LYC.«NI1)A:. rOLYOMMATUS. 83 



as Mr. Hawortli surmises, that the true locality <if this insect is in 

 Kent. 



Sp. 5. Virgaurea?. Plate IX, f. 1, 2, S .— f. 3, ? . Alls xnprd fnlris maririne 

 atro, subtiis p'inctis tu'grh; posticix alit/uof albis. (Exp. alar. 1 uiic. .i — 6 liu.) 

 Pa. Virgaureae. Linne. — Ly. Virgaure;e. Siej)/t. Catal. 



Size of Ly. Hippothoi; : male with the wings above of a beautifully resplendent 

 fiery copper ; the anterior immaculate, with a black border ; the posterior with 

 a row of six black spots attached to the hinder margin, which isalso'^black: 

 beneath, the anterior wings are pale tawny, with ten or eleven inocellated black 

 spots, of which the three largest are placed longitudinally, parallel with the 

 costa, as in the other species, and seven or eight in an undulated transverse 

 band, the spots on the inner edge being more or less obliterated, and some- 

 times geminated ; the hinder margin is clouded with dusky : the posterior 

 wings are tawny, with the base somewhat dusky, and have about twelve black 

 spots, of which five are irregularly scattered towards the base, and the rest 

 form an irregular band across the wing, and are each surmounted by a spot of 

 white posteriorly ; near the anal angle are a few orange spots, and the angle 

 itself is rather acute, and has a deep notch adjoining. The female ditt'ers 

 considerably, and is more obscure in colour : the anterior wings are spotted 

 above, somewhat like those of Ly . dispar ; but they have, in addition, a marginal 

 series of six sub-confluent dusky spots, and are slightly clouded with fuscous: 

 the posterior wings are brown, with the nervures, a large sub-cpiadrate dis- 

 coidal spot, and two transverse bands of an obscure fulvous, giving a reticu- 

 lated appearance to the wing, the brown interstitial spots being nearly qua- 

 drate: in other respects the sexes are similar: the body is dusky above, with 

 greenish hairs: the antenna; are black, annulated with fulvous. 



The marginal band on the upper surface of the wings of the male varies con- 

 siderably in width. 



The caterpillar is duU green, with a yellow dorsid and yellowish-green lateral 

 stripe, black head and legs. It feeds on the golden-rod (Solidago virgaurea), 

 and sharp-dock (Rumex acuta). The chrysalis is brownish-yeUow, with 

 dusky-red wing-cases. 



The proper locality of this spleiulid insect does not appear to be 

 well known, and I believe no specimens have occurred within these 

 twenty years: it is said to irdiabit the marshes in the Isle of F.ly 

 and Huntin«;donshire, and to be found on the flowers ot the <;-olden- 

 rod at the end of August. 



Genus XVIII. — PoLYOMM.vrirs, LatnlUc. 



I'a/pi longer than the head, nearly i);irallel, threc-jointod, the two basal joints 

 clothed with scales and hair, the terminal one with scales only, and acute ; 

 the basal joint short, arcuate, the second very long, the terminal as long as 

 the first : anlciiiiw rather short, with an abrupt compressed clui). terminating 



