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EREMOCHROA. By W. Warren. 
psammias. 
Ihermidora. 
macropa. 
paradesma. 
alphitias. 
109. Genus: Eremoeliroa Meyr. 
Tongue wanting; frons with a truncate conical prominence with raised rim and a corneous plate below 
it; palpi porrect extending a little in front of frons, fringed with hair below; antennae of bipectinate, 
with long branches to apex; thorax and dorsum without crests; abdomen long; general build slender; forewing 
long and narrow; the costa straight, the apex rounded; termen evenly curved and not crenulate; neuration 
normal. Type E. psammias Meyr. An Australian genus containing 5 species. 
E. psammias Meyr. (28 n). Forewing ochreous white slightly tinged with rufous; an indistinct white 
inner line, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then oblique inwards, with a black dot on its outer edge on 
submedian fold and some black scales on inner margin; orbicular and reniform stigmata faintly edged with 
brown, hardly traceable, the former round; outer line also obscure, whitish defined by a few brown scales, 
oblique to vein 6, obliquely incurved below vein 4; a curved whitish subterminal line; hindwing white tinged 
with reddish brown except on costal area; fringe white; underside ochreous white. The type, a from Car¬ 
narvon, W. Australia. 
E. thermidora Hmps. (29 c). Forewing ochreous white, almost wholly suffused and irrorated with fiery 
red, the terminal area greyish white; a slight subbasal whitish striga from costa; inner line obscure, brown 
defined inwardly by whitish, waved and angled inwards on vein 1; claviform narrow, edged with brown; 
orbicular and reniform small, the whitish annuli brown-edged; the former diamond-shaped with red centre, the 
latter constricted at middle, with the centre of upper and lower halves dark; median line dark, diffuse, oblique 
to lower angle of cell, then approximating to outer line; this is pale, indistinct, minutely waved, excurved from 
costa to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal line whitish, defined on inner side by fiery red, dentate, obliquely 
curved; a fine brown terminal line; fringe rufous with white tips; hindwing white tinged with ochreous. Sher¬ 
lock River, W. Australia. 
E. macropa Lower (29 c). Forewing greyish white irrorated with brown, and mostly suffused with fiery 
red, especially in and below cell and before subterminal line; subbasal line dark with white on its inner side, 
excurved below cell and ending at vein 1; inner line dark brown with some whitish on inner side, waved, and 
strongly incurved on vein 1; claviform stigma narrow and elongate, whitish edged with brown; orbicular 
and reniform minute, reddish white defined by black brown, the former round, the latter a narrow bar with 
short streak below it; outer line dark brown, outwardly edged with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then 
dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique; subterminal yellow defined by fiery red inwardly, dentate and 
obliquely curved; fringe in basal half chequered brown and reddish yellow, the tips whitish; hindwing grey 
wholly suffused with brown. Broken Hill, N. S. Wales. 
E. paradesma Lower (29 d). Forewing pale grey brown, dusted with darker, the two folds with a red¬ 
dish ochreous flush; dark subbasal dots below costa and cell, followed by whitish scales; inner line brown preced¬ 
ed by whitish scales, rather obliquely waved; claviform stigma narrow defined by brown; orbicular and reni¬ 
form reddish ochreous, the former round, edged and centred with brown, the latter edged laterally with brown, 
with a brown centre to lower half, much constricted at middle; a diffuse waved brown median line; outer line 
formed of dark brown lunules edged outwardly by ochreous white, excurved from costa to vein 4, then 
oblique, excurved below submedian fold; subterminal obscure, whitish preceded by small dark brown dentate 
marks, angled inwards on submedian fold; a series of dark terminal striae; fringe brown and white chequered; 
hindwing white terminally tinged with ochreous brown; faint cloudy outer and subterminal lines. Parkside, S. 
Australia. 
E. alphitias Meyr. (29 d). Forewing white irrorated with reddish brown; a slight costal subbasal 
striga; inner line indistinctly double filled in with white, angled outwards in submedian fold, and inwards on 
vein 1; claviform stigma narrow, white edged above with brown; orbicular white with a brown centre, elong¬ 
ate; reniform defined by white at sides, with brown marks above and below, strongly constricted in middle; 
outer line slight, brown followed by white scales, denticulate; a minutely weaved white subterminal line edged 
inwardly by darker; fringe chequered, white and redbrown; hindwing white, tinged in parts with reddish brown; 
terminal line brown; underside with faint curved diffuse outer hue. Queensland, W. Australia, N. S. Wales. 
