LKPTOCEUID.E. — I.EITOCEUUS. 197 



Sp. 8. aureus. Niger, cano pilosus, antennis albo annulatis, alts anticis anreo- 

 sericeis, posticis griseis, iridescentibus, pedibus pallidis, tursis ulbis brunneo- 

 anmdatis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.; Long. Ant. 10 lin.; Exp. Alar. 10 — 11 lin.) 



Lep. tarsalis. Steph. Catal. S19. Ao. 3641. — Mys. aurea. Pic(et, p. 162. 

 pi. xiii. J". 1 



Black, clothed above with a hoary down ; palpi griseous ; antennae annulated 

 with black and white; anterior wings thickly covered with a short golden 

 pile, with a brighter spot towards the apex of the inner margin ; posterior 

 griseous and iridescent ; legs dull ochreous, with the tips of the tibise brown ; 

 tarsi white, annulated with brown. 



Also taken near London, and obtained from the Marshamian 

 collection. 



Sp. 9. annulatus. Niger, alis brunneis, maculis holosericeo-fulve.scentibus 

 arnati.s, paipi.i, jjedibiis, mitennisque brunneis, his albo subannulatis. (Long. 

 Corp. 3 lin.; Long. Ant 9 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 10 — 11 lin.) 



Phr. annulata. Gmdia, p. 23G7. — Lep. subannulatus. Steph. Catal. 319. 

 No. 3642, 



Deep I)lack : antennaa slender, above twice the length of the wings, brown, 

 annulated with white at the base, indistinctly so at the apex ; palpi and 

 legs brown; hinder tibiae obscure; anterior wings brown, glossy, and 

 adorned with a few yellowish hairs, forming rather ill-defined spots; cilia 

 black; posterior wings griseous, with fuscous cilia. 



Obtained from Marsliam's cabinet : locality unknown. 



Sp. 10. dissimilis. Fuloo-ochraceus, oculis nigris, antennis albidis, brunneo 

 annulatis, alis anticis griseo-ochraceis, immnculatis, posticis hrjalinis concinne 

 iridescentibus. (Long. corp. 3 lin.; Long. Ant. 8 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 83 — 9 lin.) 



Lep. dissimilis. Steph. Catal. 319. A^o. 3637. 



Bright tawny-ochreous, inclining to ferruginous on the thorax ; eyes black ; 

 antennte whitish, aimulated with brown: atiterior wings griseous-ochre, 

 immaculate ; posterior very transparent and beautifully iridescent ; abdomen 

 greenish-brown; legs palo ochreous. 



Common, at Hertford, in June; also found in other places within 

 the metropolitan district. 



S^i. 11. I'imaculatus. Niger, alis fuscis, anticis macula laterali duplici Jlava, 

 aut griseu. (Long. corp. 24 lin. ; Long. Ant. 7 lin.; Exp. Alar. 9 lin.) 



Phr. bimaculata. Linn'c. — Lep. bimacnlata. Steph. Catal. 3'30. No. 3645. 



Black: antennae black, faintly annulated with whitish towards the base ; wings 

 fuscmis, anterior with a lunate yellowish or griseous spot about the middle 



