288 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Chamcteis of 



1st Division. No metallic spots on the superior wings. — PI. 

 illustris — modesta — consona — cerca. 



2nd. Upper wings with larger or smaller metallic spots of 

 undefined forms. — PI. orichalcea — c/uysitis — aurifera — 

 bractea — cemula^fcstuccc. 



3rd. Upper wings with small metallic spots in the form of 

 letters or accents, and the lower wings gray. — PI. mya — 

 chalsytis — iota — gamma — iii — interrogatio7iis — accentifera — 

 circumflexa. 



4th. Upper wings as in the third division, but the lower dull 

 yellow, with dark margins. — PI. aiii — microgramma — di- 

 vergens. 



The species, triplasia, asclepiadis, consona, modesta, and illus- 

 tris, were originally arranged by Ochsenheimer in a sepa- 

 rate genus, which he called Abrostola. He, however, as his 

 successor informs us, after the publication of the Systema 

 Glossatorum Europcc, in his 4th volume, united them to his 

 Plitsi(E, in which arrangement he has been followed by 

 M.Treitschke. Stephens (Syst. Cat. ii. p. lOi.) has revived 

 the genus ^6/-05^o/a (also adopted by Samouelle, Compend. 

 p. 252) for the reception of the British species, triplasia^ 

 asclepiadis, urticce ? and illustris. 



Fam. a. Species. Icon. 



l.FlAmet/iystina, Hiib.... Hlib. Noct. tab.130. f. 597. (mas.) 

 Fam. B. 598. (fcem.) 



2.FL Triplasia, Linn Ernst,VIII. pi. cccxxxii. f. 578. 



3. — Asclepiadis, Fab Hiib. Noct. tab. 55. f. 268. (foem.) 



tab. 137. f. 626. (mas.) 



^.— Urticce, Hiib Hiib. Noct. tab. 137. f. 625. (mas.) 



Fam. C. 



5.FlCelsia, Linn Ernst, Suppl.pl. viii. f. 262. a— d. 



Fam. D. 



6.FlConso?ia, Fab Hiib. Noct. tab. 56. f.273. (fcem.) 



7. — Modesta, Hiib Hiib. Noct. tab. 76. f. 354. (fcem.) 



8.— Illustris, Fab Ernst, VIII. pi. cccxxxiii.f. 583. 



Fam. E. 



9.FlDeaurata, Esper.*... Hiib. Noct. tab. 59. f. 189. 



10. — Mo?ieta, Fab.* Ernst, VIII. pi. cccxxxiv. f. 584. 



11. — Concha, Fab* Ernst, VIII. pi. cccxxxv. f. 587. 



12. — Chalsytis, Hiib Ernst, VIII. pi. cccxxxiv. f.586. 



13. — Festucce, Linn Ernst, VIII. pi. cccxxxiv. f. 585. 



14. PI. Auri- 



• CHRYS0PTERA,Latr. — Duponch. — " Palpi very long, curved above the 

 head and very much surpassing it. — AntenncB filiform in both sexes. — 

 Thorax with two tufts of hair at the base. — Superior and posterior angles 

 of the upper tvings very acute, and slightly curved. Abdomen crested on 



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