18G AROYRF.STHTD.E. 



Not uncommon among junipers^ at tlic end of June and begin- 

 ning of J uly. 



13. dilectella, Zell. L. E. ii. 273 (1817) ; Sta. Alis anticis ni- 

 tidis dilate aiircin, dUiUimiue vlolaceo-tnijfims, dorso ad basim albo, 

 striis duabus e basi distinctius aureis, macula transversali dorsali poue 

 medium maculisque duabus costiB fuscis, puucto apicis atro. Exp. al. 

 4i lin. 



Head, face, and palpi white. Auteima^ white, aunulated witli dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen rufous. Anterior wings shining pale (jolden, icilh 

 a faint violet tint ; tlie base of the inner margin is white; two streaks 

 from the base, one near the inner margin, the other near the costa ex- 

 teudiug to the middle of the wing are more distinctly golden ; beyond 

 the middle of the inner margin is a fuscous spot reaching nearly half 

 across the wing, and at the anal angle is a smaller fuscous spot ; a little 

 before the middle of the costa is a snudl fuscous spot, and a larger one 

 a little beyond the middle, which almost meets the larger spot from the 

 inner margin ; two small fuscous spots lie on the costa iunnediately 

 before the apical black spot ; edia pale yellowish-grey. Posterior wings 

 pale grey, with paler cilia. 



Very comnion among jnniper-buslies in July. Mr. Logan met 

 witli the larva last sninmcr. 



11. Andereggiella (F. v. R.), Dup. L. E. xi. 409. pi. 305. f. 9 

 (1838); F. V. R. pi. 7t. f. 2; Zell.; Sta.—/". V-ella, Haw.; Step. 

 Alis anticis albis, macula transversali quadrata in medio dorsi, postiee 

 ad costam oblique producta, fascia tcnui obli(|ua a})icem versus, striolam 

 in apieeni emittente aureo-brunneis. Exp. al. .5 lin. 



llead, face, and ))alpi white. Antenute white, annulated with dark 

 fuscous. Anterior wings white, with an oblong transverse dark golden- 

 brown spot on the middle of the inner margin, the posterior angle of 

 which is ])roduced obliquely to the costa, where it meets a slender 

 oblique golden-brown fascia, from which a streak proceeds to the apex 

 of the wing ; cilia at the apex golden-brown, at the anal angle pale 

 grey. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Occurs among wild apple-bushes in July and August. 



15. curvella, Lin. F. S. 1387 (1761); Step.; Sta. — <:'?</-m. Haw. 

 —CorneUa, J'ab. ; Treit. ; F. v. P. pi. 1 5. f. 3 ; Dup. ; Zell. L. E. ii.— 

 sjmnella, Zell. Isis, 1839. Alis anticis ?^/rm, /rt.vco-retieulatis, prie- 

 cipue eostam versus, niacula ])arva dorsi ante medium, maculacpie ma- 

 jori! obli([ua dorsi poue medium saturate J'liscis, nebula postica cost;c, 

 macula(|U(; ex angulo anali in apicem desinentc /«a'c/.s ; capillis nlljis. 

 I'jxp. al. 5.\ lin. 



llead, face, and ])alpi udtite. Antcun;e white, amudated with dark 

 fuscous. Anterior wings wliite, reticidated \\\i\\fn.scons, especially along 

 the costa, with a snudl dark fuscous spot on the inner margin bdbre 

 the nuddh;, and a larger oblicpudy-placed dark fuscous s[)ot beyond the, 

 middle of the inner margin ; opposite the latter is a fuscous blotch on 



