TORTRICID.E. CARPOCAPSA. 119 



Gp:n'L's CCI. XXXIX. — Carpocapsa, V'reituckke. 



Palpi longer than the head, ascending, subclavate, densely clothed with short 

 compact scales, the terminal joint exposed and porrected longitndinally : 

 maxilhe short. Aniennw short, slender, rather stoutest in the males, simple 

 in both sexes: head transverse, small, densely clothed above with compact 

 fine scales : eyes large, globose: thorax stout, not crested: wing-* slightly 

 convoluted during repose; anterior broad, elongate-triangular, hinder 

 margin with a faint emargination near the anterior angle ; the disc, with a 

 more or less distinctly marked metallic ring or ocellus, having three or more 

 black streaks in the pupil, placed near the posterior angle ; posterior wings 

 larger, ovate-triangular, slightly eniarginatcd towards the apex ; Ixxh/ rather 

 stout, with a tuft at the apex in the males, obtuse in the females : legs 

 short. 



This genus requires considerable revision ; the three first species 

 form the true Carpocapsae of Treitschke — Cydia of Huhner — the 

 remainder are mostly included in the genus Graph olitha of Trciti^chke, 

 and constitute other genera of Iliibner, as indicated hereafter : from 

 the preceding genera of this family they may, however, be known, by 

 the anterior wings being more conspicuously adorned, near the anal 

 angle, with an oval spot, usually metallic, and marked within with 

 a few black transverse dashes ; the hinder margin is faintly notched 

 or falcate towards the apex. 



A. Anterior ivings broad, with numerous transverse dark streaks, and a 

 distinct ocellus on the anal angle : — Cydia, Hubner. 



Sp. 1. Pomonella. Alis anticis fusco-cinereis, strigis nuinerosissimis saturatiu- 



ribiis, maculaque suhocellari posticd rubro-aurea. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 10 lin.) 

 Ph. Ti. Pomonella. Linne.Se. Pomonella. Steph. Catal. ii. 179. Xo. 6971. 



Anterior wings ashy-brown, with very numerous, rather obscure darker 

 transverse streaks, \mited into a broadish fascia towards the base ; on the 

 anal angle is a large blind subocellated spot, of which the margins are of a 

 coppery or reddish-golden colour; posterior wings black, darkest at the 

 apex. 



The caterpillar feeds on the inside of the apple, causing its destruction by 

 depriving the stalk of its support : the moth frequents gardens and orchards 

 in June. 

 Not very abundant, but found in gardens within the metropolitan 



district, occasionally in some plenty : about three years since I found 



several in my own garden, and this year it has been again in plenty. 



Sp. 2. splendana. Alis anticis cincreis, griseo 7iebulosis, posticc fuscis, fascia 

 posticd obliqud albidd, macula occllari subviolacea. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.) 



