03 HYPONOMEUTID.-E. 



The species of this genus^ many of wliicli are higlily beautiful, 

 seem exclusively attached to the Boraginca, on which their larvse 

 feed. One species, A. hqmncteUa, is known to be double-brooded, 

 but others probably have also two generations in the year. 



Of the four British species, two remain at present extremely 

 rare, though by no means scarce on the continent, where a fifth 

 species also occurs. 



1. pusiella, Eocmer, G. I. 22. pi. 23. f. 9 (1789); Panzer; Go- 

 dart ; Cm't. ; Step. ; Dup. — sequella, VV. V. — LltJiosj)ermeUa, Hiib. ; 

 Treit. — scalella, Zell. ; Scop. ? Alls auticis albis, vUla media irregii- 

 lari nigra, f[uasi maculis tribns utrinque conflucntibus, uiaciilis puuc- 

 tisque nigris, abdominc albo. Exp. al. 13i lin. 



Head and face wliite. Palpi white ; the Ijase of the second and 

 terminal joints black. Antenna' dark luscous. Anterior wings white, 

 ivilh an irregular blaclc streak running along the middle of the wing, from 

 the base of the costa to near the hinder mnrgiu ; its irregular form ap- 

 pears to arise from three pair of spots being attached to it, of which those 

 towards the costa are placed posteriorly to the others ; near the costa 

 towards the base is an oblong black spot, and a small round black 

 spot lies beyond and below it ; in the middle of the costa is a black 

 blotch, and beyond the middle are two small black spots obliquely 

 ])laccd, and beyond them are three black spots obliquely placed ; near 

 the inner margin towards the base, and below the fold towards the 

 middle, are two other black spots ; the binder margin and apex of the 

 costa are spotted with black ; cilia white, with a black dash imme- 

 diately below the apex. Posterior wings pale fuscous ; towards the 

 inner margin white; cilia white. Abdomen white. 



Jh'itish specimens are cxtrcnnely rare; the insect appears in 

 June and -Inly; the larva feeding on Llthospermum and Fnlmo- 

 naria in May. 



2. bipunctella, Pab. S. E. 668. 7 {\lir,).—EcJ,ieIIa, W. V. ; 

 lliib.; (jiodart; (Au't. ; Trcit. ; Step.; Dup.; Zell. — Ilocliemcartiella, 

 Rossi. Alis anticis costani versus saturate fuscis, dorsum versus albis, 

 margine postico, apiceque costixi nigro-punctatis, atjdomine tiiteo. Exp. 

 al. ill lin. 



Head and fiicc white. Palpi black ; terminal joint white. Antcnnre 

 fuscous. Anterior wings dark fuscous along the costa ; along the inner 

 margin Khite, with two dark fuscous spots in the fold, one before and 

 one iu the middle, attached to the dark half of the wing; beyond the 

 nnddle the white projects a little into the dark fuscous, but immedi- 

 ately beyond is again a dark fuscous projection into the white ; the 

 hinder margin and apex of the costa, which latter is white, are spotted 

 with I)laek; ciHa whitish, with a dark fuscous dash immediately below 

 the apex. Posterior wings whitish-grey, with paler cilia. Abdomen 

 dirty yellow. 



