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nicdinin lutra (;ut ilorsuiu latiorcj saturate violaceo marginata. E\p. al. 

 (•sY'.f) G liu. 



ilead dark ^reyisli-nclireous. Face silvery-grey. Aiitciiim;! towards 

 the base black, then white (in the ? the basal half is imich thickened 

 with violet-l'uscoiis scales). Anterior wings yellow, with the base and 

 nmncrous longitudinal streaks to the middle dark violet-fuscous; a 

 i'ltlle beyond the middle is a slightly curved yellow fascia, broadest on 

 the inner margin, li()rd('red on each side by dark violet fasci;e ; the 

 apical portion of the wiug is yellow, with the veins and all the margins 

 dark violet -fuscous ; cilia dark violet-fuscous. Posterior wings dark 

 ]Hir])lish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 



On chalky soils in the south of England; not uncounnon in 

 ,lune. 



I Q. t. Degeerella, Linn. F. S. lo".io (1701); Fab.; Lat. ; Treit. ; 

 Stej). ; F. V. E.. pi. G6 ; IHip. ; Zell. ; Zett. — G'(WY'//f/, Hill). — Uajeerii, 

 Haw. — Croesclld, Se(i[).- — driatcllti, Faix — $ SiiJt:eUa, Linn.? Alls 

 anticis ochreo-fuscis, obscure luteo-striatis, fascia y;os//m lutca saturate 

 violaceo-fusco mai'ginata. Exp. al. {iiovem) i) lin. 



Head dark yellow. Face silvery-violet. Autennre towards the l)ase 

 violet-fuscous, then white (in the $ the basal half is nuieh thickeneil 

 and violet-black). Anterior wings violet-fuscous, streaked with dingy- 

 yellow, with a nearly straight bright yellow fascia, dccidedli/ beyond the 

 middle, slightly exiianded on the inner margin, and bortlered on each 

 side with dark violet-fuscous ; tlie a})ical portion of the wing is entirely 

 violet-fuscous, except the space between the veins, which is frecpiently 

 dark yellow ; cilia dark violet-fuscous. Posterior wings dark violet- 

 fuscous, with dark grey cilia. 



A common s]iccics in June in woods in the south of England; 

 also at Keswick ; generally Hies in small companies of half-a- 

 dozen (male) individuals. The larva feeds in iiat cases under 

 fallen leaves on the wood anemone, and other low-growing plants, 

 in the spring. 



-C 5. viridella, Sco]). F. C. 250. GJS (17G3) ; W. V. ; Treit. ; Step.; 

 Zell. ; 11. -S. — virldh. Haw. — v'uuMla, Fab. — SjdiiiH/lclId, II lib. — Rcriu- 

 ifiiircUd, Dup. ; Clerck? Alls anticis niiidi-'i vb-idl-a'iici.s, costa pone 

 ]ucdium cupreo-tincta. Exp. al. 7i lin. 



Head, face, and palpi black. Antenna' white, towards the base 

 spott('(l with black (in the $ the head is dark grey, ami tlie slightly 

 thickened autenuai viol(;t-black at the base). Anterior wings brhjlit 

 Iji-oiKif-i/reoi, with a slight coppery tinge along the costa beyond the 

 middle; cilia bnmzy-fuscous. Postc'rior wings dark violet -I'uscous, 

 with dark grey cilia. 



Abundant in most oak-woods; the males Hying in little swainis 

 (if about twenty individuals roiuul the ends of ilie oak-houghs; at 

 tluj end of May aiui beginning of June. 



