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from base nearly to costa just before apex, attenuated and obsolete 

 at extremity ; cilia white, with several rows of indistinct pale 

 grey points. Hind- wings white, very faintly tinged with fuscous 

 towards apex, hind-marginal line ' fuscous-grey ; cilia white, 

 with faint grey parting-line. 



Not to be confused with any other EucarpJiia; it somewhat 

 resembles superficially Etiella sinceretta, but, in addition to the 

 generic differences, may be known by its white head and sub- 

 costal (not costal) white streak. 



One male at light, Parramatta, in October. 



Euc. vulgatella, Yol. III., p. 207. 



In addittion to the localities given, this species occurs generally 

 in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven districts, and was taken by Mr. 

 Eaynor commonly throughout Tasmania. 



Euc. cnephaella, n. sp. 



12"- 12". ? . Head greyish-ochreous, collar irrorated with 

 black scales. Labial palpi more than twice as long as head, 

 porrected, slightly bent downwards, laterally compressed, greyish 

 ochreous, on sides and apex suffused with fuscous. Antennae 

 fuscous-grey. Thorax greyish-ochreous, more or less densely 

 irrorated with blackish scales. Abdomen whitish-ochreous 

 irrorated with dark fuscous-grey. Legs pale ochreous, suff usedly 

 irrorated with dark fuscous. Fore-wings rather short, moderately 

 broad, posteriorly gradually dilated, hind-margin moderately 

 oblique, slightly rounded; whitish-ochreous, discally suffused 

 with clearer ochreous, rather closely and irregularly irrorated 

 with blackish-grey scales, sometimes so densely as to overcloud 

 the ground-colour ; these dark scales generally disappear along 

 the fold, leaving an obsolete paler line ; an irregular strong 

 blackish spot in middle of base ; first line cloudy, blackish, rather 

 broad, from \ of costa obliquely outwards to disc, there 

 rectangularly bent in and proceeding obliquely inwards to two- 



