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EOIS MILTOPHRICA, n. Sp. 



/At\To<^/otK09, rippled with red. 



9, 18-20 mm. Head grey; face dark fuscous. Palpi 

 scarcely 1 ; grey with a few dark-fuscous scales. Antennae 

 pale grey. Thorax grey, with a minute, reddish, posterior 

 dot. Abdomen grey with a median reddish dot on the dorsum 

 of each segment except the first. Legs whitish; anterior pair 

 grey. Forewings triangular, rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen bowed, oblique; grey with 

 purple reflections; six rather broad, undulating, reddish- 

 orange, transverse lines; first subbasal, incomplete, indicated 

 only towards dorsum ; second from J costa to | dorsum ; third 

 from mid-costa to beyond mid-dorsum; fourth from | costa 

 to tornus; fifth from f costa to termen above tornus; sixth 

 near termen meeting fifth ; cilia grey. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded; as forewings but with only five red lines. Under- 

 side grey with three darker postmedian lines on each wing. 



Although t^e male is unknown, this species may be 

 easily recognized by its red lines. 



Northern Territory : Darwin, in November and December; 

 four specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



EOTS SCAURA, n. sp. 



scaurus, club-footed. 



d" , 9 > 18 mm. Head pale grey; collar and face fuscous. 

 Palpi about 1 ; pale giey, upper-surface towards apex fuscous. 

 Antennae grey ; ciliations in male 1 J. Thorax and abdomen 

 pale grey. Legs pale grey; posterior pair ochreous-whitish ; 

 posterior tibiae of male thickened, longer than femora, with 

 a large expansile tuft of long hairs from base, without spurs, 

 tarsi thickened, aborted, about J; of female normal but with 

 terminal spurs only. Forewings triangular, rather narrow, 

 costa straight to middle, thence arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen straight, oblique; pale grey; faintly darker, dentate, 

 transverse lines, which are minutely dotted with dark fuscous 

 and pale edged posteriorly, at }, middle, and § ; a fine, wavy, 

 pale, subterminal line ; an interrupted dark-fuscous terminal 

 line or series of dots ; cilia pale grey. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded ; as forewings. 



Near E. eretmopus but greyer, the male posterior tibiae 

 are similar, but the tarsi much smaller and not dilated into 

 paddle-shaped organs. 



Northern Queensland : Herberton, in November and 

 January; three specimens (1 male and 2 females) received 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



