dirphia. 
atralba. 
dactyliola. 
monticola. 
dominula. 
comp act a. 
flammeata. 
tymbopho- 
ra. 
ornata. 
monother- 
ma. 
1056 HESPERILLA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
like in the following Australian species, rises almost from the centre of the cross-vein, hut very slightly nearer 
to the upper cell-angle than to the lower. The imagines are rather large, they alight in playing on the tips of 
the Leptospermum-bushes and, when at rest, keep their wings erectly folded together, in a similar way as the 
European Augiades or the species of Adopaea do. 
M. dirphia Hew. (167 e). A with 3 spots arranged in a triangle on the fore wing: 1 at the cell-end, 1 
between the median branches, and 1 composed of 3 small dots before the apical portion of the fore wing; in the 
hindwing a small central spot being often centred with whitish. Beneath there are 3 or 4 small spots on the 
hindwing, all of them centred with whitish. A streak-shaped A mark extends in the fore wing from the cell- 
end to the hind-margin. In the $ the spots are larger and increased, particularly there are 2 larger spots 
in the submedian area of the forewing. Patricularly in the south of Australia, from New South Wales to West 
Australia; specimens from the west have a somewhat broader A mark. October till December, but probably 
once more in autumn; in many districts common. 
M. atralba Tepp. is as large as the preceding species are, and also the spots of the wings are similarly 
arranged, but instead of the yellowish tint the upper surface is more mixed with grey. Hindwing beneath grey, 
with 8 or 9 dark rings arranged in a circle around the disc, and a similar ring in the centre. South Australia, 
in spring and autumn. — This species has also a western race, dactyliola Meyr., in which the scent-organ represents 
a long spindle-shaped band instead of a narrow stripe. 
M. monticola Oliff. is much smaller than the preceding ones (expanse: 24 mm). Above the spots are 
mostly composite, and instead of the central spot in the hindwing there is a group of minute spots. The 
under surface is much more variegated, the hindwing orange-brown with a yellowish costal margin and whitish 
stripes and clouds in the cell, behind it and below it. In the centre of the hindwing and around the centre of 
the disc there are small dark centred spots. In the south of New South Wales, in places not rare. 
M. dominula Plotz (= drachmophora Meyr.) (171 k). We reproduce the copy from Plotz, a <$ from 
Tasmania. Above dark brown with a white comma-spot at the cel I-end of the fore wing and the usual row of 
3 small spots befoi'e the apical quarter. Beneath the dark red-brown hindwing exhibit the whitish markings 
which are to be seen from the figure. It is said to be neither rare in New South Wales on mountains. 
2. Genus: Hesg»ci*i1Ia Hew. 
We reckon hereto quite a number of rather small Hesperidae, the central range of which is evidently 
in Southern Australia, from where they soon disappear to the north. They mostly have a rather brightly 
spotted under surface, the invariably with a most conspicuous scent-spot in the forewing. Palpi slightly 
upturned with a short terminal joint; hind tibiae with all the spurs. On the fore wing the lower radial does 
not rise quite in the centre of the cross-vein, but it is situate somewhat nearer to the upper cell-angle than 
to the lower. 
H. compacta Btlr. (= septicalis Ros., melissa Mab., atrax Mab.) is much smaller than the preceding- 
species (25 mm), but to a great extent sexually dimorphous, the $ above dark golden ochreous, the spots 
diaphanous whitish-yellow, rather numerous, the one in the cell-end oblong, somewhat crescentiform; the 
mark short, black, oblique, somewhat pierced; hindwing with a feebly undulate margin, 2 small hyaline 
spots at the end of the basal third, behind it a discal row of 4 small angular spots. The $ looks quite different, 
with an under surface similar to that of Trapezites maheta (jacchus Mislc.), the hindwing exhibits the lilac 
stripe continued as a band on the whole length of the margin and above bordered with dark ferruginous brown. 
Near Sydney and in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales and in Victoria, from February till autumn. - 
On this species the genus Dispar Waterh. A Ky. was founded, the name of which indicates the great sexual 
dimorphism. 
H. flammeata Btlr. (= eclipsis Btlr., atromaculata Mislc.). above similar to dirphia, but before 
the apical portion of the fore wing there is but 1 distinct punctiform spot, no chain of 3 small spots, and below 
the cell-end there is a large, transversely oval velvety spot. $ quite different, the preapical chain, a large tripartite 
central spot in the forewing and a discal longitudinal patch in the hindwing being hyaline yellow. Beneath 
around the centre of the disc an oval corona of dull light-centred small punctiform spots. New’ South Wales 
and Victoria; in the Blue Mountains in places not rare. — On this form and the following form the genus Signeta 
Waterh. A Ky. was founded. 
H. tymbophora Meyr. A Low. almost looks like an unmarked specimen of flammeata-, the forewing above 
only shows the large velvety stigma and a minute hyaline dot at the base of veins 6 and 7. Under surface 
dark brown, powdered with yellowish-brown. Size between the two preceding species (expanse 30 mm). New 
South Wales, taken in December. The £ is apparently unknown. 
H. ornata Leech (167 f). Above the forewing is abundantly spotted yellowish-white, the hindwing 
with a golden yellow transverse band in the disc. Hindwing beneath bone-white with 3 transverse rows of 
black spots. Queensland to Victoria. — ab. monotherma Low. which seems to occur more in the north of the 
range, has above uni-coloured dark, spotless forewings. — October till January, not rare. 
