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Palpi supra nigri, subtus fulvi : antennae cceruleo-nigrae : thorax 

 cceruleo-niger : pectus macula magna laterali fulva : abdomen 

 coeruleo-nigrum, cingulo coccineo : femora nigra: tibiae nigrae : 

 tarsi cinerescentes aut fulvescentes, apicibus nigricantibus : ala; 

 anticae supra versus basin fulvae, venis marginibus fasciaque 

 transversa nigris. 



Habitat in Anglia: larva subpubescens, sordide alba capita fus- 

 cescente, sub corticem Pruni domestici et Pyri mali victitat : 

 imago in floribus praesertim Viburni opuli. 



Genus VI. Paranthrene, Hubner. 



Palpi elongati, subtus quasi angulati : antennae thorace paulo bre- 

 viores, maris bipectinatae : abdomen crassum, vix barbatum. 

 This genus differs also in having the anterior wings covered 

 with scales, and consequently opaque ; whereas, in every other 

 genus, they have an appearance of transparency: in the ap- 

 proaching genus, Pyropteron, that appearance is nearly lost. 

 Say, in his American Entomology,^ asserts that the opaque or 

 hyaline wings are merely a sexual distinction, — an assertion in 

 which facts certainly will not bear him out : and M. Laspeyres 

 suggests that all the A^geriidce have their wings more or less 

 clothed on leaving the chrysalis,"^ — a suggestion by no means 

 necessary, as the existence of perfectly hyaline wings is well 

 established among the Papiliones, Sphinges, 8fc. 



Sp. 1. Paran. Vespiformis. Palpi nigri apice fluvi, abdo- 

 men nigrum, maris cingidis quinque, feminae tribus Jlavis. 

 Vespiformis. Linn. Sijst. Nat. II. p. 804. n. 31. 

 Asiliformis. Fab. Bork. V. T. V. Fuesslin. Hub. Esp. Pap. 

 d'Europ. Haw. Lasp. Ochs. &c. 

 Id. Steph. III. {Haust.) Vol. I. p. 139. Sp. I. 



CEstriformis. Kirby and Spence, Int. to Ent. Vol. I. Tab. 3. 

 Fig. 2. 



Palpi basi nigri, apice flavi : antennae nigrae, subtus testaceae, basi 

 flavas : thorax' niger, collari, litura laterali, punctoque ad alarum 

 anticarum basin flavis : abdomen nigrum, maris cingulis quinque 

 flavis alternis angustioribus : femince cingulis tribus, sequidis 

 tantibus flavis : barba vix conspicua atra, pilis aliquot flavis : 



' Vid. Say's American Entomology, Vol. I. plate 19. 



" Al(B specierum plurimarum, imo 7it opinor omnium, dum pupam relinquunt, minime 

 hyalina, sed polline subtillissimo, facile detergendo, adspersee sunt. Laspeyres, 

 Sesite Eiiropece. p. 3, nota, [6.] 



