ADELA. -ty 



T})is i^-ouiis ccrtaitily rcqiiins subdivision, Imrdly two species 

 showing an entire aecordnnee ; the British s])ecies may be arranged 

 in tlie Ibllowing table : — 



a. Antenna^ not much longer than tlu; body, in botli sexes nearly of 

 equal length. Faec rougldy haired nearly to the mouth. Species 1. 

 ' a. Antenna! considerably longer than the body, in the ? generally 

 shorter than the ^ . Ymv, at least l)eneatli, clothed with smooth 

 scales. 

 d. Head densely haired. Anteniue of the $ nearly as long as in the 



(J ; only the lower part of the lace smooth. Species 2. 

 d h. Head tiiinly haired. Antenna; of the J n-nj long, of the ? much 



shorter. l''aec quite smooth. S])eeics 3, \. 

 (I It (I. Autenuie long, in the $ shorter, i'aee and legs of the (^ very 

 hairy. 

 c. Tongue and basal joint of the anteniue of the (^ very hairy. The 



basal half of the antenn:e of the ? nnieh thickened ; face of the ? 



smooth. Species 5. 

 c c. Tongne and basal joint of the antenna^ in the (^ not hairy. 



The basal half of the antenna' of tiie ? not tlnekened ; face of 



the $ liairy. Species (i. 

 Several olher species arc known on llie continent. 



1. Fibulslla, W.Y. 113. 33 (177G); Dup. ; II.-S.; Zell. ;Fab.? (Jf.]T^ ^^ 

 — TrhcIiU, Haw. — Latn'llhlhi, Step.? Alis antieis cupreo-fuseis, ma- 

 cula dorsi pone medimn transversa dilute lutca. Exp. al. \\ lin. 



Head, face, and jjalpi black. Antenn;^ black, the last fourth white. 

 Anterior wings cop^iery-fuscous, with a pah; yellowish spot near the 

 base, not touching cither margin (sometimes wanting), and on the 

 inner margin beyond the middle a transvcrrse pale yellowish spot, fre- 

 (piently reacliing more than half across the wing; cilia coj)pery-fuscou3. 

 Posterior wings dark violet -fuscous, with paler cilia. 



Abundant in Afay and .lunc on the llowers of Veronica Chn- 

 iihalr^s. 



■2. rufimitrella, Scoji. V. C. 2:A. G19 (1703); Zcll. L. E. viii. 

 — Frisrht'lhi, Hiib. ; Treit. ; Hu]). : /ell. Isis, 1839. — Ih'ainuurdlri, 

 Step.? Alis antieis saturate viridi-;eneis, costam versus pauUulum cu- 

 preo-tinctis. Exp. al. I.\ b'n. 



Head behind greyisli-oehreous ; in front and the face dark fuscous, 

 inclining to black. Antenna" purplish-black. Anterior wings dark 

 bronzy-green, towards the costa rather coppery ; cilia bronzy-grey. 

 Posterior wings wings dark violet-fuscous, with (hn-k grey cilia. 



Common in May, in meadows, on the ilowers of ('(trthimine 

 pratenHh. 



3. Sulzella, W. Y. 113.21 (1770); Hiib.; Treit.; Step.; Hup. 

 —S/dL~ii, U-dw.— S/ii;cricI/a, H.-S. ; 'ML—Poc/m-l/a, Hon.; Limi.? 

 Alis antieis luteis, saturate violaceo-fusco striatis, fascia paullidum pone 



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