erynninae 
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TELICOTA 
BE.VEATIL Forewing biwn-black: costa and apex broadly suffused orange-brown: a large spot 
ID cdl^ 3iid tliiee laige disc<il spots in aieas la^ 2 and dj orang'O'-yelloWj low'ost one paler: upper 
iliscal spots and suba])ical spots as above, usually pale orange-brown, sometimes merged in the orange- 
bruffu of apos, sometimes outwartlly edged broAvn. Himhving orango-brown: sonielimes an obscure 
toriial patch, hioAMi-blnck, cell spot and discal band as above but yellow-brown, often irregularly and 
sometimes obscurely edged with interrupted lines or irregular dots, broAvn-black, and ° sometimes 
Diorired in the orange-brown. 
q. Above. Forewing dark brown; a large spot in end of cell and produced narrowly along median, 
orange: an obscure interrupted subcostal streak just reaching siihapical spots, orange; thre^ elongate 
transverse subapical spots, orange; a discal band of spots from vein la to vein tlioso in areas 4 
ami 5 only half the breadth of the lower ones, orange; a faint streak along dorsum, and a very faint 
streak in base of area la, orange; cilia brown-black, at tornus orange. "llindwing dark brown: a 
small spot in cell, and an irregular discal band of continent si)ots, orange: a streak along vein la 
to tornus, orauge; cilia orange. 
Bexeath, Forewing as in male: discal band narrower. IlindAving as in male: an obscure tornal 
patch, brown: discal l)and narrower. 
Loc. Cape York 2 3 4 5 S 9 10 11. Thursday Is. 1. Prince of Wales Is. 5 6 7. Banks Is. 2 3. 
Darnley Is. 4 5 G 12. Alurray Is. 8 9. Claudie B. 2 3 11. CooktoAvn 1 10. Cairns G 7 S 10 11 12. 
Kurauda 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S 11 12. Atherton 1 3 8. llerbortoii 1 12. Innisfail 10. Ingham 4 5 8 9. 
Townsville 6. Maekay 1 2 3 4 8 9 11. Brisbane 2 G. Stradbroke Is. 12. Richmond R. 1 2 4 9 
10. Belliugeii 11. Planning R. 3. Sydney 2 3 4 5 G 10 11 12. lllawarra 3 4. Aloruya 12. Darwin 
5911. llOcf’ 74 Q. CcrUt 
Many names have been given this subsi)ecies. Freshly emerged southern examples with gTeenish 
yellow suffusion beneath have been called olivescens by Ilerricli-Schaelfer. Nortliern examples Avitli 
Wwing beneath a uniform orange-brown without markings have been named arejeus by Ploetz. The 
form in which markings beneath are most pronounced and often edged darker, has ])een named ancilla 
ay Herrieh-Schaeffor. The type si^eeimen (a male) in the Australian Museum lias the Iiindwing 
lieneath uuiformly orauge, Avitli -faint markings. 
These named varieties are themselves variable: they all merge gradually into each other and there 
are uo reliable parting lines. Our long series consists of picked examples from hundreds of speci¬ 
mens from a long list of localities. AVe have carefully examined the genitalia of a series of each of 
tk four named varieties, as well as of intergrades betAveen them, and Ave are unable to detect any 
®renees Avhatever. Macleay^s name has priority, and the others can only be regarded as synonyms. 
307. Telicota brachydesma LoAver. Fig. 671, 672, 878, 879. 
Transactions Royal Society South Australia 1908, p. 312. 
(S’. Above. Forewing broAvn-black: cell and base and costa iq) to and including three elongate sub- 
apical spots, dark orange: a discal band of eonlluent spots from vein la to A^ein G, with those in 
areas 1 and 5 only half the breadth of the loAver ones, dark orange: a faint streak along dorsum 
and a faint streak in base of area la, dark orange: cilia broAvn-black, at tornus faintly orange: a 
discal sexmark from vein la to vein 4, dull black edged black. IlindAving brown-black: an obscure 
dot in ceil, and an irregular discal baud of confluent spots, dark orange: cilia dark orange. 
Beseatii. Forewing l#roA\'n-black; costa and a}>ex broadly suffused dull orange-broAvn: a spot in 
cell, and three large discal spots in areas la, 2 and 3, orange, lowest one paler: upper discal spots 
and subapical spots as aboA'e, pale orango-brown, outAvardly edged brown. PlindAving dull orange- 
hrowu: a tornal patch, extending as an obscure streak along dorsum, broAvn-blaek; cell dot and discal 
hand as above, but yelloAV-broAvn obscurely edged Avith irregular dots, broAvn-black. 
5. Above. ForoAA’ing dark broAA'ii: an obscure dot in end of cell, and three small transA^erso subapical 
^pols, dark orauge: a narroAV discal band of spots from vein la to vein G, upper ones as in male 
hnt smaller, dark oi'ange: a narroAV streak along dorsum, dark orange: cilia broAA'ii-blaek, at tornus 
faintly orange. Iiindwing broAvn-black: a narroAv irregular discal band of spots, dark orange: cilia 
dark orantre. 
Bexeatil Forewing as in male: cell spot reduced to a small dot: discal band narroAver. llind- 
'^’ing dull yellow-brown: marking's as in male: cell dot absent: discal band narroAver. 
Bk?. Cooktown 10. 2(f 1 q. 
