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HAUSTELLATA, — LEI'IDOPTERA. 



Ph. Ti. Sulzella. Linnc. — Ph. Ti. Podaella. Donovan, v. \\i\. pi. 267. f. 3. — 

 Ad. Sulzella. Steph. Caial. ii. 200. No. 7245. 



Anterior wings brassy-black, with very obscure yellowish longitudinal streaks, 

 expanding in a radiated form towards the apex ; a little beyond the middle 

 is a narrow, slightly incurved golden-yellow transverse fascia, bordered on 

 both sides by a broad brilliant purplish-copper stripe : cilia and posterior 

 wings immaculate brownish-brass : antennae moderate. 



Not common : found about the end of May and beginning of June 

 in woody places, amongst hedges, &c. near Darenth and Birch woods, 

 and in other places within the metropolitan district ; also in Devon- 

 shire, the New Forest, Suffolk, &c. 



Sp. 3. De Geerella. Alis anticis atris Jlavo-aureo striatis,fasciaque pone medium 

 Jlavd, utrinque nigra argenteoque marginatCi. (Exp. Alar. 7 — S^ lin.) 



Ph. Ti. De Geerella. Linn^. — Donovan, v. viii. pi. 267.f. 1, 2. — Ad. De Geerella. 

 Steph. Catal. ii. 200. No. 7246. 



Anterior wings brownish-black, longitudinally streaked with golden-yellow, 

 with a faintly waved transverse broadish yellow fascia a little behind the 

 middle, bordered on each side with a black and silvery streak : posterior 

 wings dusky-brass, with a faint purplish tinge : antennte black, with the 

 tip white, extremely long in the males, moderate in the females. 



Abundant in hedges and groves throughout the metropolitan 

 district, at the end of June and beginning of July ; also common in 

 other parts of the country. " Sawtry fen." — C. C.^abingion, Esq. 



c. Anterior wings without a pale transverse fascia: — "N emoi ois, Hiibner. 



Sp. 4. fasciella. Alis anticis crupeo-aurcis luridis fascia obsuleta pone medium 

 nigricunte, posticis purpureo-aureis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 lin.) 



Al. fasciella. Fabricius. — Ad. fasciella. Steph. Catal. ii. 200. No. 7247. 



Anterior wings of a bright shining golden-copper, with a very indistinct dusky 

 fascia a little behind the middle ; posterior purplish-gold. Female with the 

 antennae shorter and head ferruginous. 



Not very abundant ; found, however, in many parts of the country, 

 and occasionally in plenty in the lanes adjoining Darenth wood in 

 July : it is widely distributed. 



Sp. 5. cuprella. Alis anticis ciliisque cupreo-aureis nitidis, posticis atro-pur- 



pureis, capita rufcscente. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 6 lin.) 

 Al. cuprella. Fabricius.— A A. cuprella. Steph. Catal. ii. 200. N'o. 7248. 

 Anterior wings and cilia golden-copper and very glossy ; posterior dark 



pur\)le : head rather large, reddish in the female. 



