50 TINEID®. 
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medium lutea (ad dorsum latiore) saturate violaceo marginata. Exp. al. 
(sex) 6 lin. 
Head dark greyish-ochreous. Face silvery-grey. Antenne towards 
the base black, then white (in the ? the basal half is much thickened 
with violet-fuscous scales). Anterior wings yellow, with the base and 
numerous longitudinal streaks to the middle dark violet-fuscous; @ 
little beyond the middle is a slightly curved yellow fascia, broadest on 
the inner margin, bordered on each side by dark violet fasciee; the 
apical portion of the wing is yellow, with the veins and all the margins 
dark violet-fuscous; cilia dark violet-fuscous. Posterior wings dark 
purplish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 
. On chalky soils in the south of England; not uncommon in 
une. 
4. Degeerella, Linn. F. 8. 1393 (1761); Fab.; Lat.; Treit.; 
Step.; F.v. R. pl. 66; Dup.; Zell.; Zett.—Geerella, Hiib.— Degeerii, 
Haw.—Croesella, Scop.—striatella, Fab.— 9 Sultzella, Linn.?  Alis 
anticis ochreo-fuscis, obscure luteo-striatis, fascia postica lutea saturate 
violaceo-fusco marginata. Exp. al. (novem) 9 lin. 
Head dark yellow. Face silvery-violet. Antennze towards the base 
violet-fuscous, then white (in the ? the basal half is much thickened 
and violet-black). Anterior wings violet-fuscous, streaked with dingy- 
yellow, with a nearly straight bright yellow fascia, decidedly beyond the 
middle, slightly expanded on the inner margin, and bordered on each 
side with dark violet-fuscous; the apical portion of the wing is entirely 
violet-fuscous, except the space between the veins, which is frequently 
dark yellow; cilia dark violet-fuscous. Posterior wings dark violet- 
fuscous, with dark grey cilia. 
A common species in June in woods in the south of England; 
also at Keswick; generally flies in small companies of half-a- 
dozen (male) individuals. ‘The larva feeds in flat cases under 
fallen leaves on the wood anemone, and other low-growing plants, 
in the spring. 
5. viridella, Scop. I’. C. 250. 645 (1763); W.V.; Treit.; Step.; 
Zell. ; H.-S.—viridis, Haw.—vindella, Pab.—Sphingiella, Witb.— Reau- 
murella, Dup.; Clerck? lis anticis nitidis viridi-eneis, costa pone 
medium cupreo-tincta. Hxp. al. 7% lin. 
Head, face, and palpi black. Antennee white, towards the base 
spotted with black (in the the head is dark grey, and the slightly 
thickened antenne violet-black at the base). Anterior wings bright 
bronzy-green, with a slight coppery tinge along the costa beyond the 
middle; cilia bronzy-fuscous. Posterior wings dark violet-fuscous, 
with dark grey cilia. 
Abundant in most oak-woods; the males flying in little swarms 
of about twenty individuals round the ends of the oak-boughs ; at 
the end of May and beginning of June. 
