ISMENINAE 
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parata 
Parata lugubris Boiscliival. 
Voyage Astrobibo Lepidoptera, p. 161, 1832. 
Ahox^e. Forewing hroxvn: cilia hroivn: axi oblique discal sexmark from dorsuxn at twofifihs to 
beyond vein 3, dark browxi. Hind wing broivn: cHia broum, 
Bexieatli. Forewing brown: costa and apex broadly snjfused rich purple: dorsuxn whitish: a fami 
streak oxi discocellalax's, bluish white, llindwixig bx‘own suffused rich purjde: a sxxiall patch at 
iorxmSj dark browxi: a faint narroiv discal baxid froxn costa at threefiffhs to tornnsj whitish and 
betweexh vein la and torxius obscure. ^ 
Loc. fajiG York 12. lo^. 
AYe Itave written iliis description from a single male in Mv. Lower^s collection. Both head and 
body are missing and tlie wings are mounted upon the body of another Tsmenid: so we are unable to 
figure it. ‘ ‘ 
Subfamily HESPERINAE. 
Ovum. Large: broader than high: coarsely ribbed vertically. 
Larva. Short and stout: liead large and 2 n-ominent. Feeds after dark and daring dayliglit shelters 
m a folded leaf of the foodplant, tho edges of which it fastens together with silken threads'. 
.. ^**^1’* smooth: head rounded or with two short projections: tail pointed. Fastened hv 
the tail in a shelter formed with a folded leaf. ^ 
Imago. Of robust build, and with few exceptions of large size. When in a state of eomnlete 
repose the hutterflies rest with their wings extended flat. Forewing with vein 5 arising nearer to vein 
() than to vein 4: sometimes with a costal fold in tho male. IMalos without a discal sexmark on fore- 
wing above. liind tibiae with a fringe of hairs in both sexes, hut denser in the male. 
Range. AVorldwide. 
y atson divided this subfamily into two sections according to the length of the cell of forewin<r 
dnp'''" c-haracter vai^s only slightly, and as wo have but eight species, the srhdivision 
cioe. not ajipoar to he nece.ssary. All Australian IIesi>erids with a costal fold in the male rie included 
Pis* AS, Antcnnao of Itesperhxoe and HJusclK’XiKoiinae. 
1. Chaeincnemesphintenfeva. 2. Chaetocnewe jK}r)>hyropis. 
3. Phoeuicopti heata. 4. Neiroconjae repandu. 5. 'rayiades 
yamelia (!. Euschemon ragiesia. 7. Hiudlog of 
Chaetocnetxie sphintcrifera. (enlarged). 
Pig. AT. Wing venations of (a) Netroconjne 
repaxida. (b) Phocnicops denitza (enlarged). 
'''' subfamily to be a worthless character, 
ioi we ti.nd them sometimes present and sometimes absent in tho same sjiecies. 
