LKPTOOERID^.. — LEFTOCERUS. 197 ' 



Sp. 8. aureus. Niger, cano pilosus, antennis albo annulatis, alls anticis aureo- 

 sericeis, posticis griseis, iridescentibus, pedilus pallidis, tar sis albis brunneo- 

 annulatis. (Long. coqi. 3 lin.; Long. Ant. 10 lin.; Exp. Alar. 10 — 11 lin.) 



Lep. tarsalis. Steph. Catal. 319. No. 3641. — Mys. aurea. Fictet, p. 162. 

 pi. xm.f. 1 



Black, clothed above with a hoary down ; palpi griseous ; antennae annulated 

 with black and white ; anterior wings thickly covered with a short golden 

 pile, with a brighter spot towards the apex of the inner margin; posterior 

 griseous and iridescent ; legs dull ochreous, with the tips of the tibiae brown ; 

 tarsi white, annulated with brown. 



Also taken near London, and obtained from the Marshamian 

 Collection. 



Sp. 9. annulatUs. Niger, alts brunneis, maculis liolosericeo-fulvesceniibus 

 ornaiis, palpis, pedlbus, antennisqiie brunneis, his albo subannulatis, (Long, 

 corp. 3 lin.; Long. Ant. 9 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 10 — 11 lin.) 



Phr. annulata. Gmelin, p. 2367. — Lep. subannulatus. Steph. Catal. 319. 

 N'o. 3642, 



Deep black : antennae slender, above twice the length of the wings, brown, 

 annulated with white at the base, indistinctly so at the apex ; palpi and 

 legs brown; hinder tibiae obscure; anterior wings brown, glossy, and 

 adorned with a few yellowish hairs, forming rather ill-defined spots ; cilia 

 black ; posterior wings griseous, with fuscous cilia. 



Obtained from Marsham's cabinet : locality unknown. 



Sp. 10. dissimilis. Fulvo-ochraceus, oculis nigris, antennis albidis, hrunneo 

 annulatis, alis anticis griseo-ochraceis, immaculatis, posticis hyalinis concinne 

 iridescentibus. (Long. corp. 3 lin. ; Long. Ant. 8 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 8^ — 9 lin.) 



Lep. dissimilis. Steph. Catal. 319. No. 3637. 



Bright tawny-ochreous, inclining to ferruginous on the thorax ; eyes black ; 

 antennae whitish, annulated with brown: anterior wings griseous-ochre, 

 immaculate ; posterior very transparent and beautifully iridescent ; abdomen 

 greenish-brown ; legs pale ochreous. 



Common, at Hertford, in June ; also found in other places within 

 the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 11. bimaculatus. Niger, alis fuscis, anticis macula laterali duplici Jlava, 

 aut grised. (Long. corp. 2| lin. ; Long. Ant. 7 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 9 lin.) 



Phr. bimaculata. Linne. — Lep. bimaculata. Steph. Catal. 320. No. 3645. 

 Black : antennae black, faintly annulated with whitish towards the base ; wings 

 fuscovis, anterior with a lunate yellowish or griseous spot about the middle 



