AUSTRALIAN HESPERID.E, BY W, H. MISKIN, F.E.S. 149 



Underside. — Wholly pale shining brown ; hinder margin of 

 primaries somewhat darker. 



Primaries with yellow spots as above, but indistinct. 

 Secondaries with a circular outer row of dark specks and two 

 central specks. 



Thorax and abdomen — above, dark-brown ; beneath, pale 

 brown. 



Ex. — in. Hab. — Victoria. Coll. — Miskin. 



H. Scepticalis (Rosk.) 



Rosenstock's description and figure in Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. (5) Vol. XVI. p. 329, T. 11, f 2, is of the ? . I now give 

 a description of the opposite sex. 



$ Upperside. — Dark brown, with small diaphanous spots. 

 Primaries with one discocellular longitudinal spot bent upwards 

 at end, near termination of cell ; a small one below and beyond 

 this ; three minute ones transversely, from costa towards apex 



Secondaries with the diaphanous markings forming a short 

 transverse band in centre of wing. 



Underside very pale-brown, with slightly reddish tinge ; the 

 hinder border of primaries lighter, and a darkish suffusion towards 

 hinder angle ; diaphanous markings as above. 



Ex. — 1~ in. Hab. — Victoria; Port Denison (N. Queensland). 



Coll.— Miskin. 



H. Tasmanicus, n. sp, 



? Upperside- — Shining brown, with diaphanous transverse 

 markings. 



Primaries. — One narrow band reaching across cell, 

 near termination ; another from costa near apex, not quite 

 reaching 5th sub-costal branch ; another midway, but below 

 these, somewhat oblique, formed by two spots ; an indistinct 

 appearance of another below discal one. 



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