THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Vou. XVI.) APRIL, 288s: [No. 289. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF THE 
BRITISH PTEROPHORI. 
By Ricuarp Souru. 
(Continued from p. 29.) 
Oxyptiuus, Zell. 
teucru, Greening. 
(Puate II., Fie. 1.) 
Imaco.—Expanse, 9-10 lines. Fore wing dark brown, a_ few 
scattered whitish scales along the costa; midway between digital juncture 
and base of wing is an indistinct blackish spot; two slender white bands 
run through both digits, but these are only distinctly formed and 
conspicuous on the outer digit; the costa is margined with white from the 
posterior edge of second band to the tip of digit. Fringes brown; the 
apical fringes of outer digit are variegated with black and white; at the 
tip and angle of inner digit are small tufts of black scales, and between 
these tufts a nearly round patch of pure white; the fringes on the middle 
of inner margin of this digit are also white, with three small equidistant 
patches of black scales. Tip of outer digit acute, that of the inner subacute. 
Hind wing, shafts of feathers dark brown, fringes grey-brown ; third feather 
shorter, with a large patch of black and dark brown cilia towards the tip; 
this is followed by a few whitish cilia, and at the extreme tip is a small 
round black spot; there are also some whitish scales in the fringes between 
the brown patch and base of feather. Head and thorax colour of fore 
wing; abdominal juncture whitish. Abdomen and legs dark brown, 
variegated with white. July. 
Larva.—Length, 6 lines, attenuated posteriorly. Head smaller than 
2nd segment, yellowish green; the crown and sides mottled with dark 
violet-brown, and the mandibles pale reddish brown. Ground colour green, 
or yellowish with green tinge; a slender faint pink dorsal line, and 
broader palé rosy subdorsal line. Tubercles, two dorsal rows of brownish 
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