624 ON RHOPALOCERA FROM MT. KOSCIUSKO, N. S. WALES. 



the middle, the other hind-marginal. Expanse, ^ 29-30 mm ; 9 

 33-35 mm. 



Moonbar (3-3,500 feet), Mt. Kosciusko (5,000 feet) ; taken 

 sparingly in March. 



Allied to Hesjyerilla ornata, Leach, but the underside of the 

 hindwings is very different, being more profusely marked with 

 fuscous spots and quite differently coloured. 



19. HeSPERILLA MONTICOLiE, Sp.n. 



(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous ; palpi whitish, 

 tipped with fuscous ; antennae black, annulated with whitish, 

 beneath ochreous. Forewing dark fuscous, with three white 

 spots, the first near costa at about | from the base, divided 

 into three parts by fuscous veins, the second just beyond 

 middle at end of cell, the third at lower angle of cell, 

 divided into two parts by fuscous vein. Hindwing with white 

 spot on disc near middle, divided by fuscous vein. Cilia of both 

 wings ochreous-white, barred with fuscous. Beneath both wings 

 greyish fuscous, inclining to ochreous. Forewing with ochreous 

 hairs near base, marked as above, whitish from apical angle to 

 middle of hind-margin. Hindwing with broad longitudinal bars 

 of whitish ; one in the middle extending from base to hind- 

 margin conspicuous, interrupted before extremity of cell where 

 there is a fuscous spot, and again about midway between cell 

 and hind-margin ; an indistinct white bar near costa ; a third 

 near inner margin ; both interrupted by an indistinct fuscous 

 spot at about § from base. Expanse 24-25 mm. 



Moonbar (3-3,500 feet), in March ; rare. 



In the male, which is the only sex known to me, there is a 

 conspicuous black sexual bar. The species is somewhat like 

 Hesperilla (Cyclojndes) cynone, Hew.,"^ in the disposition of its 

 markings, but it is abundantly distinct, and as it does not appear 

 to agree with any of the species described by Plotz, Mabille, and 

 other writers who have recently turned their attention to the 

 Hesperiidse, I conclude it has not hitherto been characterised. 



Exot. Butt. V. p. 115, pi. 60, fig. 17 (1876). 



