7G3. 



TORTRIX GALIANA. 

 The Sweet Gale Tortrix. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. 



Tyiie of the Genus, Tortrix viridana Linn. 



TouTRix Linn., Hub., Haw., Och., Goda, Curt. — Pyralis Lat., Fab. 

 — Lozotsenia &; Ditula Step. 



Antenna inserted on the crown of the head, shorter than the 

 body, setaceous, stoutest in the males, and very pubescent be- 

 neath (1 (^ the base). 



Maxilla shorter than the labial palpi, formed of 2 rather broad 

 spiral lobes (3). Paljji short, attached to a tubercle or scajje, 

 biarticulate, basal joint the largest, both ovate (3 a). 

 Labial palpi large, porrected horizontally beyond the head, par- 

 allel, densely clothed with scales, which form an arch or crest 

 above and a keel beneath, projecting almost to the apex, on 

 which the terminal joint rests (4) : triarticulate, basal joint 

 short, curved, pyriform-truncate, 2nd very long and intiated 

 beyond the middle, 3rd as long as the 1st; slender elliptical 

 and slightly drooping (a). 

 Head small, thickly tufted on the crown : eyes large and globose (7, 

 the profile). Thorax not crested. Abdomen linear, the apex lifted 

 in the male, stouter, shorter, ovate and obtuse in the female. Wings 

 forming an ovate triangle in repose : superior elliptic, the costa very 

 much arched and rounded at the base, the apex truncated, sometimes 

 a little falcated, posterior angle rounded : inferior wings a little in- 

 dented near the apex : cilia short. Legs rather skoi't and stout : 

 tibiae, anterior very short, with a long internal spine, intermediate 

 with a very long and a short spur at the apex, the others toith 2 

 pair of spurs, one pair at the middle (Sf) : tarsi moderate and 5- 

 jointed : claws and pulvilli minute. 

 Larvae with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet : Pupss ivith the 

 abdominal segments serrated. 



Galiana Bent. MSS.—Curt. Guide, Gen. 946. 4. 



Male shining, yellowish mouse-colour : superior wings broad, 

 elongate-trapezate with obscure ferruginous patches : inferior 

 palest at the base ; cilia yellowish-white. Female subferrugi- 

 nous ; superior wings slightly narrowed beyond the middle, the 

 apex a little produced, faintly reticulated, with a broad oblique 

 fascia across the middle, abbreviated, truncated and not reach- 

 ing the posterior angle, and an obscure dash on the costa near 

 the apex : inferior fuscous ; cilia and abdomen whitish-ochre. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Bentley, Mr. Dale, and the Author. 



The group which best represents the Tortrices of Linnaeus 

 is nearly allied to HaliaSy pi. 575 ; their wings repose in a 

 similar attitude, but the maxillae are much shorter, the palpi 

 are horizontal and very different, and their metamorphoses 

 vary very considerably : the same broad triangular or ovate 

 but depressed form of the wings when resting, distinguishes 

 them from most of the other I'ortricidse ; and from Peronea 



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