BY W. H. LUSKIN, F.L.S., F.E.S. 59 



M. CHALYBESCENS, H. sp. 



^ Primaries : Costal and hinder borders margined 

 with black, outer borders broadly so ; transverse vein broadly 

 margined inwardly the same ; central vein margined with 

 black, leaving but a narrow longitudinal transparent area before 

 the tranverse vein, intersected by central vein, and a narrow 

 transverse hyaline band beyond, intersected by three veins ; 

 outer marginal band dusted with steel blue, costal band the 

 same sparingly ; fringe black. Secondaries: With fringe black, 

 well developed, all the veins distinctly black. Underside the 

 same, except that the black parts are of a rusty hue, and the 

 blue dusting is hardly discernible. Antennae : dark brown, 

 palpably hooked. Palpi : brown, beneath white. Face, grey. 

 Thorax and abdomen black, dusted with steel blue ; segmental 

 joints, laterally, steel blue ; abdomen beneath, white. Legs 

 black ; hind pair densely pilose to the claws, with black hairs 

 occasionally interrupted with white and blue, steely blue 

 especially apparent at base, on upper side. 



Exp. of wings : 31 mm ; length of body, 17 mm. 



Hab. : Mackay. Coll. : Turner. 



Meyrick gives three species of .Eyeriii (or, as he prefers to 

 term the genus, Sesi(t) as Australian ; his two last, however, are 

 doubtfully distinct. 



