TRAPEZITINAE 
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hesperilla 
269. Hesperilla donnysa Ilewitson. Tig. 633, 634. 
Descriptions 100 new Hesperidae, p. 39, 1868. 
Abov^e. Forewino: brown: a spot in end of cell, yellow, hyaline: three transverse subapical dots 
pate yellow, h 3 'aline: a pair of small diseal si:)ots in areas 2 and 3, with that in area 2 always the 
larg^er, pale y^ellow, hy^aline: often a diseal dot in lower edge, and sometimes a small discal dot in 
ujjper edge of area la, pale y^ellow: cilia grey^-brown: a naiTow diseal sexmark from before vein la 
to beymnd vein 3, dull black. Hindwing brown: a small central i)atch, yellow: cilia grey, at veins 
brown. 
Bekeatii Forewing brown: costa narrowly' and ajmx broadly, grey^ sulfused lilacine: cell broadly 
pale y'ellow: hyaline spots and dots as above: a cloudy' diseal spot in ju*ea la obscurely extending to 
tornus, whitish. Hiiidwing grey' suffused lilacine; a small spot in cell, brown sometimes centred pale 
grey’’: a scries of small diseal spots or dots, brown, those in areas 2, 3 and 6 sometimes centred pale 
grey. 
9. Above. Forewing brown; byrnline spots and dots as in male, but larger: a diseal spot in lower 
edge, and sometimes a small diseal sj^ot in U 2 >per edge of area la, pale yelloAv: cilia grey^-brown. Hind¬ 
wing as in male Avith central patch slightly larger. 
Beneath as in male: sj^ots and dots slightly larger. 
Log. Moreton Bay (type). Sy^dney’^ 3 10 12. Blue Mts. 11. IliaAvarra 10. Colo Yale 2. Wandin 1 
11 12. Oakleigh 1 3 10 11. Gisborne 1. Scottsdale 1. OMt. Wellington 2. Zeehan 2. Mt. Magnet 
1 2. 59 40 
This is a wide ranging-, abundant, and someAvhat variable species. We have a single Wandin female 
with two additional dots in areas 4 and 5 of foi’ewing above, connecting the subapical dots Avith the 
diseal spots: beneath, the cell spot and diseal dots of hindwing are small, and Avhitish instead of brown, 
and they shoAV clearly above as joale yellow dots. Examples from the volcanic plains near Altona Bay, 
Vie. arc all suffused 2)ale yellow aboA-e, and the spots of foreAving are of slightly more than average size. 
Tasmanian examples, including those from the slopyes of Wellington and ML Magnet, have the spots 
y'olloAv instead of jiale yelloAA', and the central patch of hindwing orange instead of yelloAv. 
270. Hesperilla chrysotricha Meyrick & Lower. 
270a. H. chrysotricha chrysotricha Meyrick & Lower. Fig. 631,(7^ 777. 
Transactions Royal Society South Australia 1902, p. 59. 
. .iVjiOVE. Forewing browui: a spot in end of cell, yellow, Lymline: three large transverse subapical 
dots, jjale yelloAA', liyaliue : a diseal spot in area 3, and sometimes a minute diseal spot in upper edge 
of area 2, pale yelloAV, liymline: cilia grey-broAvu: a narroAV diseal sexmark from before A*ein la to 
beyond \'ein 3, black. llindAving brown: a small central patch, deep yelloAv: cilia grey, at A'eins brown. 
Beneath. Forewing hroAvn: apex broadly dull red-broAA'ii : base of cell, and costa to beyond cell, 
yelloAA': hyaline spots and dots as above: a large diseal s]iot in area 2, and an obscure dmded one in 
area la, Avbitish; dorsum toAVards tornus, AA'hitish. IlindAving dull red-broAvn : a small spot in cell, 
brown centred sih'ery white: a series of small diseal spots, broAA'ii, those in areas 2, 3 and G, centml 
silver.y Avhite. 
$. Above. ForcAving brown: cell S 2 ;)ots and subapical dots as in male: a diseal si)ot in area 3, and a 
slightly larger diseal spot in area 2, i>alc y'elloAV, hyaline : a diseal spot in lower edge of area la, pale 
yelloAv: cilia gi’ey^-broAvn. llindAving as in male. 
Beneath as in male. 
Log. Albany (ty^pe). Stirling Ranges 10. Y ilsoifs Inlet 11, Y^aroona 2 10 11. Northampton (Loirer). 
10c? 49 . 
This might easily’ be mistaken for a Avestern race of TI. donnysa-j but an examination of tlie genitalia 
shoAvs its much closer aflinity Avith cyclospila. It is easily^' sejjarated from //. donnysa by the minute 
diseal dot of area 2 of forcAving, and by the red-brown colour beneath. 
270b. H. chrysotricha cyclospila Meyri('k & Lower. 
Transactions Royml Society South Australia 1902, p. 63. 
o’. Aboa’E. loreAving brown: a small sjiot in end of cell, yellow, hy^dine; three transverse subapical 
dots, jiale y’ellow, liyuiline; a diseal spot in area 3, and a much smaller diseal spot in ujiper edge of 
aiea 2, pale yellow, hyaline: cilia grey-brown: a narroAv diseal sexmark from before vein la to beyond 
vein 3, black. IlindAA’ing broAvn: a small central patch, ymlloAv: cilia grey-bi*oAA'n. 
