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fuscous hind-marginal dots ; cilia whitish, with a blackish line at 

 one-third. Hind wings light ochreous irregularly suffused with 

 grey, with a faint darker line as in fore wings ; hind-marginal dots 

 and cilia as in fore wings, dark line of cilia interrupted. 



The single Tasmanian specimen is greyer than those 

 from Sydney. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Deloraine, Tasmania ; 

 several specimens in November, December, andFebruary. 



Eurycreon xenogama, n. s. 



(3^ , 18 — 19 mm. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish, suffused with light fuscous. Palpi externally dark fuscous, 

 lower half white. Legs whitish, anterior pair and middle tarsi 

 suffused with dark fuscous except at apex of joints. Fore wings 

 elongate-triangular, narrow at base, costa sinuate, posteriorly 

 moderately arched, apex rounded, hind margin obliquely rounded ; 

 ochreous-whitish irrorated with fuscous, so as to appear pale 

 fuscous ; lines slender, ill-defined, dark fuscous, rather irregular ; 

 first from one-fifth of costa to one-fourth of inner margin, slightly 

 curved; second from three-fourths of costa to two-thirds of inner 

 margin, rather indented in middle, abruptly bent back from above 

 anal angle to beneath discal spot ; a round shghtly paler spot in 

 disc before middle, fuscous-margined, and a subquadrate similar 

 discal spot, space between them paler; a row of cloudy dark 

 fuscous dots on hind margin; ciha ochreous-whitish, with an in- 

 terrupted dark grey Ime at one-third, and a cloudy grey line at 

 two-thirds. Hind wings ochreous-whitish, fuscous-tinged, faintly 

 suffused with darker towards apex and on a blotch below middle of 

 hind margin ; a cloudy dark grey sinviate line beyond middle, in 

 disc abruptly curved outwards into a narrow sinuous loop ; a small 

 cloudy grey discal spot ; hind-marginal dots and ciha as in fore 

 wings. 



$ , 13 — 14 mm. Head and thorax darker fuscous than in male. 

 Fore wings ochreous-fuscous mixed with dark fuscous ; lines and 

 discal spots as in male, but blackish fuscous, much stronger ; first 

 line preceded and second line followed by an irregular white mar- 

 gin, discal spots surrounded with white ; cilia darker. Hind wings 

 white, towards base of inner margin fuscous-tinged ; discal spot 

 and line as in male, but much stronger and blackish ; a large 

 blackish apical blotch, and another smaller one on hind margin 

 above anal angle, touching loop of discal line ; cilia white, with a 

 blackish basal line, and faint grey posterior line. 



The sexes are at first sight very different, the female 

 being considerably smaller, and the markings very much 



