288 EUPHYIA. By L. B. Proft. 



propinqua. E. propinqua Turn. (28 g) recently described from West Australia. is closely allied to anthracinata, hut 



witli the termen of the o forewing straight. The $$ of the two species are difficult to distinguish. but the lines 

 in propinqua $. so far as it is yet known, are somewhat more erenulate, the ante- and postmedian hnes less 

 strongly marked. 



suhrectaria. E. subrectaria Ouen. (= resjaonsata Walk.) (2.s h) is an inconspicuous little species and not notably 



variable, but is interesting as being one of the verv few wliieh are eonnnon to AiistraUa ( Queenshmd to Tasmania) 

 and New Zealand (both islands). Lines straightish. the postmedian throughout ahnost jiaiallel with the termen. 

 casta. subrectiaria type came from Tasmania, responsata from "8onth Australia '. — casta Btlr. type (from Marlborough, 

 N. Z.) is sharply maiked, the black mark on the ijostmedian and the presnbterniinal spots strong; perhaps 

 the New Zealand form is beginning to diverge racially. 



phaulopha- E. phaulophanes ?'»rw.. (^ $,22 — 24 mm. Palpus 2V2: fuseous. Antenna in q slightly serrate and minutely 



7tes. ciliated. Forewing apex pointed, termen gently rounded, oblique, wavy; pale fuscous; a moderate, slightly 

 darker basal patch. a slightly darker median band defined by verv slender whitisii lines, the antemedian slightly 

 curved, wavy, indistinct, the jiostmedian from ''/g costa to 73 hindmargin, wavy. scarcely projecting in middle; 

 an interrupted dark terminal line; fringe fuscous. Hindwing strongly rounded; pale grey". Denmark, West 

 Australia, a pair. Affinities not indicated. 



inangulata. E. \n3ingu\ata Bastelb. (28 h), described as Epirrhoe. must belong to this genus. Antennae and abdomen 



wanting in the tyjje S, which was said to come from Melbourne. White-yellow, with brown markings. Fore- 

 wing with basal j)atch marked by numerous extremely fine lines; median band narrow, not solid, its edges 

 straight, as are also the succeeding (divided) white-yellow band; sxdDterminal present. Hindwing similarly but 

 niuch more weakly marked. W^ill probably have to sink to the following. 



ptochopis. E, ptochopis (Meyr., M. S.) Turn. (28 h). $, 24 mm. Abdomen whitish, 3rd and 4th segments with 



paired dark dots edged posteriorly with white. Forewing elongate, costa almost straight, termen strongly 

 oblique; whitish. with numerous straight oblique lines, a dark eell-dot and a short oblique dark apical streak. 

 Hindwing with termen nearly straight to near apex, there rounded; the lines indistinct and restricted to the 

 distal half of the wing. Type from Beaconsfield, Victoria; later recorded from New South Wales (Moruya). We 

 figure Meyrick's unpublished original, a smaller (J (22 mm) from Melbourne, with simple antenna. the lines 

 not literally straight; it will need careful comparison with Titrner's species and with inangidata. 



perialla. E. perialla Turn. ,^ $, 30 — 35 mm. Palpiis 2^4. Forewing broad. costa moderately arclied, termen 



wavy; brow n. with fuscous and whitish lines; edge of basal ])atch excurved; median band broad at costa, narrow 

 at hindmargin, its anterior part containing a paler jjatch. in which, near its proximal edge, Stands the cell-mark; 

 fine whitish lines edging the band, the antemedian cmved outward, the postmedian arising beyond -^ costa. 

 at first perpendicular, then shortly incurved. in the middle forming an obture double jjrominence; siditerminal 

 line fine, interrupted, accompanied proximally and (near apex) distally by some fuscous suffusion. Hindwing 

 strongly rounded. dentate; orange, jjosteriorly suffused with fuscous and marked with many paler and darker 

 short lines. the suffusion extending on termen to middle. Mount Kosciusko, 4500 feet (type), Mount St. Bernard, 

 etc. (Description abridged from Turner). 



conifasciata. E. cotiifasciata Biitl. (28 h). Variable in ilepth of colouring and other details but easily known among 



the yellow-winged Euphyia by the straight distal edge of the suhtriangidar median band; subbasal line out- 

 curved to ai^i^roach or touch the antemedian; apical dash conspicuous. In the type, a Melbourne 9. the median 

 band is narrowed so tliat its boundary-lines meet before reaching the hindmargin, Ijut this is exceptional. New 

 South Wales to Tasmania. 



tacera. E. tacera Turn. 30 — 32 mm. Palpus 2. Antennal ciliation minute. Said to be "not unlike lucldulata" 



(28 h), but with slightly excurved, not dentate, antemedian line, etc. Hindwing yellow-ochreous, with 3 fine 

 dark lines from proximal half of hindmargin, only the first reaching costa, a double subterminal (usually reaching 

 about to the middle of the wing) and a narrow terminal liand (sometimes obsolete towards apex). New South 

 Wales: Barrington Top. 



lucidulaia. E. lucidulata Walk. The type $ from "Tasmania" and the only other $ which I have seen from that 



country (Cradle Moimtain) are considerably larger and paler than ordinary Australian forms, the areas proximally 

 and distally to the postmedian white, the distal one broad ; but a cJ from Kelso is s m a 1 1 and normally coloured. 

 fesia. Whether this "name-type" is racially separable or an "ab. loc", I have no means of deciding. — f. festa form. 

 nov. (28 h). In any case this brightly coloured form, with only the slender lines which bound the dark areas 

 clean white, needs a separate name. New South Wales and Victoria, type from (Tisborne. 



