LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
501 
North America, 
26. Adela purpurea. 
Mas. Obscure purpurea ; caput pilosissimum ; antennce alis an - 
dels plus duplo longiores ; alee andcee cupreo consperste , fascia 
exteriore angusta lineaque submarginali transversa arcuata 
albis ; posticce cupreee . 
Male. Dark purple. Head very pilose. Antennae much more 
than twice longer than the fore wings. Fore wings with cupreous 
spangles ; a narrow white band beyond the middle, and with a sub- 
apical transverse curved white line. Hind wings cupreous. Length 
of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 
a. St. Martin’s Falls, Albany River, Hudson’s Ray. Presented by 
Dr. Barnston. 
27. Adela belle la. 
Fcem. Purpureo-cuprea ; caput luteum ; antennce corpore multo 
longiores , apices versus albidce ; alee anticce fascia aurato-flava 
cyaneo marginata , spado interiore auralo lineis cyaneis aut 
purpureis , lineis exterioribus auratis . 
Female. Purplish cinereous. Head luteous. Antennae stout, 
whitish towards the tips, much longer than the body. Fore wings 
with a bright gilded yellow exterior band, bordered with blue ; inte- 
rior space gilded, with four blue or purple stripes ; exterior space 
with eight gilded stripes. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the 
wings 9 lines. 
Closely allied to A. Degeerella. 
a. St. Martin’s Falls, Albany River, Hudson’s Bay. Presented by 
Dr. Barnston. 
South Africa. 
28. Adela albicornis. 
Mas. Cupreo-purpurea ; palpi pilosissimi , capitis ladtudine 
paullo longiores ; alee andcee fascia media guttaque costali 
exteriore flavis. 
Male. Cupreous-purple. Palpi black, thickly clothed with 
long hairs, a little longer than the breadth of the head. Antennae 
white, more than twice longer than the fore wings. Fore wings 
with a yellow middle band, and with a yellow costal dot beyond 
