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 100. 



CNEPHASIA BELLANA. 



The Northern Cnephasia. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae Leach. 



Type of the Genus Tortrix Logiana Linn. 



Cnephasia Nobis. Phalsena Tortrix Linn. Pyralis Fab., Lat. 

 Tortrix Hub., Haw., Leach. 



AntenncE inserted near the crown of the head close to the eyes, 

 rather thickest in the middle, having a serrated appearance, 

 composed of numerous quadrate joints covered with short scales 

 and hair above, pubescent beneath (fig. 1, and J a), 

 MaxillcE scarcely longer than the palpi (3). 

 Palpi 2, porrected, completely covered with scales, 3-jointed, 

 ist curved upward, short, '2nd long clavate, with very long scales 

 on the upper surface, 3rd short linear (4, and 4 a). 

 Head loith a tuft of scales upon the crown (7). Abdomen robust and 

 tufted at the apex, especiallij in the females. Wings when at rest 

 forming an elongated triangle, superior of the males narrower to- 

 wards the base than in the females, somewhat lanceolate, and ge- 

 nerally rounded at the apex {9 showing the nerves). Legs rather 

 slender, anterior with the 1st joint of the tarsus nearly as long as the 

 tibia (8 a) ; posterior with the femur short. Tibia very long, with 

 2 spines near the centre and 2 at the apex. Tarsi all 5 -jointed, the 

 basal joint being equal in length to the remainder. 

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



Bellana Nobis. 



Male hoary. Antennse, eyes, and anterior legs blackish, the 

 latter annulated v/ith white. Superior wings with an angulated 

 fascia near the base, an oblique one in the middle, and another 

 imperfect one near the apex grayish black, variegated and spotted 

 with intense black, 4 spots upon the costa near the apex and 

 minuter ones on the interior margin and between the fasciae 

 grayish black. Inferior wings silvery gray, cinereous and ob- 

 scurely reticulated towards the margins. Cilia silvery, tinged 

 with ochraceous. Abdomen silvery, ochraceous at the apex. 

 Female with the markings bolder and the black more intense on 

 the superior wings, with an irregular row of black spots near 

 their posterior margin. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. 



Having had the good fortune to add two nondescript species 

 to this natural group in my late visit to Scotland, it has been 

 thought advisable to form it into a genus. When at rest the 



