218 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



Eups. aristonica, n. sp. 



g . 6". Head dark fuscous, face rather lighter. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, mixed with whitish towards base. Antennae dark fuscous 

 Thorax dark fuscous, with a small whitish indistinct spot on 

 middle of lateral margin. Abdomen black with indistinct yellowish 

 rings, anal tuft ochreous-yellow. Anterior and middle legs 

 blackish-fuscous, beneath mixed with whitish, anterior tibiae 

 much dilated with hair scales ; posterior legs pale ochreous-yellow, 

 base of tibiae and basal rings of all tarsal joints black. Fore- 

 wings rather broad, hind-margin rather slightly oblique ; very 

 dark fuscous, almost black ; a square white spot on inner-margin 

 near base, anteriorly somewhat suffused, its upper anterior angle 

 connected with two short suffused white streaks, one running to 

 centre of base, the other to costa near base, followed by a few 

 scattered whitish scales; a small rectangular white spot on middle 

 of costa, divided into two by a transverse dark fuscous line, each 

 half giving rise to a leaden-blue metallic line, proceeding parallel 

 directly across wing ; a leaden-blue metallic spot before them on 

 inner-margin ; a leaden-blue metallic line from middle of disc 

 immediately beyond them to anal angle, interrupted beneath its 

 apex ; beyond this line are thickly strewn very fine longitudinal 

 whitish hair-scales ; a very small white spot on costa before apex, 

 giving rise to a short outwardly oblique leaden-metallic line, and 

 with a small leaden-metallic spot beneath it ; extreme apex 

 ochreous-orange ; four circular black spots on lower half of hind- 

 margin, surrounded by a few pale ochreous scales, the uppermost 

 spot small ; a violet-metallic line along hind-margin on base of 

 cilia, rest of cilia dark fuscous. Hind-wings blackish-fuscous ; 

 cilia ochreous-yellow, with a darker line near base. 



Not to be confused with any other species ; in repose the fore- 

 legs are extended. One specimen beaten from dry scrub near 

 Parramatta in December. 



