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Eois EPiCYRTA, Turn. 

 New South Wales: Mount Kosciusko (3,500 ft.). 



Eois elachista, n. sp. 

 iXax'-o'Tos, very small. 



c? , 9 J 12-13 mm. Head ochreous-whitish ; face dark 

 fuscous. Palpi under 1; fuscous. Antennae ochreous-whitisli ; 

 in male with tufts of long ciliations (3) ; in female slightly 

 serrate. Tliorax and abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish; posterior pair in male very short, tibiae longer 

 than femora, slightly thickened with scales on upper-surface, 

 without spurs, tarsi J; in female with terminal spurs only. 

 Forewings rather broadly triangular, costa straight to |, 

 thence arched, apex rounded, termen scarcely bowed, oblique; 

 ochreous-whitish with, a few dark-fuscous scales; a dark- 

 fuscous dot on J costa; first line obsolete; a blackish discal 

 dot beyond middle; a second dark-fuscous dot on | costa, 

 from which proceeds a very slender, nearly obsolete, out- 

 wardly curved line, angled inwards above dorsum, ending on 

 f dorsum; some minute terminal dark fuscous dots; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish. Hindwings with termen strongly rounded; 

 ochreous-whitish with a few dark-fuscous scales; lines obsolete; 

 a blackish discal spot before middle; cilia ochreous-whitish 

 with a series of minute, subbasal, dark-fuscous dots. 



Nearest E. elaphrodes. The antennal structure of male 

 furnishes a good character. 



Northern Territory : Darwin, in November; three speci- 

 mens (1 male and 2 females) received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Eois chloristis, Meyr. (Acidalia). 



This must be an Eois. Meyrick states that 6 and 7 of 

 hindwings are stalked. I have a female from Caloundra, 

 Queensland, with terminal spurs only on posterior tibiae, 

 to which I refer here, but unfortunately no male. The follow- 

 ing species is closely allied. 



Eois prionosticha, n. sp. 



7rpLovo(rTLxo<5, with saw-like line. 



d , ^ , 19-22 mm. Head white; collar and face fuscous. 

 Palpi under 1; fuscous or fuscous -whitish. Antennae grey; 

 in male with tufts of moderately long cilia (IJ). Thorax and 

 abdomen white. Lege ^itish; anterior pair fuscous in front; 

 posterior pair in male short, tibiae much longer than femora 

 (1|), smooth, dilated towards apex, without spurs, tarsi very 

 short (^) ; in female with terminal spurs only. Forewings 

 triangular, costa straight to near apex, apex round-pointed,, 



