23'i HAUSTELLATA.— LEPIDOPTERA. 



darker marks, one or two of which towards the centre are formed by 

 elevated scales; posterior ample, ovate-triangular; the hinder margin 

 faintly waved towards the apex ; cilia of all whitish and satiny : body rather 

 short, stout in the females, slender and carinated down the back in the males, 

 with a small tuft at the apex in both sexes. 



This and the five followmg genera form the genus Lemmatophila 

 of Treitschke, or Diurnea of Haworth ; but the diversities in the 

 form and structure of the palpi, the difference in the hirsuties of the 

 body, the variation in the wings — some of the females being half- 

 winged, others perfectly apterous, and some intermediate — sufficiently 

 point out the necessity for dividing them as proposed in my Catalogue, 

 but most of which divisions were previously employed by Hiibner, 

 and have been subsequently confirmed, with an addition, by Mr. 

 Curtis. In the present genus both sexes are winged, the palpi are 

 rather long and depending, the anterior wings are long and smooth, 

 occasionally with one or two minute patches of elevated scales. 



Sp. 1. Tortricella. Alls anticis subplumbeis, fasciis nebuUsque fuscis, posticis 



fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10§ lin.) 

 Ti. Tortricella. H'ubner.—N. G. Tortricella. Steph. Catal ii. 201. No. 7255. 



Anterior wings dull ashy-lead-colour, with a short brown fascia near the base, 

 and a second beyond the middle placed a little obliquely inwards ; the space 

 behind the latter fuscous, with darker clouds : posterior wings rather dark 

 fuscous. 



Like the following species, this varies in tint, &c. 



Very abundant in oak woods near Hertford in the early spring 

 months ; found also at Coombe wood and near Peckham. 



Sp. 2. nubilea. Alis anticis canescentibus fasciis nubilisque ferrugineo-fuscis, 

 ■posticis fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 10 — 10^ lin.) 



Di. nubilea. J7au'or/^.—N. G. nubilea. Stepk. Catal. il 201. No. 7256. 



Anterior wings hoary-brown, with a short narrow waved rusty-fuscous fascia 

 near the base, and a little behind the middle a second broader one, placed 

 rather obliquely outwards, behind which the wing is of an ashy hue, and is 

 more or less clouded with rusty-brown: posterior wings pale brownish. 



Rather variable in colour ; and in some examples the fasciae and clouds on the 

 anterior wings are scarcely visible. 



Not vmcommon in March in the woods within the metropolitan 

 district. 



