470 TORTRICINA [i'amplu.sia 



1. P. pauperana, Dap. 1 3-1 6 uini. Forewings white, irregularly 

 grey-sprinkled ; basal patch large, dai'k grey, black-marked, edge 

 oblique, bent, reaching on dorsum to middle ; central fascia 

 forming a grey costal spot and irregular black -marked tornal 

 blotch ; costa spotted with grey posteriorly ; a transverse sub- 

 apical series of black marks ; cilia blackish-grey, on tornus 

 white. Hindwings light grey, apex darker. 



Kent, Surrey, Essex, Cheshire, Lancashire, local ; C. and 

 SW. Europe ; 3, 4. Said to frequent Rosa. 



2. P. mercuriana, lib. {monticolana, Wilk.) 11-13 mm. Fore- 

 wings very narrow, ferruginous ; basal patch with edge very 

 oblique, central fascia, and terminal fascia furcate on costa 

 rather dark ferruginous - fuscous, edged with leaden - metallic 

 striae becoming whitish on costa. Hindwings grey. 



Hereford to the Shetlands, N. Ireland, common ; N. and 

 mountains of C. Europe ; 7. Larva grey -green ; head pale 

 brown ; plate of 2 grey : on Dryas and Calluna ; 9-6. 



7. EVBTRIA, lib. 



Antennae in c^ shortly ciliated. Palpi moderately long, 

 porrected. Thorax smooth. Forewings with termen straight ; 

 4 and 5 connate. Hindwings : 3 and 4 stalked, 5 approximated 

 to 4, 6 and 7 stalked or closely approximated towards base. 



A small northern temperate genus ; all the larvae feed in 

 shoots or bark of Pinus. The species are doubtless often trans- 

 ferred from place to place with young trees. 



1. Ground of forewings ferruginous throughout . 2. 



,, ,, not ferruginous throughout . 4. 



2. Forewings ferruginous-brownish . . .3. 



,, ferruginous-orange or red . 1. hnoliana. 



3. Striae grey-whitish, narrow . . 2. jiinivorana. 



,, leaden-metallic, broad . . G. rctiferana. 



4. Apical area ferruginous . . . • ^.• 



,, ,, not ferruginous . . 4. resinella. 



5. Thorax ferruginous . , .3. tnrionana. 



grey . . _ . . .6. 



6. Forewings with four dark fasciae . . 5. diiplana. 



,, ,, two dark fasciae . . 7. sylvestrana. 



1. E. buoliana, Schiff. (2nnicolana, Dbld.) 17-22 mm. Fore- 

 wings ferruginous-orange, often partly suffused with dark red ; 

 several ii'regular variable anastomosing metallic grey- whitish 

 striae and costal strigulae. Hindwings light grey. 



England, Moray, common ; Europe, WC and N. Asia ; 7, 8. 



