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Eurycreon homogama, n. s. 

 $ ? , 16—20 mm. Head, antenna?, and thorax pale ochreous ; 

 frontal projection obtusely rounded; antennal ciliations of male 

 two-thirds. Palpi brownish-ochreous, lower longitudinal half 

 white. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs in male whitish, in 

 female whitish-ochreous, anterior pair brownish-ochreous above. 

 Fore wings very elongate-triangular, costa sinuate, apex obtuse, 

 hind margin very obliquely rounded ; in male whitish-ochreous, 

 brownish-tinged, costa obscurely suffused with pale brownish- 

 ochreous, in female wholly pale brownish-ochreous; lines cloudy, 

 fuscous ; first from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner 

 margin, indistinct, towards costa obsolete ; second from three- 

 fourths of costa, where it is darkest, above middle shortly indented 

 inwards, below middle obtusely bent inwards to beneath discal 

 spot, and again obtusely bent to two-thirds of inner margin ; a 

 small cloudy indistinct ochreous-fuscous spot beneath costa before 

 middle, and a somewhat larger subquadrate discal spot outlined 

 with ochreous-fuscous beyond middle ; cilia whitish-ochreous 

 sprinkled with brownish-ochreous, extreme tips fuscous. Hind 

 wings with colour, second line, and cilia as in fore wings. 



Carnarvon, West Australia ; four specimens in October. 

 Allied to the equally long-winged E. xenogama and 

 E. aphrarcha, but distinguished from both by its ochreous 

 colouring ; the male of E. xenogama is very similar to 

 this species, but the female extremely different. 



Eurycreon xenogama, Meyr. 

 Also from Perth and Geraldton, West Australia, in 

 November. 



Eurycreon aphrarcha, n. s. 

 $, 16 — 19 mm. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen greyish- 

 ochreous irrorated with dark grey ; frontal projection rounded ; 

 antennal ciliations two-thirds. Palpi greyish-ochreous irrorated 

 with black, lower longitudinal half white. Legs whitish, anterior 

 pair dark fuscous. Fore wings very elongate-triangular, costa 

 sinuate, apex obtuse, hind margin very obliquely rounded ; rather 

 light fuscous, becoming darker towards basal two-thirds of costa ; 

 lines irregular, cloudy, blackish, tolerably distinct; first from one- 

 fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin ; second from three- 

 fourths of costa, above middle shortly indented inwards, below 

 middle obtusely bent inwards to beneath discal spot, and again 



