BY E. MEYBICK, B.A. 657 



Epitymbia, which has a somewhat similar structure, it differs by 

 the separation of veins 7 aud 8 of forewings, and the absence of 

 a costal fold. 



The larvae feed in fruits, and the genus is indigenous in Europe 

 and North America ; the only species found in Australia has 

 been introduced together with the apple-tree, 



1. Carp, pomonella, L. 

 c? ? • 7£"-9". Head, palpi, and thorax dark greyish-fuscous, 

 slightly sprinkled with whitish. Antennae dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins whitish-tinged. Legs 

 whitish, anterior and middle tibiae and all tarsi dark fuscous with 

 slender whitish rings. Forewings moderately broad, posteriorly 

 ddated, costa hardly arched, hindmargin oblique, indented 

 beneath apex ; ashy-grey, with numerous irregular transverse 

 greyish-fuscous lines, coalescing to form a rather narrow trans- 

 verse band at one-third from base ; a moderately broad elongate- 

 ovate coppery-fuscous patch on anal angle, extending along 

 hindmargin nearly to apex, preceded and followed by a silvery- 

 metallic line, and containing two small silvery marks on anal 

 angle ; the anterior silvery line is preceded by a blackish streak, 

 extending from inner margin half-way across wing ; cilia silvery- 

 grey, towards base silvery-whitish, with a black basal line. 

 Hindwings fuscous-grey, apex rather darker ; cilia grey- whitish, 

 with a dark fuscous line near base. 



Described from Australian specimens. 



Common round Melbourne and elsewhere in Victoria, and 

 plentiful in Tasmania, where the larva causes considerable 

 damage in orchards ; I have also specimens from Wellington in 

 New Zealand, where it is probably of general occurrence ; taken 

 from October to December. 



11. Epitymbia, n. g. 



Thorax smooth. Antennae in male thickened, not ciliated. 

 Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint with appressed scales, 



