TRAPEZITINAE 
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HESPERILIiA 
263. Hesperilla ornata Leach. 
263a. H. ornata ornata Leach. Fig. 602, 603. 
Zoological Miscellany I, p. 126, pi. 55, f. 1, 2, 3, 1815. 
black: a spot in end of cell and produced along median, pale yellow, 
hyaline: three transverse subapieal dots, a discal spot in area 3, and sometimes traces of another in 
upper edge of area 2, pale yellow, hyaline: an ohscure dot in area la at half, whitish: cilia cream, at 
veins broadly dull hlack: a narrow discal sexmark from vein la to vein 4, hlaek. Hind wing dull 
didflilack narrow central hand, bright yellow : eiha cream, at tornus yellow, with veins broadly 
Beneath. Fore^dng dull black: cell spot and subapieal dots as above, but larger and paler: discal 
spots as above, that m area 2 extended narrowly to vein la: a cloudy discal spot in area la, whitish: 
a broad subcostal streak above cell spot, and a series of suhterminal spots from vein 4 to vein 8 
white: veins in apex white. Hindwmg white: dorsum to vein la dull black: a large triangular spot 
in eel did b ack centred white: a subcostal spot near base, and an elongate spot in area la before 
half dull black: a series of narrow discal spots, and a series of costal and suhterminal spots, dull 
black. ^ ’ 
0. Above. Foreiving dull black: a quadrate spot in cell, pale yellow, hyaline: three small transverse sub- 
apical spots, and a pair of discal spots in areas 2 and 3, pale yellow, hyaline: a discal spot in area la, 
and a spot m area la at half and often extending into lower edge of area 2, yellow: faint traces of 
a pair of obscure suhterminal spots in areas 4 and 5, whitish. Hindwing as in male. 
Beneath. Forewing dull black: hyaline spots and dots as above, but larger and paler: spots of 
area la cloudy and whitish: a very narrow and short subcostal streak above cell spot, and a series of 
siibterminal spots from vein 4 to vein 8, white: veins in apex white. Hindwino- as in male 
JjOC. Brisbane. Richmond R. 1 2 3 4 9 10. Port Alacquarie 10 11. Manning R. 3. Sydney 1 2 3 4 10 
U 12. Blue Mts. 10 11. Mqruya 12. Jindiviek 12. IVandin 11 12. Macedon li. 25 d” 27 q . 
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263b. H. ornata monotherma LoAver. Fig. 635,(6^ 
Transactions Royal Society South Australia 1907, p. 169. 
qL Above. Forewing- black: a nariw spot in end of cell, pale yellow, hyaline: three minute trans¬ 
verse subapieal dots, and a minute discal dot in base of area 3, ]mle yelloAV, hyaline: cilia black: a 
nairow discal sexmark from vein la to vein 4, black. Hindwing black: a narrow, sometimes obscure, 
central band, yelloAv: cilia cream, Avith A^eins A^ery broadly black. 
Bexeath, ForeAving dull black: cell spot and discal spot as aboA^e; subapieal dots larger: a sub¬ 
costal streak aboA'e cell spot, and a series of siibterminal spots from vein 4 to vein 8, Avhite. Hind- 
vmg white: dorsum to A’ein la, dull black: a partially diAuded elongate spot in end of cell, black: a 
subcostal spot near base, and an elongate spot in area la before half, black; a series of small discal 
spots, and a series of subcostal and terminal spots (confluent toAvards tornus), black. 
?. Above. ForeAAung black: three minute transA^erse subapieal dots, pale yelloAV, hyaline: sometimes 
a minute diseal dot in base of area 3, and rarely a pair of minute discal dots in areas 2 and 3, pale 
yelloAv, b}mline: cilia black. HindAving black: a narroAA', sometimes obscure, central band, yelloAv: cilia 
cream with veins very broadly black. 
Bexeath. Foiwing dull black: dots as above: a minute dot in end of cell, and a narrow sub¬ 
costal streak aboA'e it, cream: a series of subterminal spots from vein 4 to costa, AAdiite. Hindwing as 
m male. 
CooktoAvn (Loirer). Kuranda 2 3 4 9 11. Herberton (Lower). 2^ 6q. 
This is the northern race of ornata^ and differs in the hyaline spots of foreAving being much smaller 
m the male, and almost or quite absent in the female. A tendency to smaller spots is noticeable even 
Richmond F. examples as compared Avith those taken near Sydney. 
