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long series. It was taken at an elevation of 4,000 to 4,200 feet, 

 within a few miles of Ebor (Guy Fawkes), on the Dorrigo 

 Plateau. The creeks flowing along the deep gullies of this 

 plateau eventually reach the Nymboida, a large tributary of the 

 Clarence River. The butterfly kept to the gullies, showed a 

 fondness for exploring the precipitous sides of the gorges, and 

 was not noticed wandering over the hill sides above : it seemed to 

 show a distinct preference for mint. The first examples were 

 taken in the closing days of December, and by the middle of 

 January those still on the wing were no longer in good condition. 

 We place this species in Lower's new genus Anisynta (Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. S.A., vol. xxxv., p. 141, 1911) on account of its 

 antennal characters, and the absence of stigma in male. With 

 the exception of the undersurface of the hindwing, it strongly 

 resembles the Western AustraUan A. sphenosema, Meyr. and 

 Lower, to which it is evidently closely allied. The hindwing 

 beneath has a very closely superficial resemblance to the much 

 smaller alpine species Hesperilla monticolae, Olliff. 



Hesperilla dominula, Ploetz. Stettiner Entomologische 

 Zeitung, 1884, p. 379. 



Mr. Tillyard also sent us a long series of this rare species, and 

 after careful comparison, we are now quite sure that H. drach- 

 mophora, Meyrick, must sink as a synonym. It was taken in 

 the same district as A . tillyardi, but at rather higher elevation 

 (4,500 to 4,800 feet). The specimens are in finer condition and 

 somewhat larger than any of the examples from Mt. Kosciusko 

 and Tasmania. The male varies somewhat in the forewing 

 above : this is sometimes a uniform brown but for the darker 

 stigma and the chequered cilia ; sometimes it has a subapical 

 transverse series of three very minute pale yellow dots ; more 

 rarely a minute discal dot in interspace 3 ; and very rarely a 

 small comma-shaped dot in end of cell. The female varies only 

 slightly, and that but in the size of the pale spots. 



Trapezites phigalioides, Waterhouse. T. maheta, var. phiga- 

 lioides, Waterhouse, Victorian Naturalist, vol. xx. (1903), 

 p. 56. 



When describing this species as a variety, it was anticipated 

 that it would prove to be the southern race of T. maheta, as the 

 females resembled each other very closely. This is not so, for a 

 male example of typical T. maheta has since been captured by 

 Mr. Jas. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., at Wilson's Promontory, Victoria. 

 We have now examined the genitalia of T. maheta, T. phigalioides, 

 and T. iacchoides, and we find they show the three to be distinct 

 species. It will be seen from the illustrations herewith that 



