Ileiiiemaim's description, but must draw attention to the fact, that it is entirely 

 comparative with catojjtreUus, Z., which he (Heinemann) considered a good species, 

 but wliieh Staudinger and Wockc catalogue as a. ah. of speculalis. The description 

 (of catoptrelltts) seems to be made from a single specimen taken in the Austrian 

 Alps, and it agrees so Tery closely with apeculali.s, that it is necessary to repeat it 

 here : — " Fore-wings cinnamon-brown, with a slightly shining white longitudinal 

 stripe, very obliquely divided with two transverse brown lines, the hind oblique line 

 and the hind division of the longitudinal stripe waved. 



" Head and thorax cinnamon-brown. 5 lin. 



" The fore-wings are narrower than in the preceding species {catoptrelhts, spe- 

 culalis, &c.), widening less posteriorly, of a unifoi-m pale cinnamon-brown, the inner 

 margin narrowly white to beyond the middle. The longitudinal stripe likewise 

 narrower, the transverse lines little darker than the ground-colour, very narrow and 

 still more oblique, the posterior one, as also the hinder part of the longitudinal stripe, 

 distinctly waved, in the fold rather further from the inner margin than from the 

 anterior transverse line. The middle spot of the stripe with distinct angles, the 

 sides towards the base and inner margin of equal length, that towards the costa per- 

 ceptibly longer. The fringes a little paler, intersected with white in cells 3 to 5. 



" Austria, from the Wasrigel Alps, end of July." 



LUCTiFERELLUs, Hb. (25 mm). 



The anterior-wings are olive-brown, much darker in some specimens than iu 

 others, the white longitudinal stripe is once obliquely divided, the anterior portion 

 being short and narrow, apd increasing but little in width, the hinder part being of 

 a rhomboidal shape, the apical angle of which is very acute and the anal distinctly 

 toothed, beyond this is a white curved oblique line extending from the costa just in 

 front of the apex of the wing to the inner margin, the middle portion appearing in 

 some specimer.s as almost a continuation of the longitudinal stripe ; above the pos- 

 terior margin of the hind division, nearly touching the costa, is an irregular whitish 

 ■ mark ; there is also an indistinct white line between the stripe and the inner margin, 

 which (margin) is bordered by a white line once interrupted for about half its length. 

 The hind border is edged with black. 



Hind-wings greyish-brown, the fringes being of the same hue as the wings, with 

 a darker dividing line, the upper ones being aho intersected with white. 



Head, palpi, thorax, antennae and patagise olive-brown, and the body similar in 

 colour to the hind-wings. 



As the 9 differs somewhat from the ^ , it will be necessary to enumerate the 

 divergencies, which are as follows : 



The ground-colour is paler and the longitudinal stripe wider, the white of its 

 posterior division not unfrequently extending quite up to the inner margin, so that 

 this edge is distinctly bordered with white almost to the transverse curved line, 

 which is also wider than in the <? , the whitish mark by the costa is larger, and is 

 followed by another very indistinct one nearer the base of the wing. The fringes 

 are white, with a dark dividing line, those of the anterior-wings having dark intar- 

 sections. Head, and central part of thorax, white ; palpi brown, edged above with 

 white. The remainder is similar to the ^ . 



I have never taken thi.s verv handsome Cminbus mvself. All the 



