338 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



more sharply contrasted ; the markings are, however, 

 exactly the same in form. 



Adelaide, South Australia ; four specimens (two males, 

 two females) in October. 



Eurycreon capnochroa, n. s. 

 c? , ? , 12 — 16 mm. Head, palpi, tliorax, and abdomen whitish 

 ochreous, mixed with fuscous and dark fuscous ; lower half of palpi 

 white. Antennas white, annulated with dark fuscous. Legs dark 

 fuscous, apex of joints white. Fore wings moderate, triangular, 

 naiTow at base, costa slightly sinuate, gently arched posteriorly, 

 apex tolerably rounded, hind margin oblique, waved, faintly 

 sinuate, rather bowed in middle ; pale whitish fuscous, densely 

 irrorated with rather dark fuscous ; lines dark fuscous, tolerably 

 distinct ; first at one-fifth, rather bent in middle ; second from two- 

 thirds of costa to rather beyond middle of inner margin, shghtly 

 indented at one-third, sharply angulated inwards at two-thirds to 

 beneath discal spot, sometimes followed by a faint pale suffusion ; 

 a dark fuscous dot midway between base and discal spot ; discal 

 spot linear-crescentic, ochreous-whitish ; hind margin spotted with 

 dark fuscous ; cilia white, with two broad dark fuscous lines, 

 obsciu-ely ban-ed, costal cilia marked with three or four quadrate 

 dark fuscous spots. Hind wings with ground colour as in fore 

 wings ; first line obsolete, second as in fore wings ; a small dark 

 fuscous discal spot ; cilia as in fore wings. 



The sexes are exactly similar. 



Murrurundi, Sydney, and Blackheath (8500 feet), New 

 South Wales ; Launceston, Tasmania ; Port Lincoln, 

 South Australia ; common from November to April. 



Eurycreon hcatalis, Feld. 



Botys heatalis, Feld., cxxxv., 5. 



Peak Downs, Queensland ; Sydney, New South Wales ; 

 two specimens in March. 



Eurycreon massalis, Walk. 

 Scoimla massalis, Walk., 792 ; Dosara ccelatalis, ib., 



829. 

 (? , $ , 15 — 17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale ochreous, in 

 female suffused with reddish ochreous ; palpi white at base beneath. 

 Autenuai grey-whitish. Abdomen pale ochreous. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish, anterior pair suffused with dark fuscous. Fore wings 



