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violet in the middle (thk fascia is considerably broadest on the costa, its 

 hinder margin being formed by two silvery violet spots, u'hich are by no 

 means opposite^; at the apex is a short silvery white scale, preceded 

 by a violet silvery spot, ivith ivhich it is not connected.'" And of Clemens- 

 dla, Mr. Stainton writes: "The ground color of the anterior wing is 

 darker, (than in gemmiferella) , the orange fascia is paler, not so reddish, 

 its margins are pale golden, instead of silvery violet, and its hind 

 margin is almost straight, and thus, very different from gemmiferella; 

 finally, the apical streak is continuous, not interupted, and of a sil- 

 very wliite throughout." In the specimen before me (jyulchrimella) , 

 the thorax and forewings are rich dark-brown, tinged with green ; 

 the silvery white streak on the thorax is interupted, and, as in Dr. 

 Clemens' description, it extends on to the base of the forewings; at 

 about the basal fourth of the wing length, are the three silvery streaks 

 showing a violaceous hue in some lights, the one nearest the costa 

 begining a little before the others and oblique, and there is another 

 minute one on the extreme base of the costa ; at the middle of the 

 wing length is the silvery fascia, which does not quite touch the 

 extreme costa, though the intervening space is almost inappreciable. 

 In some lights, this fascia looks like burnished steel, in others it 

 exhibits pale golden reflections ; its margins are straight and parallel, 

 anteriorly it has a narrow margin of dark scales, from the dorsal mar- 

 gin to beyond the middle ; posteriorly, the the costal portion, only, is 

 dark margined ; at about the apical fourth of the wing length, is an 

 oblique fascia of the same hue, with the first mentioned fascia nearest 

 the base on the dorsal margin, and extending to a white spot in the 

 beginning of the costal cilia, and very narrowly margined before by 

 dark brown scales. In the space between these two fascia, Mr. Stainton 

 and Dr. Clemens locate their 'orange,' or 'reddish-orange' fascia. 

 But, if by ' orange,' or ' reddish-orange,' is meant anything like the 

 orange, reddish-orange or golden fascia of C. Schmidiella, Orichalcea and 

 Lienegiella, as figured in Nat. His. Tin., vol. 12, then pulcherimella is 

 something quite distinct; for, on first observation, the difference 

 between the color of this part of the wing, and that before the first 

 fascia, is not likely to be observed ; on closer observation, however, 

 it will be seen that there is a paler hue, what might be called an 

 orange-brown, or, in some lights, bronzed, extending entirely across 

 the wing adjacent to the first fascia, but narrowing backwards almost 

 to a point on the costa at the second fascia, but much more distiyct 

 towards the costa. In some lights, the whole space between the two 

 fascia, shows the orange-brown hue, but, in such lights, the wing 

 before the fascia exhibits nearly the same hue. There are, also, four 



