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a specimen was taken in a clover field near Brighton, flying 

 in the sunshine, by the Rev. Percy Andrews, on the 25th of 

 August, 1859. This specimen I have seen, carefully labelled, 

 in the collection of the late Rev. H. Burney. Stephens in 

 his ' ; Illustrations" states that two specimens were taken in 

 the metropolitan district and four more near Dover early in 

 the century. He intimates that the captors were unaware 

 of their rarity, saying that the specimens were "rescued 

 from oblivion by the late Mr. Stone." Mr. 0. W. Dale con- 

 firms the capture of four at Dover, saying that one of them 

 was actually captured by Mr. Stone in June 1825. One of 

 these is, I believe, in the collection of the late Mr. F. Bond, 

 in Mr. Sydney Webb's possession; apparently two others 

 came into the possession of the late Mr. Edwin Shepherd, 

 and are now in the collection of Dr. P. B. Mason at Burton- 

 on-Trent, with three more reputed British examples from the 

 cabinet of the late Mr. Edwin Brown. The above is all the 

 evidence that I can find for this insect as a British species. 

 Abroad it is widely distributed through Central and Southern 

 Europe, Northern Africa, Madeira, the Canaries, Armenia, 

 Asia Minor, India, and the mountainous regions of Central 

 Asia. 



3. A. venustula, Rilb.— Expanse f inch. Body slender, 

 fore wings shining rosy-white, with a large tawny blotch, 

 capped with black, arising from the dorsal margin, and a 

 similar cloud along the hind margin. Hind wings shining 

 greyish-white. 



Antennas of the male short, simple, minutely ciliated, light 

 brown; palpi short, pointed, curved up, narrowly tufted, 

 chocolate-brown; eyes large and prominent, black; head 

 rather smooth, purplish-brown ; collar dull brown edged with 

 white; thorax very small and slender, pink, with a small 

 crest tipped with chocolate ; fascicles small, white ; abdomen 

 very slender, shining pinkish-brown with a well-developed 

 light brown anal tuft. Fore wings rather ovate; costa 

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