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SIMAETHIS MYLLERANA. 



Myller's Nettle-tap. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae. 



Type of the Genus, Tinea Oxyacanthella Linn. 



SiMAETHis Leach, Sam. — Anthophila Hav). — Agrotera Schr. — Asopla 

 Treit. — Xylopoda La^,— Pyralis Fab., Lat. — Tortrix S; Tinea 

 Limi. 



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

 slender and capillary, clothed with scales above, very pilose be- 

 neath especially towards the apex, some appearing biciliated in 

 the males, basal joint the stoutest, 2nd subglobose, the re- 

 mainder oblong, terminal joint conical (fig. 1. the base and apex). 

 Maxillce half as long again as the antennae, clothed with scales 

 at the base (3). 



Labial Palpi porrected obliquely, curved at the base but not at 

 the apex, scaly but not hairy, the terminal joint distinct (4) j 

 triarticulate, basal joint long and robust, 2nd longer and rather 

 more robust, 3rd nearly as long as the first, but slenderer and 

 attenuated to the apex (4 a). 

 Head rather small clothed with scales. Eyes not large. Ocelli 2 ra- 

 ther large (7 a). Thorax ovate. Abdomen linear, obtuse at the 

 apex, sub-ventricose in the females. Wings ample, when at rest 

 nearlij forming a triangle, the superior sometimes raised from the in- 

 ferior. Legs rather stout. Tibiae, anterior short, with an internal 

 spine, middle and hinder pair terminated by long spurs, the latter 

 having a pair at the middle. Tarsi 5-jointed, anterior much longer 

 than the tibia:. Claws and Pul villi minute (Sf, hind leg). Cater- 

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



Myllerana Fab. Ent. Syst. v. 3. pars 2. p. 277. n. 147. 



Female, Brown with an orange hue. Antennae and legs white, 

 the former dotted, the latter annulated with black. Thorax with 

 the lobes edged with white. Abdomen with the margins of the 

 segments silvery. Superior wings with a space on the interior 

 margin thickly sprinkled with white scales ; 3 white spots on 

 the costa, a white dot near the base and one at the centre, with 

 a smaller one above ; about 7 metallic spots with a pink tint, 

 towards the costa, and between the base and the middle of the 

 wing, a curved but interrupted metallic line nearer the posterior 

 margin, and an abbreviated one parallel and close to the fringe, 

 which is white, brown at the base and black at the apex and at 

 the posterior angle. Inferior wings fuscous, sprinkled a little 

 with white, with a short white transverse stripe towards the 

 margin. Cilia white, with a brown line at the base, an imper- 

 fect fuscous stripe at the centre and black near the superior 

 wings. Underside fuscous, 2 white spots on the costa, a long 

 white spot near the middle of the inferior wings, and below it 

 an abbreviated transverse stripe. Male with the antennae pro- 

 ducing very long cilia on each side, (fig. 1. b). 



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



