228 Waterhouse and Lyell, Australian Hesperidae. [^"^a hi^^" 



brown : a dot in cell, pale orange : discal band as above but 

 pale orange, and irregularly edged brown : termen with a brown 

 line. 



Female. Above. Forewing as in male : spot of discal band 

 in interspace 2 distinctly larger ; sexmark absent. Hindwing 

 as in male. 



Beneath. Forewing as in male : second discal spot larger. 

 Hindwing as in male. 



Antennae above dark brown, beneath orange except tip of 

 club red-brown. Palpi with third joint very slender, short and 

 erect. 



Expanse (one wing) — male, 12 mm. ; female, 13 mm. 



Localities. — Kuranda, Queensland, February to June. 

 Cairns, Queensland, June to August. Mackay, Queensland. 



Types in collection Waterhouse. 



This species, of which we have 12 males and 9 females, closely 

 resembles 0. mamas, Felder, but is of such smaller average size. 

 It may be recognized from that species by the spot in interspace 

 5 of fore-wing above being always present, and the three sub- 

 apical spots being much larger and always confluent. The 

 orange band of hindwing is also much straighter, and the streak 

 along vein ib is absent. We have had examples of 0. affinis in 

 our collections for a number of years, but regarded them as 

 small 0. mamas. When, however, we caught it at Cairns last 

 June, its manner of flight and general habit pointed to its being 

 a species distinct from 0. mamas, which we caught at the same 

 time. An examination of the male genitalia has placed this 

 beyond doubt. 



Our adoption of Lower's genus Anisynta makes a reference to 

 his recent revision of the Australian Hesperidae (Trans. Roy. 

 Soc. S.A., 1911, vol. xxxv.) necessary. This provides a con- 

 siderable number of new references, and is a distinct advance 

 upon his previous revision (Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A., 1902, vol. 

 xxvi.) But it is unfortunately marred by the same great 

 carelessness in the proof readings and elsewhere. The author 

 swells the number of his recorded Australian species by three 

 forms of Tagiades, though he tells us they are not really distinct, 

 and by the inclusion of foreign descriptions, which need hardly 

 be regarded seriously, as when the types come to be examined 

 they are certain to prove either synonyms or non-Australian. 

 He tells us that the genus Hesperilla " is separated from 

 Mesodina and Trapezites by the absence of the stigma in male " 

 when he means " by the presence." Many such careless errors 

 will need correction before his revision can be accepted as a 

 true guide to the family. 



