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The above insufficient description was taken some time since, and I have not 

 had an opportunity of correcting it recently. 



Also an insect of extreme rarity, and of which two examples only 

 have yet been observed by me; one was taken near Dover by the 

 late Rev. J. Lyon, and is now in the British Museum ; the other 

 was found, I believe, in the vicinity of the metropolis, and at present 

 forms a prominent ornament of a collection at Manchester, having- 

 been rescued from oblivion by Mr. Ingpen. 



Sp. 9. chrysitis. AKs ant ids dilute fuscis,fasciis duabvs orichalceis, quandoque 



medio conjluentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 — 6 lin.) 

 Ph. No. chrysitis. Liiine. — PL chrysitis. Stej:)!!. Catal.part W.p. 106, No. 6383. 



Albin, pi. hiyii.f. a — d. 



Head orange-yellow : thorax the same in the centre, but more dusky, with its 

 sides mixed with brownish and gray: anterior wings pale fuscous, with a 

 golden-green fascia near the base, and a second of similar hue, and broader, 

 placed obliquely behind the middle, very often united between the stigmata 

 and the inner margin by a longitudinal patch to the anterior one ; the margins 

 of the stigmata and the nervures at the apex, as well as a fine line on the 

 hinder margin of the wing itself, are of a deeper fuscous than the ground 

 colour of the wing ; cilia of a reddish-brown : posterior wings fuscous, with 

 rufescent cilia : abdomen yellowish-brown, with its sides and anal tuft ru- 

 fescent. 



The metallic fasciae on the anterior wings vary considerably in colour; in some 

 examples they are of a greenish hue, in others of an orange or gold colour, 

 or brassy. 



Caterpillar green, with a white lateral line, and faint oblique whitish streaks 

 above ; it feeds on various plants, as nettles, burdock, thistles, &c. : the pupa 

 is enclosed in a delicate reticulated foUiculus : — the imago appears towards the 

 end of June, and frequents weedy banks in lanes. 



A common and elegant species, frequenting weedy hedges, where 

 nettles abound, the borders of woods, gardens, meadows, lawns, &c., 

 throughout the metropolitan district. " Epping." — Mr. H. Double- 

 day. " Netherton."— r. C. Heysham, Esq. " Netley."— jReu. F. 

 W. Hope. 



Sp. 10. orichalcea. Alls anticis fusco-purpurascentibus postice pallidioribus, 

 macula magnCi postica trapeziformi orichalcea. (Exp. alar, 1 unc. 8 — 10. lin.) 



No. orichalcea. Fabricius. — PI. orichalcea. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 106. No. 

 6384.— Ph. No, aerifera. Sowerby, pi. 29. 



Head and thorax tawny-brown or griseous, with the sides of the latter slightly 

 violaceous; anterior wings of a purphsh-brown, the base and apex rather paler, 

 with a large trapeziform golden patch on the hinder margin, near the costa. 



