THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 13 
; ADELA. 
LAE CONTEST 
Vertex, upper portion of the face, palpi and a long streak on each 
side of the thorax under the wings brilliant golden ; lower portion of the 
face dark purple. @ with the basal half of the antennae dark purple, the 
remainder snowy white: in the ® only about the basal third is purple. 
Thorax above the wings and both pairs of the wings dark shining purple, 
the thorax and primaries with a golden gloss and appearing, according to 
the light, dull brown purple, violaceous, or golden; before the apex of the 
primaries are three narrow, and in some lights, indistinct fasciae, the color 
of which varies with the light and all of which are faintly dark margined 
both internally and externally ; the third fascia isat the apex. The fasciae 
when most distinct havea silvery lustre. 
Al. ex., À Yinch; © a little larger. Kentucky. 
A fresh or living specimen of this insect is a gorgeous creature, but 
after death the colors become dull. Iam not acquainted with the larva. 
The imago may be taken in May, feeding upon the flowers of the “Climb- 
ing Bittersweet” (Celastrus scandens), and a little later it is not uncommon 
resting upon leaves along paths or roadways through the woods. 
DICTE, ge. 707. 
Head, face as broad as the thorax ; head and face, basal joint of the 
antennae and first and second joints of the labial palpi clothed with long 
loose hair-like scales; antennae with the basal joint incrassate, stalk 
simple, reaching to the apex of the wings; maxillary palpi microscopic; 
labial palpi drooping (in the dead insect), the terminal joint projecting 
forwards and a little upward, and about two-thirds as long as the second 
joint. (If recurved the palpi would reach the vertex.) Tongue naked, 
rather longer than the thorax ; eyes globose, prominent. 
Wings deflexed ; anterior oblong ovate, obtusely pointed, with 
moderately long ciliae. The costal vein attains the margin about the 
middle. The subcostal curves gradually into the discal, giving off a long 
branch before the middle, a shorter one behind the middle, then a furcate 
one which curves upwards to the costal margin, whilst the apical branch 
also curves up from its junction with the discal vein to the margin just 
before the apex; the discal vein closes the discal cell and sends three 
branches to the posterior margin ; the median is straight to the discal, 
where it becomes furcate, both branches attaining the posterior margin; 
submedian simple. 
