TORTRICID.E. KDICEC 11,1 A. 181 



Extremely variable in regard to the white fascia on the anterior wings ; in 

 some examples it dwindles down to a slender streak, and in others it is 

 represented by two spots, one on the costa, the other on the inner margin, 

 and occasionally the spot on the iinier margin alone exists, the costal one 

 being obliterated, or extremely minute. 



Apparently very rare: i have a line series of varieties, which were 

 taken in Devonshire in June 1820; one or two other specimens only 

 have been found. I believe Mr. Ilaworth had one from Norfolk. 



Gknus CCCX. — EuPffiCiLiA* nii/ti. 



Palpi very short, thick, parallel, porrected horizontally, densely enveloped in 

 coarse hair-like scales, not concealing the terminal joint, which is minute 

 and obtuse : maxillce very short. Antenna short, slender, somewhat robust 

 in the males and thickly pubescent within : head small, with a rough crest 

 between the antermae and on the crown : eyes large, globose : thorax rather 

 stout, not crested : wings entire ; anterior narrow, elongate-triangular, pale, 

 prettily marked with darker clouds, and generally with a distinct central 

 fascia, the hinder margin somewhat obliquely truncate, with the apex 

 rounded ; cilia short ; posterior subtriangular, with the apex acute, generally 

 pale in the males and dark in the females ; cilia rather long : body short, 

 slender, rounded, with a very small tuft at the apex in the males, obtuse in 

 the females. 



The species of this genus are generally of small size, and have the 

 anterior wings rather narrow, with the hinder margin somewhat 

 obliquely truncate, without a circular mark at the anterior apex ; the 

 disc is smooth, usually pale, and mottled and glossy, with a dark 

 central fascia, sometimes interrupted or indistinct, and the hinder 

 margin is generally dusky. 



A. Anterior wings pale, with a distinct straight central fascia : — Asthenia, 



Hitbner. 



Sp. 1. maculosana. Alis anticis alhis, fascia suhabbreviata maculisque fuscis. 

 (Exp. Alar. 5—6 lin.) 



To. maculosana. Haworth. — Eu. maculosana. Steph. Caial. ii. 190. N'o. 7127. 



Anterior wings white, ashy at the base, with a slightly waved fuscous fascia 



before the middle, spotted with black, but scarcely touching the costa ; 



behind this to the extreme apex are some irregular dusky spots on an ashy 



ground ; cilia spotted with brown : posterior wings fuscous, with the base 



and cilia white. 

 The anterior wings are sometimes ashy, with a very indistinct central fascia, 



* Ey bene, ttoikiXcq varius. 



