382 Mr. E. Meyrick on New Lepidoptera 
with blackish suffusion, second almost straight, slightly sinuate 
inwards near costa and dorsum ; orbicular small, blackish, touching 
posterior edge of first line ; claviform obsolete; discal X-shaped, 
blackish, ill-defined ; subterminal line obscurely paler, cloudy, very 
undefined, not distinctly interrupted nor touching second line. 
Hindwings 14; whitish-grey, somewhat darker terminally ; a faint 
darker postmedian line. 
Melbourne, Victoria; Mount Lofty, South Australia ; 
also from ‘Tasmania; in February and March, five 
specimens. Intermediate between S. cleodoralis and S. 
plagiotis; well characterised by the form of the lines. 
GELECHIADAL. 
EiscHaTURA, gen. n. 
Antenne in ¢ filiform, simple. Labial palpi long, recurved, 
second joint thickened with appressed scales, terminal as long as 
second, moderate, acute. Posterior tibiz rough-scaled. Forewings 
with apex strongly caudate ; 2 from 2 of cell, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 
to costa. Hindwings over 1, trapezoidal, termen sinuate beneath 
apex ; 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 connate. 
This genus belongs to the group formerly maintained 
as a distinct family under the name Xyloryctide, and is 
intermediate between Uzucha and Pilostibes. 
EH. lemurias, sp. n. 
d 28-30 mm., 2 34-35 mm. Head and thorax light reddish- 
fuscous, patagia posteriorly whitish-ochreous. Palpi dark reddish- 
fuscous, basal joint white, terminal white posteriorly. Forewings 
elongate, moderately broad in middle, costa very strongly arched, 
apex very strongly produced, caudate, termen appearing strongly 
concave beneath this ; in ¢ whitish-ochreous, in ? deep ochreous, 
in both with a strong shining whitish gloss ; a grey-whitish discal 
spot edged with dark reddish-fuscous suffusion, ill-defined ; costal 
cilia orange; terminal cilia whitish, on upper half and round 
apex reddish-fuscous except at base. Hindwings pale yellowish ; 
cilia round apex reddish-fuscous. 
Brisbane, Queensland; four specimens (Dr. A. J. 
Turner). 
