Damophila approaches nearest to Pancalia (pi. 304-) and Gly- 

 phipteryx (pi. 152). 



The two following are the only species that have been dis- 

 covered, and not any notice appears to have been taken of 

 them at present by continental writers. 



1. D. Trifolii Curt. Brit. Ent.pl. 391. 



Shining metallic golden green : tips of the antennae 

 white ; abdomen shining, slate-black ; superior wings 

 with the costa and tips cupreous ; inferior as well as 

 the cilia pale black. 

 I presume this pretty moth is the Trifolii of Stephens's Ca- 

 talogue, but that is immaterial, as his insect is not character- 

 ized, and this is certainly attached to the Trefoil as observed 

 by my friend Mr. Dale, who says in a letter to me, " I took 

 this Tinea July 1 1th and 14th 1831, on trefoil flowers near the 

 shore in the Isle of Portland and at Charmouth in Dorset- 

 shire, they were tolerably plentiful but very few perfect. It 

 rained fast at the latter place when I found them settled on the 

 flowers, yet some did not seem to be hurt by the wet; they 

 were, however, sleepy or sluggish." 



2. D. spissicornis (the thick-horn'd green) Hanso. Lep. Brit. 



p. 537. n. 23. 



Half the size only of Z). Trifolii. Golden or coppery 

 green; middle of the antennae spotted black and 

 white, the apex entirely white : abdomen and inferior 

 wings blackish with a cupreous tint; cilia pale black. 

 The female of this insect has the antennas less robust at the 

 base, I believe, than the male. 



Mr. Dale finds this species on rushes in a boggy place by a 

 copse near Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset, he believes at the end 

 of May ; I have received it also from Cobham, in Surrey. 



The Plant represented in the Plate is Prenanthes miiralis 

 (Wall Prenanthes). 



