KNTOMOLOG1CAL CAHINET 



(ECOPHORA LINNEELLA. Latr. Leach. 



Sam. Steph. 



Glyphypteryx Linneella. Curtis, 



Phalaena Lineella. Clerck. 



Head, thorax and body very glossy, dull violaceous : 

 Antennas black, white at the apex : upper wings bright 

 orange, purple and metallic at the base and apex ; a 

 line on the costal edge interrupted in the middle ; a 

 small spot near the base and three raised silver spots 

 forming a triangle in the middle of each wing : lower 

 wings purple and slightly metallic, the fringe of all 

 the wings very long and blackish. Length from tip 

 to tip of the expanded wings from 5 to 6 lines. 



We are indebted to our esteemed friend, Mr. Win. 

 lientley for the loan of this splendid insect : he in- 

 formed us that specimens were taken last July on 

 willows in Battersea Fields. Clerck was the first 

 who figured and named it after the celebrated Linne, 

 and as it is exactly 100 years since this illustri- 

 ous Swede began his Lapland Tour, a brief biogra- 

 phical notice may be acceptable to some of our 

 young friends. "Charles Linnaeus, the most eminent 

 of modern naturalists, was born May 13th, old style, 

 1707. The family of Linnams had been peasants ; 

 but some of them, early in the 17th century, had 

 followed literary pursuits. In the beginning of that 

 century, regular and hereditary surnames were first 

 adopted in Sweeden. A remarkable Linden-tree, 

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