trapezitinae 
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SIGNETA 
5 . Abo\'E. Forewing brown-black: a spot in oiid of cell and three niiiiute transverse suhapical dotSj 
pale yelloWj liyaline; a discal spot in area 2 and a smaller one in area 3^ pale yellow^ hyaline: cilia 
orange-browu, at veins brown. Hindwing as in male. 
Bexeatil Forewing dark brown ; costa, apex and termen, orange-brown: hyaline spots and dots 
as above. Hindwiiig as in male. _ 
Loo. Illawarra 2 3. 25 21 Q . 
This rare species is extremely local in its habits, and so far as yet known is confined to the 
illtwarra district. Once only we found it fairly abundant in a small cleared patch in the scrub, settled 
ic the dowel’s of a climbing vine. 
Subfamily ERYNNINAE. 
Ovuii. Dome shaped: large: usually smooth. 
Larva. Cylindrical: elongate: head very hard and prominent: usually pale greenish, and with the 
outer skin very transparent. Feeds by night upon palms and various robust grasses, and shelters by 
hy within a fold of a leaf of the foodplant. 
Pupa. Cylimhical; smooth: operculum without projections: shelters within a fold of a leaf of the 
foodplant. 
liiAGO. Of robust build and, with but few exceptions, of small or moderate size. When in a state 
of complete repose, the butterilies rest with their wing’s erect and the upper surfaces pressed closely 
together: when sunning themselves they partly opion the forewings and depress the hindwings. Fore- 
wing with apex usually acute, especially in the mjile: cell less than twothirds the length of costa: vein 
a invariably bent downwards at its point of origin, and so arising nearer to vein 4 than to vein 6 : 
vein 2 variable in its position between vein 4 and base of wing. Hindwing Avith vein 5 absent; termen 
between vein la and vein 2 sometimes concave. AEales Avith or Avithout a discal sexmark on foreAving 
alwve. Hind tibiae not fringed. 
The Australian species of this subfamily are Alalayan in origin and charactex', and have all spread 
downward from the north: only a few species have reached the south, Avhere their place is taken by the 
Irope:itme. 
If we except Notocrypla, all the species may be distinguished by their general resemblance to 
ktterdies of the wide ranging genera Telieota and Tamara, They are naturally divided into foui' 
easily recognised groups: Taractrocera contains species A^ery similar to Padraona but at once separated 
by their spatulate antennae: Padraona resembles diminutive Telieota, but forms a comimct group dis¬ 
tinguished by the very peculiar palpi: Telieota and Ceplirenes contain all the larger broAvn and orange 
species, and the species of the genus Parnara are knoAvn by their hyaline spots and sombre gi'eenish 
brown colour. 
Key to the Genera of ERYNPIITAE, 
A. Clubs of anteuuae spatulate (Fig. AO 1) .. Taractrocera, 
B. Clubs of antennae not sijatulate. 
d. Third joint of palpi long and slender (Fig. APa) . Padraona. 
&. Third joint of palpi short and stout (Fig. APb). 
flb Vein 2 of forewing not nearer to base of wing than to A^ein 4. 
Antennae less than tAvothirds the length of costa. 
Vein 3 of forewring equidistant betAveen A^ein 4 and A^ein 2 in male, but 
nearer to A^ein 4 than to \’ein 2 in female (Fig, AQ) . Telieota, 
Vein 3 of forewing nearer to v'ein 4 than to A^ein 2 in both sexes. 
Vein 2 of forewing about equidistant betAveen vein 4 and base of Aving .. Cep>lirenes. 
bf Vein 2 of forewing nearer to A^ein 4 than to base of AAung. Parnara, 
h“-Antennae more than twothirds the length of costa . Sabera, 
Vein 2 of forewing nearer to base of wing than to v^ein 4 ... Notocrypta, 
