252 H AUSTELL ATA. LKPIDOPTERA. 



palpi directed obliquely forwards or downwards, not backwards ; they 

 are also slightly bent, and the terminal joint is apparently not longer 

 than the others. I believe the species are double-brooded, having 

 taken some specimens occasionally in May : I possess all Haworth's 

 original specimens and fine suites of varieties. 



Sp. 1. Goedartella. Alis anticis auro-argenteis Uteris I V T grossis aureis 



fosciceformibus aequidistantibus. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 6 lin.) 

 Ph. Ti. Goedartella. Linne. — Ph. semiargentella. Donovan, v. ii. pi. 65- 



/. 2—3. Ar. Goedartella. Steph. Catal. ii. 205. No. 7294. 

 Anterior wings golden-silver, with three stout golden-red fasciae, resembling 

 letters ; the first towards the base resembling an oblique I, the second in 

 the middle forming a V, and the third a badly formed prostrate T: at the 

 apex is a faint silvery spot : posterior wings lead-colour, with golden-brown 

 cilia : head fulvescent. 

 Extremely variable, the golden fasciae being sometimes in part obliterated, 

 and occasionally entirely obliterated, from the extension of that colour more 

 or less over the surface, which is sometimes entirely golden, with the costa 

 a little paler. 



This beautiful insect occurs in plenty in the vicinity of the metro- 

 polis, especially in woods where birch abounds, as at Coombe, 

 Darenth, and Birch woods, at the end of June and beginning of 

 July : found also in the New Forest and in Devonshire. " Gardens, 

 Chelsea."" — Mr. Ingpen. 



Sp. 2. semifasciella. Alis anticis auro-argenteis, fasciis diiabus abbreviatis 



punctoque aureis communibus . (Exp. Alar. 5§ — 6 lin.) 

 Ti. semifasciella. Haivorth. — Ar. semifasciella. Steph. Catal. n.205. No. 7295. 



Anterior wings silvery, with a faint golden tint, with three abbreviated pale 

 golden fasciae on the inner margin, the first extending from the middle of the 

 base to that of the inner margin, the second in the middle reaching obliquely 

 towards the apex, the third resembling a spot on the posterior angle : 

 posterior wings pale lead-colour, with pale golden-brown cilia. 



In some examples the two anterior fasciae are slightly connected : in others 

 they are somewhat obliterated. 



Not so common as the last, but, nevertheless, far from uncommon in 

 the neighbourhood of London. I have frequently taken it at Coombe 

 and Darenth woods, at the end of June, and at Ripley and Hertford. 

 " Gardens, Chelsea." — Mr. Ingpen. 



Sp. 3. Brockella. Alis anticis argenteis, Uteris I W rubro-aureis distinctis fas- 

 cicEformibus. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 6 lin.) 



