Heterocera from the Australiaii licfiioii. 419 



EULOCASTKA, 11. g. 

 Nearest to Locastra, of tlie same general form, though with the 

 aspect of the Lithosiid genus Etitane ; primaries with the costal 

 vein extending nearly to apex ; subcostal with five branches, the 

 first branch emitted before the end of the cell, the second emitted 

 beyond tlie cell, united to the third by a short cross vein so as to 

 form a narrow post-discoidal cell, the third and fourth forming a 

 short fork to apex, the fifth emitted from the inferior margin of the 

 third at the extremity of the post-discoidal cell ; upper radial 

 emitted near to the anterior angle of the cell, lower radial forming 

 a fourth median branch (the lower disco-cellular being absent) 

 emitted from the posterior angle of the cell and equidistant with 

 the second and third median branches ; base of the wings below 

 clothed with long hair-scales ; secondaries with the costal and 

 subcostal veins coalescing towards the base, the two subcostal 

 branches emitted at about the middle of the wing ; discnidal cell 

 open, the upper disco-cellular veinlet being absent ; radial emitted 

 rather near to the posterior angle of the ceil ; second and thkd 

 median branches emitted fi-om one point at the posterior angle ; 

 body rather robust, the thorax rounded, the head twice as broad as 

 long ; antennae cylindrical, tapering, with very short fine ciliations ; 

 palpi long, thick, subcylindrical, shghtly compressed, upcurved; 

 legs rather long and thick, the middle tibiie fringed with rather 

 long hair-scales. 



62. Eiilocastra fasciata , n. s. 

 ^ . Primaries above shining silvery white ; the base, an 

 irregular transverse band just before the middle, a second from 

 costa near apex to external angle, a spot just above the middle of 

 external border, and a second at external angle, black with bronze- 

 brown reflections ; secondaries sericeous-stramineous, with a 

 brownish apical spot ; thorax bronze-brown, collar cupreous ; 

 tegulae clothed with metallic cupreous and blue scales ; head and 

 abdomen pale stramineous; under surface pale shining golden 

 stramineous, primaries with the discoidal area, a discal band as 

 above, but enclosing three subcostal dots of the ground colour and 

 a few scales on the fringe blackish; secondaries with an abbre- 

 viated squamose dash from the centre of costal margin to the end 

 of cell and a slightly longer tapering subapical dash blackish ; legs 

 barred with black. Expanse of wings, 20 mm. 



Sydney. 



Although this species in general appearance, and in 



