840 CATALOGUE OF 



6. GlYPHYPTERYX? PERORNATELLA. 



Mas. Viridis, micans, sat robusta; caput antice cyaneum; abdo- 

 men ochraceum, basi fasciaque subapicali ochraceis ; alee 

 anticce apices versus aurato-ochracece, guttis quatuor cupreis 

 micantibus ; postica purpurece. 



Male. Brilliant metallic-green, smooth, squamous, rather 

 stout. Head bright blue in front. Palpi yellowish, decumbent, 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, shorter 

 than the second. Antennae rather stout. Abdomen bright ochra- 

 ceous, cupreous at the base, and with a cupreous subapical band, 

 pale gilded beneath. Legs cupreous ; spurs short ; joints of the 

 tarsi with pale gilded tips. Fore wings gilded ochraceous towards 

 the tips, with four glittering cupreous dots, two submarginal and 

 two marginal. Hind wings purple. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 11 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



Australia. 

 7. Glyphypteryx Sabella. 

 Sabella, Nwm. 

 Australia. 



8. Glyphypteryx receptella. 



Mas. Cupreo-cervina ; caput subaurato-albidum ; abdomen ock- 

 raceum, apicem versus cupreo-cervinum ; pedes aurato-jlavi ; 

 alee anticce angustce, vix acutce, lineis tribus basalibus albis, 

 fascia exteriore lata aurato-Jlava guttam auratam micantem 

 includente, strigulis duabus transversis pallide jlavis, apice 

 cupreo. 



Male. Cupreous fawn-colour, pale gilded yellow beneath. 

 Head whitish, slightly gilded. Antennae slender. Abdomen 

 ochraceous, extending much beyond the hind wings, cupreous fawn- 

 colour towards the tip. Legs pale gilded yellow, smooth, slender. 

 Wings narrow ; fringe very long. Fore wings hardly acute, with 

 three slender longitudinal white lines near the base ; a broad pale 

 gilded yellow exterior band, which includes a glittering gilded dot 

 near the interior border, and extends nearly to the cupreous tip ; 



