SATYRINAE 
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OREIXENICA 
44. Oreixenica kershawi Miskin. 
Fig 
140, 829. 
Transactions Entomological Society IjoiuIou 1876, p. 452. 
AiiOVE. Forewing black: two spots in cell and one below in area la, golden brown: a series of four 
discal spots, and a series of small subai)ic‘al spots reaching to vein 4, golden brown: an obseiireii 
siiblerminal line reacliing to about vein 3, golden brown: a niinute sometimes obscured subapioal 
ocellus, black: a discal band of raised sexseales from vein 4 to vein la, brown-black. HinihviuL' 
black: a basal, a discal and a sublernunal series of small irregular elongate spots, golden brown: 
a ringed subtornal ocellus, black. 
Bbxeatii. Forewiug as above: a])ex sulfused red-brown: a subterminal line to vein 3, and sub- 
apical spots near costa, silvery white, llindwing red-brown: s]iots as above but larger and silvery 
white: a minute subapical and a small sa))tornal, ringed ocellus, black. 
$. Above and BenExVTH as in male: golden brown spots often larger: sexmark absent. 
Loo. Liverpool Plains {OlUff ). Mt. Kosciusko. j\It. St. Bernard 2 . Mt. Erica 1 2 . Loch 4 . WaiA 
2^ Lome 2. 40 10 9 . 
Easily recognised by the elongate hindwing, the slender antennae and the sexmark of male. OIM 
described a variety of this species from Liverpool Plains as Xenica ella: the type has been lost, but the 
descrijition was a careful one, and we liave no doubt of our determination. 
Genus XENICA Westwood. 
Genera Diurnal Lepidoijtera, j). 387, 1851. 
Antennae about half the length of costa, Avith clubs long, gradual and slender. Eyes smooth. Fore¬ 
wing with vein 12 slightly, and median vein and vein la moderately, sAvollen at base: vein 10 from 
subcostal before end of cell: vein 5 shorter than A'eiii G: cell about half the length of wing. Hiutlwing 
with vein 3 and A’eiii 4 arising well apart. Males with a linear sexmark on forewing above. Ocelli white- 
pupilled. 
Type. Xenica acantha Donovan. 
We have restricted this genus to three sijecies: those we have placed under Nesoxenica and 
nnina are separated by their hairy eyes, and the small iiarroAV winged sjiecies under Oreixenica have 
the discocellulai's of forewing' Ijent inwards, making vein 5 longer than vein G. 
45. Xenica acantha Donovan. Fig. 136. 
Insects New Holland, pi. 22, iig. 2, 1805. 
. Above, lorewing brown: cell orange Avith a narrow bar at threefourths and another at four- 
fifths, broAvn: a, series of irregular discal si)ots, that in area la reaching to biise, oraj}ge: a series of 
irregular subapical s|)ots, and a subterminal line, orange: a faintly ringed subapieal ocellus, black: 
a raised bar of sexseales from lower apex of cell to \eiu la at ouethird, brown-black. Hindwin? 
orange: cell A’cins faintly brown: an irregular Ava\ed subterminal line, broAvn: termen narrowly brown 
with a central broad line, orange: a ringed subtornal ocellus and an obscured blind subapieal ocellas 
black. 
Lexeatii. ForcAving as aboA'e: suhaiiical spots much ])aler. llindwing ci*eam: a series of basal 
sjiots and a central interrujitcd band obscurely^ and broadly outlined brown: subterminal line and 
termen as above: a ringed subapical and subtornal ocellus, black. 
2. Above and Beneath as in male: sexmark absent. 
Loc. Brisbane 3 4 10 11. Mt. Tambourine 12. 
10 11 12 . Blue ms . 1 11 12. Jindivick 12. 
Adelaide 1 12. 30 22$. QtrJt: 
Killarney 12. Ebo] 
Wandin 1 3 12. 
12, Manning R. 3 . Svclnev 1 - 
PTarrietA’ille 2. Gisborne 1 2 j. 
Southern specimens have the hindwing beneath, pale yelloAv instead of cream. 
46. Xenica klugi Guerin. Fig.(^7);l^ 825. 
Voyage Coquille, Insects, pi. 17, fig. 2, 1829. 
C?. Above. Forewing brown-blaek: cell duU golden l)rown with a spot at threefourths anti another 
on discocellulars, brown-black; a series of irregular discal spots, that in area la reaching to base but 
not to dorsum dull golden brown: a series of irregular subajiical spots, dull golden brown: a sab- 
apical ocellus, black: a raised bar of sexseales from loAver apex of cell to A^ein la at half, brown- 
