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EULECHRIA NIPHOBOLA, 11. Sp. 



c? and 9» 24-26 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ashy- 

 grey-fuscous, second joint of palpi whitish with a blackish 

 sub-basal ring. Antennae greyish, imperfectly spotted with 

 whitish, ciliations nearly 3. Abdomen greyish. Legs greyish- 

 fuscous, posterior pair greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 costa arched, termen obliquely rounded; ashy-grey-whitish, 

 all veins more or less outlined with darker fuscous; a well- 

 marked, narrow, longitudinal white streak in middle of wing, 

 containing a fuscous dot at each extremity (really one at each 

 end of cell) ; a crenulate fuscous line just before termen, from 

 near apex to tornus; cilia ashy-grey, somewhat sprinkled with 

 fuscous. Hindwings grey -whitish, sprinkled with fuscous 

 towards apex; cilia grey-whitish, terminal half sprinkled with 

 fuscous. A winter species; not unlike some forms of Guestia. 



Hah. — Broken Hill, New South Wales; nine specimens 

 in July. 



Trachypepla dasylopha, n. sp. 



c^ , 24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish, collar dark 

 fuscous, lower half of basal joint of palpi dark fuscous extern- 

 ally, terminal joint with fuscous basal and apical bands. 

 Antennae fuscous. Abdomen dull orange, segmental margins 

 whitish, two basal segments wholly whitish. Legs greyish, 

 anterior and middle pair infuscat^ed. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, costa moderately arched, termen obliquely rounded; 

 whitish, more or less wholly suffused with light fuscous, except 

 on an elongate patch reaching from base to about middle of 

 dorsum, and with an acute projection on upper edge near base, 

 indicating first tuft of scales ; second tuft at posterior extremity 

 of patch, third and fourth obliquely above; upper edge of 

 patch edged with darker fuscous; a black dot just above 

 posterior end of patch, edged posteriorly with a spot of white; 

 a suffused patch of dark fuscous on costa at about two-thirds; 

 a short, narrow, inwardly oblique black mark just below this, 

 with a line of whitish beneath ; a curved series of fuscous dots, 

 from costa to tornus, sometimes nearly absent ; cilia ochreous- 

 grey, with a fuscous subterminal line. Hindwings greyish, 

 fuscous tinged ; cilia greyish-fuscous, with an ochreous basal 

 line. 



Not unlike some species of Eidtchria in general appear- 

 ance. The whitish head and thorax, together with the orange 

 abdomen, are prominent characteristics. 



Hah. — Cairns and Warra, Southern Queensland; four 

 specimens in November and December. 



