EUPHYIA. By L. B. Proit. 287 



inclines to the aggregata form) to that of ty])ica] niniaria d/icti. (26a). The larva f'eeds on Plantago and 



prol)ably otlier low plants; sooty hlark hut variable; eoiiniKnily witli a liroail limwnisli lateral strii)e: it piipates 

 in the earth. 



E. lieteroleuca Mei/r. (2s f ,5, $). 23 -31 mm. Pali>u.>^ 2' ,. Ciliation of ; antenna 

 which has the termen roiinded and waved, seems tolerably conwtant in it.s colonr and markings, as is also the 

 forewiiig beneath, which has a dark border, l)roadened in the anterior half: hut the white element in the me- 

 dian area of the forewing above (by the presence of which element Meykick sejiarates the sjjecies from meci/- 

 nata, doliopis and languescens) varies greatl>-. In the ,^ type, from Mt. Kosciu.sko. it forms oidy a vei'y sniall 

 cell-spot; in his allotype $, from Warragul. X'ictoria. it fornis a large spot around the black ceÜ-dot and 2 ad- 

 ditional small ones posteriorly. — ab. leucoplea //<//•. (2!t !>). a second \Vari-agul v noted by Mkvrick. has a leucoplea. 

 broad white band occii])ying all biit the borders of the area. 



E. agiaodes Meyr. (28 f). Palpus 1'^ or scarcely; S ciliation ■*/-. The median band, which is le.ss broad «f/ZnofMs. 

 than in heferoleiica and contains no ^^-hite, is boundcfl distally by two ])artly confluent whitish. posteriorly more 

 greyish lines. Mount Kosciusko (type) and Motnit St. Bernai<l. ."»(MiO feet. üur figwred specimen. iVom the 

 latter locality, is smaller and Icss bright than the type. 



E. synchora Jlt i/r. (2s g). founded on a ^ irom Hol)art. is ratiier large. with jjaljms 2'^. Apart from Kijurhnni. 

 its larger size and [laler coloration, it may be readily distingiiished from e.vcenirdtu by the dcep iiidentation of 

 the postmedian in front of the central prominence. 



E. excentrata Guvu. {= consti])ata Walk.. bifu.sata Walk.) (28g '^). Palpus nearly 2; ciliation of q <.rcentralti. 

 antenna minute. Rather glossy. the general ränge of colotiring nuuh as in the New Zealand deltoidatu. the fore- 

 wing much less produced anteriorly. Both wings beneath with broad subterminal or terminal dark band, that 

 of the hindwing leaving the apex qtiite clear. Very variable; t«o extremes from Gisboi'nc. both ;. have been 

 diagnosed by Turner. — ab. fuscifascia iiom. nor. "Median liand «holly suffused \\itli daik fuscous." - ab. iu.tcifa.'irUi. 

 albiplaga nom. noiK Dorsal [posterior] two-thirds of median band clear white except discal dot and a slight alhiplagn. 

 siitl'usion near external edge." Tasmania ((UrENEE's and \\'alker's type) to Killarney. Queensland. 



E. adomata Guch. (= lamprotis Mvur.) (2s f). The source of (Juenee's type is unknown. but i\\Q iidomaUi. 

 synonymy was established l)y Thierry-Miec}, who Hrst recorded it from Tasmania. a likely locality for (Ji'ENEe's. 

 A small (20 — 21 mm), brightly colotned species, with the hindwing margin markedly ci-enulate, the forewing 

 more or less marked with white, the central projection of the median band strtjng. forming apjjroximately an 

 equilateral triangle. New iSonth Wales to South Australia and Tasmania. 



E. hilaodes Tum. Only ?? known, similar to adomata but much larger (30 to 34 mm), palpus shorter hilaodes. 

 (21 4). head irrorated with crimson, anteniedian line indented near costa and behind middle, projection of post- 

 median less strong, bidentate. hindwing not orange but whitish, suffused more or less with pale ochreous. 

 Tasmania. 



E. cataphaea Mcyr. (28 f). Hindwing more elongate than in the similarly colourcd Eiiphyia. gonerally ratapham. 

 a good deal dulled with fuscous. Palpus rather long, with relatively elongate terminal Joint. Antennal ciliation 

 of ^ vestigial. Both wings beneath usually nnich paler and yellower, outside the postmedian offen almo.st un- 

 marked. Mount Kosciusko, 3700— 60()(l feet. 



E. symphona J/eyi-, (= maerens Swinh.) (28 g). (ilossy and with the -^hindwing somewhat elongate .s.v»i/)/(oh«. 

 costally, beginning to approach the shape of an Orlhulithu. the shape of the V more extreme. Paljjus scarcely 

 2 in the ^, longer in the V- Forewing grey-brownish, hindwing paler, almost oi- entirely unmarked. Underside 

 almost unicolorous, without markings. Motuit Kosciusko. synimolpa Turn, was described on 2 5V fi'"'" the symmolpa. 

 same locality and differentiated by the form of the postmedian luic. which is more strongly angled in the middle, 

 posteriorly more concave, the "discal spot not pale centrcd", pei-hajjs the more strongly marked distal area and 

 other (letalis: but was afterwards sunk: l think "lyalims 3", even for the ;. must have i)een an over-estimate. 

 Presumably a mere aberration: the species is in any case variable. 



E. leptophrica Turn. (2S f). Much slxjrter- and broadcr-w inged. the areas of the forewing not sharply Uptophrmi. 

 defined, central projection of postmedian slight, hindwing somctimes better marked than in symphona. both 

 wings beneath with a dark band (even if inconii>lc(e) proximal tu the suliterminal line. Xew South Wales: 

 Barrington Top. Mount Kosciusko. 



E. anthracinata Gnen. (- atrii)lcna Walk.) (28g). h'alcatewinged in the ^: strikingly black &hove, antkracbiata 

 dusky though not black beneatli. l'ntil the discovery of the following. no Knphyia at all like it was known. 

 Victoria and Tasmania. 



