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New Species and Genera of Australian 



Lepidoptera.-No. XXIII. 



By Oswald B. Lower, F.Z.S., F.E.S., etc. 



[Read May 7, 1907.] 



TINEINA. 



(ECOPHORID^. 



EOCHROIS LEIOCHROA, n. sp. 



Male, 18 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dull 

 white, patagia ochreous. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Legs 

 whitish, posterior pair ochreous. Forewings elongate, mode- 

 rate, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen gently bowed ; 

 pale ochreous, minutely irrorated with fuscous; a broad fus- 

 cous supra median streak from base to apex, edges suffused ; 

 ground-colour between upper edge and costa somewhat orange 

 tinted, especially on basal third; cilia pale orange-yellow, ter- 

 minal edge blackish. Hindwings grey ; cilia grey-ochreous, 

 becoming yellowish at base. 



Townsville, Queensland. Two specimens; in October. 

 (Dodd.) 



EOCHROIS TRISEMA, U. Sp. 



Female, 20 mm. Head, paljDi, antennae, and thorax yel- 

 lowish. Abdomen greyish. Legs dull whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 oblique ; pale yellow, somewhat mixed with fuscous, sometimes 

 clear yellow; markings obscure, formed by coalescence of fus- 

 cous ; 3 spots at J, middle, and end of cell ; sometimes first two 

 absent; apical area of wing darker than rest. Cilia ochreous- 

 fuscous. Hindwings pale grey or greyish-ochreous ; cilia 

 ochreous. 



Mackay, Queensland. One specimen; without date. 



EULECHRIA PARALEUCA, U. Sp. 



Female, 28 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dull white. 

 Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Legs whitish, posterior pair yel- 

 lowish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 ed, termen obliquely rounded ; white, faintly suffused with fus- 

 cous, leaving costal edge clear white ; a black dot in disc at J ; 

 a second, elongate, below and slightly beyond ; a third resting 

 on upper edge of cell beyond middle; a suffused fuscous spot 

 at posterior end of cell, veins towards termen more or less 

 outlined with fuscous ; cilia yellow. 



Iloyleton, South Australia; Broken Hill, New South 

 Wales. In November. 



One of the long-winged species, recalling Ne'phogenes in 

 general appearance. 



