176 OLYPHIl'TEHYGID.'E. 



curved white streak on the middle of the inner margin ; beyond are 

 five short wliite streaks from the, costa with silvery apices, and a small 

 white streak from the anal angle with its apex silvery ; above the anal 

 angle are three silvci'y-violet spots, and in the apex of the wing is a round 

 black spot, with a ailvenj pupil ; above this a little black hook projects 

 through the cilia ; cilia dark brown, the tips whitish. Posterior wings 

 greyish-brown, with paler cilia. 



Taken by Mr, Weir, near PemLury, in June, among Eupato- 

 rlnm cannallnuhi. 



6. Fischeriella, Zell. Isis, 1839. p. 20]^.—ROsIerstammeUa,Y.v.'R. 

 {desiderdla), pi. 83. f. 3 ; Dup. — desidrratella, Dup. — Forsterella, Step.? 

 —Forsierella, var. ^. Haw. ? — simjjUcella, Step. ? — cognatdla. Step. ? 

 — equittdta, Dup. ? — -J^cJimieUa, Dup. ? Alis anticis saturatissime (eneo- 

 griseis, strigulis quinrpie costaj, duabus dorsi (prima in medio curvata), 

 albis, apicibus argenteis, macida supra angulum analem violacea, puncto 

 apicis atro. Exp. al. 3^—1 lin. 



Head and face dark fuscous. Palpi white, with four black rings. 

 Antennae fuscous. Anterior wings very dark hroiizy-gnn/, with two 

 white streaks on the inner margin, the first near the middle curved and 

 pointing towards the apex of the wing, the second at the anal angle 

 short and nearly straight ; on the costa are five white streaks, the first 

 about the middle, placed obliquely pointing towards the anal angle, 

 the second is less obliquely placed, and the other three are shorter and 

 nearly straight ; all these streaks have their apices silvery ; above the 

 anal angle is a violet spot, and at the apex of the wing is a round black 

 spot, above which is a little black hook projecting through the cilia ; 

 cilia dark brown, the tips whitish. Posterior wings violet-grey, with 

 paler cilia. 



From May to July, this sjjccies is frequently abundant among 

 jiowers, in most localities. 



Genus IV. -flSCHMIA. ^ Yl • "2-^" 



-C- 



yEchiiia p., Zell. Isis, 1839. p. 203. 



Capilli depressi. Prons lata. Ocelli nuUi. Antenna:; crassiitsculce, 

 filiformcs (microsco]K> pubesccntes), articulo basali brevi. Haustel- 

 luni subnuUum. Palpi niaxillares filiformcs, conniventes. Palpi 

 labiales breves, pcnduli, filiformcs, articulo tertio distineto aeuminato. 

 Alaj longe ciliatcC, anteriores latiuscidcs ciliis valdc dilatat;ie, dorso 

 deidem squahiarum (jcrente, posteriores lanceolato-ovatie ; anteriores : 

 ccUula discoidalis ol)tusa, secundaria nulla ; vena apicalis furcata, 

 infra cam 5 valdc distautes ; submcdiana vix incrassata ; subdorsalis 

 loiigc furcata; posteriores: celiula costalis elongata, angusta; vena 

 apicalis simplex, infra cam vena; dutr discrcttc ; vcmc discoidalis 

 rami duo ultimi separati. 



