196 MANDIBULATA. TKICHOl'TERA. 



Sp. 5. ater. Ater, oculis nigris antennis nigra alboque suhannulatis, alls imma- 

 culatis subiridescentibiis, pedibus nigris. (Long. corp. 3 lin. ; Long. Ant. 

 7| lin.; Exp. Alar. 9 lin.) 



Mys. phaea. Steph. Caial. 320. JVo. 36G1. — Mys. atra. Piciet, p. 169. pi. xii. 

 /.4. 



Dull obscure black, with the antenna faintly annulated with white; the 

 maxillary palpi long and hairy; the wings immaculate, slightly ciliated, 

 and a little iridescent ; posterior nearly as dark as the anterior. 



Larva slender, bright pale ochreoiis, with numerous black dots, forming x-^i'^s 

 marks on the head and two first thoracic segments, the 3rd segment with 

 two black dots ; legs ochreous, dotted with black. 



Taken near London, in June ; but apparently rare. 



Sp. 6. niger. Niger nitidus, alls anticis sphndidc chahjhco-nigris, oculis rujis, 

 antennis tiigro alboque aniiulatis, pedibus brunneis. (Long. corp. 3 — 3| lin. ; 

 Long. Ant. 9 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 84 — 9s lin.) 



rhr. nigra. LiniiL— Mys.? uigra. Steph. Catal. 320. No. 3659. 



Bright shining black : eyes bright red during life, brown after death : antennae 

 very long, annulated with black and white ; anterior wings of a rich bluish- 

 or steel-black, and very glossy, with an obscure patch towards the apex of 

 the inner margin ; legs brown. 



Larva attenuated behind, very pale ochreous, the head and two anterior 

 segments of the thorax spotted with black, the following segment with two 

 or three black dots ; legs also dotted with black, and very slender, the 

 hinder pair considerably elongated. 



A specimen — which I supposed was the Ph. azurea of Linne — in my collection, 

 has the antennae of a pure white, and only four lines long ; the anterior 

 wings of a rich violet. 



Extremely abundant, in June and July, within the metropolitan 

 district ; found also in Devonshire and in Scotland. 



§ B. Anterior wings with the 2nd and 3rd nervures bifid on the hinder margin. 



Sp. 7. perfuscus. Niger, alis anticis fusco-brunneis, immaculatis, posticis 

 saturate J'uscis, antennis albo nigroque annulatis, pedibus ochraceis. (Long, 

 corp. 3 lin. ; Long. Ant. 12 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 9 lin.) 



Lep. perfuscus. Steph. Catal. 319. No. 3640. 



Black : palpi brown ; head with a brownish tuft of hairs between the antennae, 

 the latter very long and annulated with black and white ; anterior wings 

 rich fuscous-brown, with a coppery tinge, immaculate ; posterior dark 

 fuscous, a little brownish at the base ; legs pale ochreous, especially the 

 tarsi. 



Found, iu the vicinity of London, in June. 



