TRAPEZITINAE 
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MOTASINGHA 
Beneath. Forewing grey-brown: aj^ex grey: costa to end of cell, and basal half of cell, yellow- 
grey : In^aline spots as above. Hindwing grey: three rings, in cell, in base of area 7, and in area la 
before half, grey-brown: a discal series of rings, grey-brown. 
9 . Above. Forewing grey-brown: costa suffused grey: a large sjiot in cell, and three transverse sub- 
apical spots, whitish, hyaline: a large discal spot in area 2, and a smaller one in area 3, whitish, 
hyaline: a discal spot in lower edge and a minute one in upi^er edge of area la, wdiite: a pair of 
outor-discal spots in areas 4 and 5, whitish, hyaline: cilia grey-brown, between veins white. Hindwing 
as in male. 
Beneath. Forewing grey-brown: apex grey: costa to end of cell, and basal half of cell, yellow- 
grey: spots as above. Hindw'ing as in male. 
Log. Ardrossan (type). Port Lincoln {Meyrich). Pt. Noarlunga 4. Moonta 11. 2^ 49 . 
286b. M. atralba dactyliota Meyriek. Fig. 648, 773. 
Proceedings Linnean Society N. S. Wales 1887, p. 831. 
d’. Above. Forewing grey-broAvn: costa suffused grey: a spot in cell, and three variable transverse 
subapieal dots, whitish, hyaline: a small discal spot in area 3, and a pair of smaller outer-discal spots 
in areas 4 and 5, Avhitish, hyaline: cilia grey-brown, between veins obscurely gi*ey: an oblique, broad, 
inwardly irregular, discal sexmai‘k, from dorsum to vein 3 (diminishing below' vein la), black. Hind¬ 
wing grey-brown: an obscure irregular streak in area 4-5, grej’: eilia gre.y-brow’n between veins ob¬ 
scurely grey. 
Beneath. Forewing grey-browui: apex grey: costa to end of cell, and basal half of cell, yellowish 
grey: hyaline spots and dots as above: a discal spot in area 2, and sometimes a variable small discal 
spot in area la, whitish. Hindwdng grey: three obscure rings, in cell, in base of area 7, and in area 
la before half, grey-broAvn: a discal series of obscure rings, gi'ej'-brown. 
9- Above. Forewdng grey-browm: costa suffused grey: a spot in cell, and three small transverse sub- 
apical spots, whitish, hyaline: a discal spot in lower edge and sometimes a minute one in upper edge 
of area la, wdiite: a pair of small outer discal spots in areas 4 and 5, wdiitish, liyaline: cilia grey- 
brown, between veins wdiitish grey. Hindwdng as in male. 
Beneath. Forewdng gi’ey-brown: apex grey: costa to end of cell, and basal half of cell, yellowish 
grey: spots as above. Hindwing as in male. 
Log. Stirling Ranges 10. Waroona 10 11 12. Geraldton 10 11. 12^ (Sg. 
When describing tliis species jMeyndek gave as localities Port Lincoln S.A. and Geraldton W.A., but 
as his description agi'oes -with West Australian examples, w'e restrict the name dactyliota to the West 
Australian race of afralha, 
287. Motasingha monticola Olliff. Fig. 758, 760. 
Proceedings Linnean Society N. S. Wales 1889, p. 624, 
d’. Above. Forewing broAvn: base and costa suffused orange-brown: a small spot in end of cell and 
slightly produced along median, yellow': three transverse subapieal dots, jjalo yelloAv: a small elongate 
discal spot in area 3, and sometimes a minute one in up])er edge of area 2, pale yellow: cilia yellow, 
at veins broAvn: a discal sexmark, interru)ited at each vein, from vein la to vein 3, grey-blaek 
margined black. Hindwdng browm : base suffused orange-brown: a pair of small discal spots in areas 
2 and 3, and rarely a central streak in area 4-5, l^alo yelloAv; eilia ]ialo yellow', at veins brow'ii. 
Beneath. Forewdng brown: cell, costa to l)eyond coll, and termen just below apex, dull yellow: 
coll spot as above and edged brown: subapieal dots as above: a discal spot in area 3, a narrower one 
across area 2, and sometimes a still narrower one in area la, yellow, Hindwdng orange-brown: 
doisuiu jmle yellow: a broad streak in cell, and a bi'oad interrujjtod streak in area 4-5, whitish; a 
broad^inlerrupted streak in area la, and another in area 7, whitish: a ring in cell, a dot in ha.se of 
area 7, and a dot in area la liefore half, brown: a diseal series of dots, brown, those in areas 2 and 3 
larger and yellow’: a pair of minute sublenninal dots in areas 2 and 3, yellow'. 
9. Above. Forewdng hrow'n: base and costa suffused orange-biwn : a S])ot in end of cell, and three 
small continent transverse subapieal sjmts, yellow': a jiair of elongate discal S|)ots in areas 3 and 2, n 
smaller one in lowor edge and sometimes a minute one in upimr edge of area la, yellow: cilia yellow, 
at \ eius blown. Tliudwing brown: base suffused oraugo-broAvn; a ]^air of discal spots in areas 2 and 
3, and a. central streak in area 4-5, yellow; cilia pale yellow', at veins brow'n. Beneath as in male. 
Log. 'Moonbar (type) 3. Mt. St. Bernard 1 2. Wallialla 2. 34 279. 
