TRAPEZITINAE 
187 
HESPERIEEA 
2 . .bovE, Forewing as in male: cell spots and subapical small spots as in male: a pair of diseal spots 
in areas 2 and 3, pale yellow, liyaline. Hindwing as in male. ^ 
Bexeath. Forewing red-brown: byaline spots as above: diseal band, and outer-subapical spots, 
as 111 male. Hmchving as in male. ^ 
Log. Loftus 3. Illawarra 1 2. Blue Mts. 11. Moruya 12. So'’ 4 q 
One of the rarest as well as one of tlie most liandsome and distinctive of tlie Australian Hesiierids- 
less than a dozen examples have yet been captured. ^ 
2G7. Hesperilla idothea lUiskin. Fig. 716, 717, 
Proceedings Royal Society Queensland 1889, 2^. 152. 
0 ^ Above, Forewing brown: a large spot in end of cell and broadly produced along median, pale 
yelow, liyalme: usually three transverse subapical dots, pale yellow, liyaline: a discal spot in area 3 
ami sometimes a ininu e discal dot in upper edge of area 2, pale yellow, hyaline: cilia Lown with a 
dotateach vein, dark biwii: a diseal sexmark from dorsum to vein 4, black. Hindwing brown- a 
\ariable central suifusion, yellow-brown: cilia yellow-broivn Avitli a dot at each vein, brown. 
Bexeath. Foreiving dark brown: costa, apex and termen dull oraiige-broAvn: hyaline spots and dots 
as above: a band of discal spots from vein 3 to dorsum, pale yellow, and extending as a whitish patch 
to tornus. Hiudwing dull orange-brown: an incomplete series of discal dots, brown-black. 
g. Abo\e. Forewjug dark brown: a large sjjot in end of cell, and three transverse subaiiieal dots, yellow, 
hydine: a pair of large elongate diseal spots in areas 2 and 3, yellow, hyaline: a discal spot in upper 
ami another 111 loAver edge of area la, orange: sometimes a spot in area la at half, orange: cilia 
brown, at veins dark broAvn. HindAving dark broAvn: a large central area, diminishing to base, bright 
orange: ciha yellow-broAvn, at veins narroAvly broAA'ii. 
Bexeatu. lorewing biwn-black: eosla, aiiex and termen, orange-broAA’ii: hyaline spots and dots 
^ above: a broad discal spot in area la, jiale yelloAV, and extending as a Avhitisli patch to tornus. 
Hmdwing as in male. 
Log. Dorrigo 12. Blue Mts. 1 10 11 12. Healesville 11. Wandin 1 11 12. Maeedon 1 2 12. Scotts¬ 
dale 1. Mt. Lofty 11. 26 cT 10 2 . 
The female differs from all others of the subfamily in the extension of the orange band of hind wing 
0 e base. Ibis, with the A'ery large hyaline siiots of forcAving, gives it a most handsome aiij^earanee. 
268. Hesperilla chaostola Meyriek. Fig. (6^ 
Proceedings Liimcan Society N. S. Wales 1887, p. 830. 
c. Above. Forewing biwii: a cpiadrate spot in end of cell, pale yelloAv, hyaline: three transverse 
subapical dots, Avhitish, hyaline: a discal spot in area 3, Avith rarely a minute dot in upper edge 
01 area 2, iiale yelloAV, hyaline: a pair of subterminal dots in areas 1 and 5, Avbitish, byaline: cilia 
brown; a discal sexmark from dorsum to vein 3, black. Hindwing broAAUi: a central patch in area 4-5 
and in base of area 3, ymlloAvish: an irregular series of obscure diseal dots, yelloAvish: cilia grey, at 
veins broAvn. 
Bexeath. ForeAving broAvn: apex suffused liiacine grey: cell orange: hyaline spots and dots as 
above: a discal spot in area 2, and a divided discal spot in area la, 2)ale yelloAv. HindAving broAvn 
suffused liiacine grey: three obscure rin^, in u 2 Aper edge of cell, near base of area 7, and near base 
01 area la, broAvn: a series of obscure diseal rings, broAvn. 
2. Aeo\e. ForeAAung broAvn; an elongate sjjot in end of cell, and three large discal si^ots in areas la, 2 
ami 3, pale yelloAv, hymline: three elongate IransA'erse subapical dots, and a pair of small siibter- 
™al spots in areas 4 and 5, Avhitish, hyaline: cilia bro\\m. Hindwing as in male: central patch more 
dearly yelloAV. 
Bexeatu. ForeAving broAvn: apex suffused liiacine grey: cell broadly yelloAv: hyaline si^ots and 
j^ots a.s above. Hindwing broAV'n suffused pale liiacine grey: three ling’s, in upper edge of cell, near 
of area 7, and toAvards base of area la, broAvn : a series of elongate diseal rings, broAvn. 
Loo. Blue Mts. 11. Wandin 10 11. Hiionville 10-. 21 10 q . 
The terminal joint of the palpi is very mueli longer than in the other sioecies of the genus. 
