450 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



along costa from beyond middle to near apex ; second line blackish, 

 slightly irregular, partially obsolete, proceeding from a small spot 

 on costa at three-fourths towards anal angle, below middle 

 rectangularly bent inwards to beneath discal spot, thence again 

 rectangularly bent to inner margin at two-thirds ; cilia ochreous- 

 whitish, with two sharply-marked blackish lines. Hind wings 

 grey, becoming whitish grey towards base ; a small dark grey 

 discal spot, sometimes obsolete ; an irregiilarly curved dark grey 

 line from two-thirds of costa to two-thu-ds of inner margin, 

 rectangularly indented below middle ; cilia as in fore wings, but 

 second line less distinct. 



Closely allied to E.familiaris, from which it is best 

 separated by the hind wings ; the fore wings also greyer 

 and somewhat narrower, and characterised by the slender 

 white posterior costal streak. 



Bathurst, New South Wales (2300 feet) ; Deloraine, 

 Tasmania ; eight specimens in November. The Tas- 

 manian specimen mentioned under E.familiaris, Meyr., 

 belongs to this species, E. familiaris having only been 

 found round Sydney. 



Note. — To the characters of the genus Eurycreon 

 should be added : Lower median vein of hind wings 

 more or less distinctly pectinated towards base. 



SCOPAEIAD^. 



SCOPARIA, HlV. 



Scoparia protorthra, n. s. 

 (3^ , ? , 15 — 17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax mixed with dark 

 fuscous and white ; palpi twice breadth of eyes. Antennse dark 

 fuscous, ciliations one-fourth. Abdomen whitish ochreous, base of 

 segments greyish. Legs dark fuscous, banded with ochreous- 

 whitish, posterior tibia ochreous-whitish. Fore wings elongate- 

 triangular, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, hind margin 

 faintly sinuate, obliquely rounded ; pale greyish, mixed and 

 suffused with white, and coarsely irrorated with black ; a small 

 black mark from base of costa ; some irregular ochreous-yellow 

 scales before first line ; first line indistinct, slender, white, pos- 

 teriorly obscurely black-margined, from one-third of costa to two- 

 fifths of inner margin, indented in middle ; orbicular and claviform 

 both small, round, black, detached, claviform rather larger ; reui- 

 form 8-shaped, white, obscm-ely blackish-margined ; second line 

 slender, white, blackish-margined, faintly waved, indented beneath 



