi. E. insulsata Gneri. (28 c). This and the two foUowing species form an interesting and somewhat puzzling 



group which, notwithstanding the differences in the coloration of the fringes and the strength of the projection 

 of the postmedian line, may perhaps be (as Turxer was at one time inclined to think) modifications of a single 

 entity. Meyrick measures the j^alpus as 2^4 in insnlsafa, 2I3 in correlata and 2^ in ebuleata and this may be 

 accurate, but the differences are too slight to gauge precisely in cabinet specimens. All have the underside 

 strongly marked, with characteristic dark subterminal shading, that of the hindwing consisting of a large anterior 

 and a smaller posterior blotch, commonly more or less connected by narrower or weaker suffusion. In insulsata 

 the hindwing above is almost uniform clear ochreous with extremely narrow dark terminal shading. the forewing 

 with smoky irroration, the lines extremely weak. the postmedian projection not acute. Fringes nowhere clear 

 white, mostly of the ground-colour or greyer, its forewing witli a pale, yellowtinged line beyond their middle. 

 those of the hindwing showing this whitish yellow on the distal half. "Australia" (the type) and "Adelaide" 

 (a worn $); most of the material which I have seen comes from South Australia. 



fdirelala. E. correlata Walk. (28 c). More strongly (generally mucli more strongly) marked, the postmedian with 



strong central prominence; forewing generally of a clear ochreous-yellow. Fringes predominantly dark. on the 

 forewing proximally approaching blackish. Perhaps commonest in Victoria (Melbourne district, etc.) but recorded 

 also from New South Wales and Tasmania. "New Zealand ", given by Walker, is obviously erroneous. 



ehnleata. E. ebuleata Guen. (= spoliata Walk.) (28 c). On an average somewhat smaller than the two jireceding. 



often a little (or considerably) paler; but chiefly distinguished by the white distal half of the fringes. The 



weakly marked forms, which are typical for both the cited names, otherwise very similar to insulsata. — ab. 



fervidaia. fervidata l'I''öiA). (Guenee's "var. A") is more strongly banded and as the postmedian inclines towards the shape 



ofthat of corre/ato there is sometimes little except the fringe to distinguish the two; but generally, so far as 



