30 ]Mr. E. Mcyrick's Dcscriffions of 



C. o'pliiodcsma, n. sp. 



9 . 27 m.m. Head and thorax fuscous ppriukled with whitish. 

 Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings eh:)ngate-triangular, 

 costa almost straight, apex obtuse, terraen strongly bowed, little 

 oblique ; fuscous, irregularly sprinkled with whitish ; subbasal line 

 black, irregular ; first and second lines slender, black, irregular, first 

 angulated near costa, median third forming an oblique rounded 

 projection below middle, second from middle of costa to | of dorsum, 

 between i and middle forming a very large sinuous expanded bilobed 

 loop reaching to t of wing, orbicular dot-like, black ; reniform 

 obscurely indicated by whitish irroration ; a short thick oblique dark 

 fuscous apical streak marked with black, preceded by a broad whitish 

 suH'usion towards costa ; a terminal series of black dots : cilia fuscous 

 sprinkled with wliitisli. Tlindwings whitish-fuscous ; a broad, rather 

 dark fuscous terminal suil'usion ; cilia fuscous-whitish. 



Geraldton, West Australia ; one sjiecimcn in November. 



Eporcciis, n. g. 



Face with short projecting tuft. Tongue developed. Palpi 

 moderate, ascending, laterally compressed, second joint with dense 

 loosely appressed scales, terminal joint short, truncate. Antennae in ^ 

 bipectinated to near apex, pectinations terminating in long bristles. 

 Thorax roughly scaled. Abdomen without crests. Anterior coxae 

 very long and projecting far in front of head, rough-scaled, femora 

 with brush of dense rough scales beneath, tibiae densely rough - 

 scaled ; middle and posterior tibife loosely scaled. Forewings 

 normal. Hindwings : 3 and 4 closely approximated, 5 less 

 approximated, G and 7 connate. 



A singular genus without obvious affinities; tlie curious 

 elongated anterior coxa; are, so far as I am aware, quite 

 unique in the Lcpido'pUra. 



E. phcnax, n. sp. 



^. 25 m.m. Head, thorax and abdomen pale greyish-ochreous, 

 somewhat brown-sprinkled. Forewings rather elongate-triangular, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen bowed, little oblique ; rather 

 light fuscous, with a faint ochreous tinge ; costal edge suffusedly 

 whitish from \ to 4' and before apex ; small dark fuscous costal spots 

 at :|, before middle, and at | : cilia ochreous-whitish, apical half 

 l)arred with dark fuscous. Hindwings rather light fuscous ; cilia 



