SCAPTESYLE. 283"' 



Genus SCAPTESYLE. 



Type. 



' Scaptesyle, W\k. n. S78 (1854:) tricolor. 



Chiriphe, Wlk. xxvi. 1691 (1862) monogrammana . 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, not reaching vertex of head ;; 

 antennfe ot male ciliated ; tibiae with the spurs moderate. Fore wing with 

 vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from before angle ; 4, 5 shortly stalked ; 

 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 

 from middle of cell ; 3, 4 stalked; 5 from above angle; 6, 7 stalked; 8 fromi 

 middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Fore wing with -vein 6 stalked with 7, 8, 9 ; hind wing with veins 3, 4 

 stalked almost to termen. 



593. Scaptesyle dichotoma. 



CMHphe dichotoma, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 734 (1886) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 348. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown ; vertex of bead, tegulge,. 



and mesotborax pure wbite ; 



legs and anal tuft wbitisb. 



Fore wing wbite ; the base 



dark brown, emitting a costal 



fascia to the antemedial 



line which is incurved to- 



^^^ costa and giving off in the 



^ cell a fascia curving up to the 



Fig. 20\.-Scaptesyle chcJiotoma, ? . \. ^^^^^ ^^^.^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ 



an oblique line runs to the middle of the subterminal band which is 

 curved, expanding into a patch at apex and ending at tornus; an 

 oblique postmedial line from median nervure to inner margin and a 

 spot on middle of termen. Hind wing red-brown. 



Hob. Queensland, Brisbane, 1 6, Toowoomba ; K S.Wales, 

 Sydney, type t in Coll. Meyrick; Victokia. Eivp. 14-16 millim. 



Sect. II. Fore wing with vein 6 from the cell. 



A. Wings yellow, with terminal black band. 



a. Fore wing with cupreous-red patch on terminal band tricolor. 



b. Fore wing with orange-red patch on terminal band... ixias. 



c. Fore wing with vermilion patch on terminal band... mirabilis. 



d. Fore wing without red patch on terminal band bicolor. 



B. Fore wing yellow, with blue-edged patches on basal and 



terminal areas; hind wing whitish aurigena. 



C. Fore wing yellow, with black bands (Equidistans. 



D. Fore wing white, with black lines dictyota. 



E. Wings red-brown ; fore wing with whitish postmedial 



line , monogrammaria , 



594. Scaptesyle tricolor. 



Wlk. ii. 378 (1854) ; Hmpsn. 1 

 p. 293. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; tegulse and patagia bright 



Scaptesyle tricolor, Wlk. ii. 378 (1854) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 104 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 293. 



