YPONOMEL'TIDE. — r.I.YPHIPTERYX. 273 



Ti. bimaculella. Haioorth. — CEc. bimaculella. Steph. Catal. ii. 209. K'o. 7358. 



Anterior wings deep black, with two rather ol)long orange blotches, placed 

 longitudinally, one anteriorly, extending nearly to the inner margin ; the 

 second posterior more remote from the margin : posterior wings black, deeply 

 ciliated. 



In the collection of the late INIr. I.,atham, according to the account 

 in Lepidoptera Britannica : I have specimens from Devonshire. 



Sp. 6. eximia. Alls anticls aur-antio, aureo, cupreo, alro, violaceoque va7-iis 

 splendidissimis. (Exp. Alar. .5 — 5^ lin.) 



Gra. eximia. Haworth — ffic. eximia. Steph. Catal. ii. 209. No. 7359. 



Anterior wings very glossy; the base with a very broad, changeable, fascia, 

 in some directions of light golden, in others black, and terminated by a 

 deep black margin ; in the middle is a large broader trigonal, deep-bright- 

 orange fascia, edged on each side with a narrow black streak, and a variable 

 band, being either golden, coppery, red-copper, or violet, according to the 

 light; behind this the whigs are deep black, with a very brilliant change- 

 able streak on the inner margin to the apex, varying from a silvery-blue to 

 violet, or a golden-tint; cilia long and black: posterior wings fuscous, 

 glossy, with paler opaque cilia. 



The above description of this most splendid insect is drawn up from Lepi- 

 doptera Britannica, with slight alterations, to agree with the only known 

 specimens. 



I have seen two examples only of this truly beautiful species ; one 

 of them was in the collection of t!ie late Mr. Haworth, and was taken 

 near London ; the other is in my own cabinet, having taken it in 

 July 18^7 i" Ilolme-wood-lane, near Ripley. 



Sp. 7. metallella. Alis omnibus, capite, thorace corporeque toto saturate fiisco- 

 cuprcis uitidissiviis, ciliis fuscis. (Exp, Alar. 5 — 6 lin.) 



Ti. metallella. Wien. Tt'/-;: ?— CEc. metallella. Steph. Catal. ii. 209. No. 7360. 



All the wings, with the head, thorax, body, legs, palpi, and antennse deep 

 fuscous copper, very glossy and immaculate ; cilia fuscous. 

 Of this remarkable species I have seen two specimens only, Avhich 

 I captured at Ripley in July 1827- 



Sp. 8. subcuprella. Alls anticis pallida fusco-ctipreis nitidis, immaculafis, 

 posticisfusco-cinereis, ciliis pallidioribus. (Exp. Alar. 5^ lin.) 



Gl. subcuprella. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. 



Anterior wings pale coppery-brown and glossy, immaculate; posterior ashy- 

 brown, with paler cilia : head, thorax, body, legs, and antennse deep coppery- 

 brown. 



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