5G7. 



PENTHINA GREVILLANA. 



The Sutherland Long-cloak. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. 



Ty]pe of the Genus, Tortrix corticana Hiib. 



Pknthina Treit. — Pendina Treit., Curt. — Apotomis Hiib. — Tortrix 

 Linn., Hub., Hmv. 



Antenna; inserted close to the eyes, on the crown of the head, 

 short, setaceous and rather stout, clothed with scales above, pu- 

 bescent beneath (1), basal joint stout ovate, and hairy. 

 Maxill(B spiral, rather stout and not longer than the palpi (3). 

 Labial Palpi porrected obliquely, not contiguous, rather stout 

 and thickly clothed with short scales, the apical joint a little 

 apparent (4), triarticulate, basal joint short and inflated towards 

 the apex, 2nd long stout and incrassated at the extremity, 3rd 

 small, elongate -ovate (4 a). 

 Head having the crown clothed with long scales, meeting down the mid- 

 dle (7). Thorax subglobose. Ahdovsxen linear and tufted at the apex 

 in the males. Wings slightly cylindric and deflexed in repose, longer 

 than the body, superior elongate trapezate, the casta arched, the apex 

 truncated obliquely and rounded ; inferior ovate-trigonate, the apex 

 slightly narroioed but rounded; cilia short. Legs, anterior very short; 

 thighs and tibiae very short in the same, the latter with an internal 

 spine, the others with spurs at the apex, the posterior, which are long 

 and very scaly, having a pair also a little below the middle: tarsi 

 5-jointed, basal joint elongated (8 f, hind leg). 

 Larvae with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. 



Grevillana Curt. MSS. — Guide, Gen. 949. n. 5*. 



Greyish-black : head and apex of abdomen subochreous: supe- 

 rior vvdngs long and narrow, variegated with interrupted black 

 transverse lines and spots, a large space at the apex white 

 forming 2 claws on the internal margin, with a long grey ob- 

 lique line arising at the posterior angle and furcate at the ex- 

 tremity, the apex black, with white dots forming two oblique 

 stripes ; cilia black : inferior wings yellowish-fuscous, palest at 

 the base ; cilia of the same colour. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Jas. Wilson and the Author. 



The Penthinae so much resemble the feces of small birds in 

 colour, that when these moths are sitting on a leaf with their 

 wings closed, it is often difficult to determine what they are. 

 When in repose their wings do not form an elongated triangle 

 like the true Tortrices ; for although they are deflexed, they 

 are generally convex, and consequently somewhat cylindrical, 

 and bear a greater resemblance in figure to some of the Tinese. 



