BY THOMAS P LUCAS, M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A., LON. I O- 



hind margin extended at vein 4, light grey freely dusted with 

 fine fuscous dots, costa bordered with fine fuscous dots, three 

 transverse rounded lines of fuscous drab — first from two-fifth 

 costa to one-third inner margin, suffused in angular projections 

 at one-third, two-third, and before inner border ; second line 

 from three-fifth costa to two-third inner margin, with angular 

 suffusions near costa and before inner margin, a loop line 

 connects these suffusions posteriorly ; third line from before apex 

 costa to before anal angle, inner margin suffused toward hind 

 margin and before inner margin ; in some specimens, a dark 

 purple suffusion extends from a patch on one-half inner margin 

 to apical half of costa and great part of hind border ; cilia 

 chocolate, interspersed with grey. Hindwings as forewings, first 

 line from median to half inner margin, second from three-fifth 

 costa to three-fourth inner margin, third from before apex costa 

 to before anal angle inner margin, more or less lost in suffusion ; 

 hind-marginal row of black dots ; cilia as forewings. Allied to 

 E. diversa, Lucas. Geraldton, Northern Queensland. 



EROSIA KADIATA. SP. NOV. 



J 2 mn 20—22. Head and antenna? fuscous. Palpi 

 fuscous. Thorax fuscous, marked on dorsum with darker fuscous. 

 Abdomen light fuscous. Forewings, costa gently rounded, hind 

 margin obliquely rounded, fuscous drab, with smoky scales and 

 darker longitudinal bands along the folds; a similar narrow band 

 along costa, narrowing to three-fourth costa, and another along^ 

 basal half of inner margin, a black spot opposite costa at two- 

 third, and a fainter one immediately beyond. Cilia fuscous. 

 Hindwings as forewings. Hind margin extended to a point at 

 vein 4, costal half scooped out. When spread out, the lighter 

 and darker colours in all the wings alternate and radiate as the 

 spokes of a Avheel. Brisbane. 



EROSIA QUADRATA. SP. NOV. 



5 2 iilHi 18 — 21. Head and antenna* creamy grey. Palpi 

 fuscous. Thorax fuscous, speckled with grey. Abdomen fuscous, 

 grey. Forewings, costa nearly straight, hind margin rounded, 

 drab, freely covered with fuscous, lighter along folds, markings 

 darker, indistinct ; a brown discal spot at two-third, a suffused 

 blotch beyond, before hind margin, an indistinct line of dots from 



