BY THOS. P. LUCAS, M.K.C.S.E., ETC. 93 



•almost white ground colour, lighter toward centre of costa ; a 

 dark rhomboid fuscous blotch on apical fourth of costa. Cilia 

 as fore wings. 



Very rare ; on flowers in August and September, and in 

 scrubs at light in March. Brisbane. 



Famih- PHYCID.E. 



Epicrocis sehixigra, sp.nov. 



(? ? . 30-34 mm. Head fuscous grey. Palpi fuscous, grey 

 at joint. Antennae fuscous. Thorax light fuscous, tinted with 

 ■drab grey anteriorly. Abdomen fuscous, base of segments drab 

 grey. Forewings elongate, narrowly dilate, costa gently rounded, 

 hindmargin obliquely rounded, whitish grey with basal third 

 and costal fourth thickly dusted with fuscous grey and black ; a 

 median broken line or bar from base to -f dark fuscous or fuscous 

 black, inner half of wing irrorated with chocolate and fuscous 

 grey and black markings, marbled with grey-white ; hind- 

 margin reddish on veins and tinted with fuscous grey, sub- 

 marginal line of broken black bars separated by an ochreous 

 line from a fuscous grey line. Cilia grey, with a fuscous grey 

 band. Hindwings white, veins light fuscous, submarginal line 

 dark fuscous. Cilia grey, with a fuscous grey band. 



Very rare ; at light. Brisbane. 



Terastia subjectalis, /,(/. 



I have taken half a dozen specimens in Brisbane. Not 

 previously recorded from Australia. 



HoiicEOSoMA (?) albocostalis, sp.nov. 



<? ?. 12-lG mm. Head drab with a fuscous spot on crown. 

 Palpi and antennas fuscous. Thorax drab with a fuscous line 

 on either side of dorsum. Abdomen drab on dorsum, laterally 

 and posteriorly fuscous. Forewings very narrow, elongate, costa 

 gently rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded, drab, shot with 

 chocolate fuscous, costal third of wing almost white, narrowly 

 edged with fuscous, veins fuscous, hindmarginal line deep choco- 

 late. Cilia chocolate fuscous. Hindwings light grey, veins 

 fuscous, hindmarginal line chocolate fuscous. Cilia light fuscous. 



Brisbane ; rare. I found a web of caterpillars of this species 

 feeding on a broad-leaved bush shrub. 



