TRAPEZITINAE 
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TRAPEZITES 
Of the ten genera of this subfamily, and Neohesperilla are the least satisfactorv 
The others can all be distinguished by stnictiiral characters of the imagines, but these three can o. 
with certainty be separa ed from each other by the facies of the various species. If grouped u.2- 
the smglegenus 7/e.7ieri hi,lhe number of species (22) makes it very uinvieldy: and, thmigli so closelv 
similar in structure, each of the three genera forms a natural group readily separated by its general 
apiiearance. from what ittle we know of the pupal characters, we anticipate thlit these will eventually 
provide the struc-tural distinctions, as well as further divisions within the still large .minis llesperilla " 
Genus TRAPEZITES Hubner. 
Vcrzeichniss bekunnter Sehmetterliiigc, j). 112, 1816. 
^^“teimae nioro than twothirds the length «osta: dubs stout, abruptly bent beyond the middle, and 
except in T. luteus) with tips sharply iminted (Fig. AJ 1, 2). Palpi with third joint short, blunt, porrect 
Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Porewing with, costa nearly straight and ternieu slightly shorter 
Type. Trapeziies symmomus Hubner. 
'1 confined to Australia, but may yet be discovered in New Guinea ; it contains eleven 
more or ess closely allied species. We are unable to use Watson’s genus PatlasinpJia (type P. pliiqalia) 
^ Senera can be readily separated, the other nine species grade from 
irape.itet, to 1 athtsinylia, and we find it impossible to draw a definite parting line. The pupae of 
1. symmomus and of T, ehem have the operculuzu smooth and Avithout a prominence. 
241. Trapezites symmomus Hubner. Fig. 731, 732. 
Zutrage Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge, f. 225, 226, 1823. 
lomvilig brown-black: a large cjuadrate spot in end of cell, and three transverse subaizical 
spots pale yellow, hyaline: a large elongate discal spot in area 2, a small one in area 3, and a minute 
irregular one m area la, pale yelioiv, hyaline: an ovoid spot in area la at half, and a streak on 
aorbum trom b^e, orange; cilia broAvn, at tornus orange. Hindwing brown-black: a broad central 
oana, orange: cilia orange, at veins brown, 
Bexe^th, Forewing biwn; apex broadly and costa narrpwly, orange-biwn: spots as above: 
uiseal spot of area la narrowly extended to vein la, and yelloiv. HindAving orange-brown: a large 
spot in cell, bluish AAdiite ringed black; a series of six almost confluent diseal siiots, bluish Avhite 
j'-yove with black and beloAv A\dth broAvn: a siiot near base of area la, bluisli Avhite outAvardly 
etlged lilack. 
9 • ^\J30VE as in male: termeu of f oreAving more convex. 
BEXEiTH as ill male. 
9 ^ T Mackay (Lotver). Brisbane 10. Riclimond 11. 134. Sydney 
oi"-. n- ^ 2 3 4. Blue Mts. 1. ]\I.oru 3 m 12. Frankston 3. Wandin 2. HealesAulle 12. 
The largest species of the subfamily. Some examples luiA'e the spots of the liindAving beneath, broAvn 
instead of bluish white. 
