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lower edge of cell; cilia white, rather thickly mixed with 

 fuscous. Hind wings narrow-lanceolate; grey; cilia pale 

 ochreous grey. 



Semaphore, South Australia. One specimen, in Sep- 

 tember. 



E. (?) METALLIFERA, U. Sp. 



d 9 J S"10 mm. Head bronzy-ochreous, palpi orange, 

 terminal joint fuscous. Thorax fuscous, beneath metallic- 

 orange. Antennae fuscous, basal joint dull yellow. Abdomen 

 coppery-fuscous. Legs orange, banded with fuscous. Fore- 

 wings ovate-lanceolate, slightly dilated posteriorly; orange; a 

 very broad shining metallic purplish patch, occupying median 

 I of wing; mixed with fuscous and containing on its costal 

 edge two somewhat triangular black spots; its anterior edge 

 with a few greenish metallic scales, posterior edge fiery 

 metallic-coppery; some greenish metallic scales at base of 

 wing; two narrow curved lines of groundcolour near 

 apex, separated by narrow streak of dull metallic- 

 coppery, which appears raised ; a smaller mark, but 

 more obscure on lower edge of streak of groundcolour ; cilia 

 dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia bronzy-fuscous. 



Townsville and Cairns (Dodd) and Duaringa, Queens- 

 land. Several specimens; in December. 



LiMNCECIA IDA, n. Sp. 



6 9 J 8-10 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and antennae 

 ochreous-white, second joint of palpi with a fuscous terminal 

 ring, becoming fuscous beneath towards base. Antennae 

 more or less annulated with fuscous, especially posterior 

 balf. Abdomen dull ochreous, becoming broadly fuscous on 

 last three segments. Legs ochreous fuscous, tibiae and tarsi 

 sharply banded with black. Forewings elongate, rather nar- 

 row; dark purplish-fuscous, with ochreous-white markings; 

 a narrow oblique irregular band from J of costa to dorsal 

 streak at J, edges waved; a similar streak from middle of 

 costa to very near extremity of dorsal streak, much nar- 

 rower on lower half; a third band formed into two roundish 

 spots, caused by groundcolour intervening from f of cell to 

 dorsum near anal angle; a moderately thick ochreous-orange 

 streak along dorsum, from, base to beyond middle; cilia dark 

 fuscous, with a moderately large whitish apical spot. Hind- 

 ivings lanceolate fuscous; cilia light fuscous. 



Henley Beach, South Australia. Several specimens, bred 

 by my sister (to whom I have dedicated it) from larva feed- 

 ing in seed-heads of J uncus sp.; in November. 



