711. 

 ZEIRAPHERA HASTIANA. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidse. 



Type of the Genus, Tortrix communana Linn. 



Zeiraphera Treit., Curt. — Ephippiphora and Penthina Goda. — Tor- 

 trix Huh., Haw. 



Antennae inserted close to the eyes, on the crown of the head, 

 short and setaceous, clothed with scales above, pubescent be- 

 neath, basal joint stout, ovate and scaly (1). 

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

 Labial palpi porrected horizontally, parallel, densely clothed 

 with scales (4), triarticulate («), basal joint short and cleaver- 

 shaped, 2nd long, stout, incrassated towards the extremity, 

 densely clothed with scales, which make it thick at the apex, 

 3rd joint not concealed, clothed with short scales, nearly as 

 long as the 1st, slender and elliptical. 

 Head small, the crown and forehead densely clothed with longish nearly 

 erect scales, those on the face depressed (7, the profile) : eyes glo- 

 bose. Thorax subglobose. Abdomen with the apex slightly tufted 

 in the males, conical in the females. Wings perfectly deflexed in 

 repose, longer than the body ; superior with the costa slightly arched, 

 the extremity truncated and rounded ; inferior ovate-trigonate, the 

 apex a little narrowed and rounded. Legs, anterior very short, 

 hinder the longest : thighs short : tibiae, anterior very short with 

 an internal spine ; intermediate with a pair of spurs at the apex, one 

 very long, hinder stoutish and hairy inside, with 2 pair of long un- 

 equal spurs, one pair at the middle : tarsi 5 -jointed, basal joint elon- 

 gated (8t, the hind leg). 

 LarvcC with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet ? 



Hastiana Linn. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 952. 1. 



Dark brown : head somewhat ochreous, face whitish : superior 

 wings rich brown, variegated with blackish spots and streaks, 

 a broad white slightly oblique fascia before the middle, with an 

 indenture on the inside, and sinuous externally ; beyond it are 

 several dull purplish or lead-coloured patches, surrounded by 

 scales white in certain lights, and there is a row of dull orange 

 spots at the posterior margin, and 3 pale or whitish costal spots 

 towards the apex, which bears a black dot with a semicircle of 

 white scales : inferior wings orange with a purplish cast, and 

 minutely freckled with fuscous. In the male the white fascia 

 is very narrow, and sometimes broken into spots. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale, the Author, &c. 



