214 LEP1D0PTERA. 



(B. algae, Fab. — This species has the fore wings dark 

 smoky-brown or smoky-black, marbled with green and olive- 

 green, the base, and sometimes one or two blotches beyond 

 the middle, pale green ; hind wings smoky-white. 



In the year 1859 a short announcement was made that two 

 specimens had been taken in the Manchester district in July 

 of that year. These two examples appear to have been 

 brought by a workman, alive, to the late Mr. Joseph Side- 

 botham ; and they are still, I believe, in his collection in the 

 possession of his son, Mr. J. W. Sidebotham, M.P. No other 

 case of the occurrence of the species in these Islands is 

 known, and it can only be supposed that these two specimens 

 were by some accidental means introduced. It is common in 

 Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor, and Armenia.) 



Genus 96. PHYTOMETRA. 



Antennas faintly ciliated ; eyes naked, without lashes ; 

 thorax smooth, not crested ; abdomen short, smooth, without 

 crests ; fore wings short and small, bluntly trigonate ; hind 

 wings narrow, yet with a wide cell and the cross-bar long ; 

 vein 5 curved and arising near to vein 4, but strong, distinct, 

 and filling out its portion of the margin. 



We have but one species. 



1. P. senea, Hub. ; viridaria, Steed. Cat. — Expanse f to 

 f inch. Body short and rather thick ; fore wings dull brown 

 or yellow-brown, with a faint olive tint, usually with two 

 broad oblique dull crimson or purple transverse stripes. 

 Hind wings dull smoky-brown. 



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

 brown ; palpi small, slender, blackish-brown, the apical joint 

 pointed and distinct ; eyes naked, black ; head rather tufted, 

 olive-brown ; collar black-brown with a purple tinge ; re- 

 mainder of the thorax smooth olive-brown ; fascicles similar ; 

 abdomen smooth, tapering, yellow-brown dusted with darker, 



