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6. cuprella, Fab.; Treit.; Dup.; Zell.; Sta.; H.-S.; W.V.? 
Hiib.? Step.P—@ eneella, Zett.— 9 crinitella, Zett.—Reaumurella, 
Linn. ? Alis anticis viridi-eneis, cupreo-violaceo-tinctis, preecipue cos- 
tam et marginem posticum versus. xp. al. 74 lin. 
Head, face, and palpi black (in the @ ferruginous). Antenne white, 
towards the base spotted with black. Anterior wings bronzy-green, 
with a coppery-violet tint, especially towards the costa and hinder mar- 
gin; cilia bronzy-fuscous. Posterior wings dark purplish-fuscous, with 
slightly paler cilia. 
Appears at the end of April, frequenting the sallows while in 
bloom; occurs on Wimbledon Common. 
Genus XIV. NEMOTOIS. 
Nemorots, Zell.; Dup. Cat. Alucita p., Fab. Capillaria p., Haw. 
Adela p., Treit.; Curt.; Step.; Dup. L. F.; Zett. Zpityphia et 
Nemotois p., Wiib. 
Caput superne hirsutum, epistomio levigato. Ocelli nulli. Palpi maxil- 
lares nulli. Palpi labiales cylindrici, infra hirsuti, 9 breviores. 
Haustellum mediocre. Oculi f magni, approwimati ; 2 minores, valde 
distantes. Antenne corpore multo longiores, basim versus incrassatee, 
ac plerumque barbate; 9 breviores. Ale anteriores oblonge ; venis 
quinque in marginem posticum exeuntibus. Ale posteriores ob- 
longo-ovatee medioeriter ciliate. 
Head above hairy; the face smooth. Ocelli none. Maxillary palpi 
none. Labial palpi cylindric, beneath hairy (in some species extremely 
so), in the 9 shorter. Tongue of moderate length. Eyes of the ¢ large 
and approximating, of the 2 smaller and remote. Antenne very con- 
siderably longer than the body, thickened towards the base, and not 
unfrequently with projecting scales; in the 2 shorter. Anterior wings 
oblong. Posterior wings oblong-ovate, with moderate cilia. From the 
discoidal cell of the anterior wings, five veins run into the hinder margin. 
The perfect insects of this genus are mostly splendid beyond 
description ; they frequent flowers in the sunshine. Of the habits 
and food of the larva nothing is known; the acuminate, elongate 
abdomen of the ¢ of NW. Scabiosel/us would imply that the eggs 
were deposited 2 some substance, and Zeller has observed them 
boring into the flowers of Scabiosa arvensis (as though with a 
view of depositing their eggs there). 
The genus is susceptible of subdivision, from the structure of 
the abdomen of the 2. The British species may be easily dis- 
tinguished as follows :— 
a. Abdomen of the 2 very narrow; the terminal half nearly bare. An- 
terior wings with no dark fascia; yellowish-bronze. Species 1. 
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