/T;«F.niiD.T,. — .v,(;r.inA. 148 



palpi black ; white beneath in the male : thorax glossy immaculate ; breast 

 with a large golden spot anteriorly: abdomen glossy, the fourth segment above 

 fulvous, beneath black, with a white margin ; caudal tuft immaculate bluish- 

 black : femora blue-black, anterior with a whitish hne, tibia; and spines blue- 

 black ; tarsi paler: anterior wings above, with the nervures, margins, and 

 a broad transverse band, blue-black ; beneath, with the tip, margins, and 

 border of the transverse band golden ; posterior, with the nervures, margins, 

 and minute anterior lunule violet-black ; beneath, with the veins and margins 

 golden ; cilia of all the wings blue-black. Male rather less ; abdomen elon- 

 gated, slender, its fourth segment above fulvous; below, and towards the apex, 

 wliite : palpi also white beneath : tarsi beneath pale brownish. 



Not a very Jibundant species, but the most frequent of the red- 

 belted kinds; it is found occasionally in c^ardens near the metro- 

 polis, at Chelsea, Highjj^ate, Hackney, Stratford, &c., and near 

 Hertford and Ripley, in June. " Near Dublin." — A''. A. Vigors^ 

 Esq, 



Sp. 8, CulicifonTiis. Pi.atk 10. f. 3. Alis hijnlhiis nnftcaritvi ynnrfrinilnis fn.tr i/iqve 

 nigris, ahdomine nigro, cingitloj'itlvo, palpis suhtus fulvis. (Exp alar, lolin. 

 — 1 unc.) 



Sp. Culiciformis. Linne. — iEg. Culiciformis. Steph. Catal. 



Blue-black: head with a snowy streak before the eyes: palpi above black, 

 beneadi rich orange : thorax glossy, immaculate ; breast with a large lateral 

 fulvous spot: abdomen shining, the fourth segment entirely fulvous, paler 

 beneath ; the caudal tuft immaculate : femora blue-black ; tibiie the same, 

 with pale orange spines: tarsi lutescent, with the tips dusky : anterior wings 

 above pale fulvous at the base, with the nervures, margins, and a transverse 

 line blue-black ; beneath with the transverse line violet-black, the margins 

 pale fulvous ; posterior, with the nervures, margins, and costal luiude black, 

 the anterior margin beneath pale fulvous ; fringe of all the wings dusky- 

 black. Male differs in having the antennse internally ciliated ; the abdomen 

 more attenuated, and in its smaller size. 



Caterpillar dirty-white, with the head brownish : ic feeds beneath the bark of 

 the plum (Prunus domesticusj, and the apple-tree ( Pjirus mains). The 

 chrysalis is brown. 



Not common : I have taken it occasionally at Coombc and l)a- 

 renth-woods in June, where it has also been captured by others. 

 " Near Dublin."— iV. A. Vigors, Esq. " At Gravesend."— ^/. //. 



Davis, Esq. 



Sp. 9. Stomoxyformis. Plate 11. f. 3. Alis nnticnrum marginibus fascidquc 

 nigris, thoracis lineis duahus uhdomims harbafi cinguh jmnHis.juf lalerahhus 

 J'ulvis, palpis otnnino nigris. (K\p ahir. 1 1^ lin.) 

 ap. Stomoxyfcrnus. Il:ihner.—M^. Stomoxyformis. .SVr/.//. Catal. 



