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carmine-tinged. Forewings moderate, costa rather strongly 

 arched especially to^yards base, hindmargin almost straight, 

 slightly sinuate, rounded beneath ; greyish-ochreous ; costal edge 

 carmine throughout, extreme costal edge ochreous-grey-whitish 

 from about one-third to apex ; a few ferruginous scales along 

 inner-margin near base ; a darker ferruginous spot in disc at one- 

 fifth, and another immediately below it, a large transverse 

 fuscous-carmine blotch occupying median third of wing, anterior 

 edge inwards curved from about one-fourth of costa to about 

 middle of inner margin, posterior edge from near apex to anal 

 angle strongly curved inwards ; on centre of posterior edge of 

 this patch is a well-defined ferruginous spot ; the patch is 

 bounded on either side by a variable reddish suffusion ; an irregular 

 curved row of ferruginous spots from anal angle and ending in 

 patch above middle ; cilia dark-fuscous carmine, tips whitish, 

 round anal angle wholly grey-whitish. Hindwings pale-yellowish ; 

 cilia paler, with a dark-grey basal line. 



One specimen, Blackwood, S.A., beaten from EucalyiJtus, sp. 

 (" Stringybark ") in October. AjDpa rent ly most allied to metaJ- 

 lota, Meyr., but without any white spots. 



EUCH.ETIS SARCOXAXTHA, n. Sp. 



Female, 20 mm. Head, palpi, legs, antennae, abdomen, and 

 thorax ochreous-yellow, antennae and anterior legs carmine- 

 tinged. Thorax with a suffused leaden-metallic jDOsterior spot, 

 edged posteriorly with dull carmine, shoulders carmine-fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate-oblong, costa strongly arched, hindmargin 

 bowed, oblique ; ochreous-yellow, suff'usedly irrorated with 

 carmine, esj^ecially on edges of markings ; markings leaden- 

 metallic; a rather thick costal streak from base of costa through- 

 out and continued uninterruptedly around hindmargin to anal 

 angle, extreme costal edge carmine, becoming paler towards 

 apex ; a small ill-defined streak from base of costal streak ; a 

 semi-erect mark from inner margin near base reaching half-way 

 across wing ; an irregular triangular patch about third of costa, 

 from which proceeds a row of four or five well-defined dots to 

 near anal angle ; a large irregular suffused patch from one-fourth 

 of inner margin to anal angle occupying half of wing, in upper 

 jDortion are three much darker discal spots, one larger about 

 middle of wing, and two others beyond and placed one above the 

 other, all edged posteriorly with a small patch of ground-colour, 

 making them conspicuous ; cilia on upper-half of hindmargin and 

 apex reddish-orange, rest metallic-coppery. Hindwings and cilia 

 orange. 



A fine species ; the apex of wing is so rounded that vein 7 

 seems to fluctuate between apex and hindmargin. Kewell, Vic- 

 toria ; one specimen, from Mr. J. A. Kershaw. 



