189. 

 ANACAMPSIS LONGICORNIS. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortrices Lat. 

 Type of the Genus Tinea Populella Limi. 



Anacampsis Nob. Volucra ? Lat. — Pyralis Lat. — Tinea Fab. — Pha- 

 isena (Tinea) Linn. 



A7itennce alike in both sexes, remote, inserted close to the eyes 

 (fig. 1) ; rather long and capillary, composed of numerous ob- 

 long joints, covered with short scales, the basal one subclavate. 

 Maxillce spiral, robust, shorter than the palpi, clothed with long 

 scales externally (3). 



Labial Palpi longer than the head, diverging, recurved, thickly 

 covered vi^ith scales, those on the basal joint the broadest, form- 

 ing a tuft on the inside (4) ; 3-jointed, 1st joint short clavate, 

 2nd very long robust cylindric curved, 3rd longer setaceous, 

 slender and acuminated (4 a). 

 Head covered with close broad imbricated scales (7). Eyes not very small. 

 Ocelli 2, placed behind the antenna; (7 a). Wings horizontal and 

 incumbent when at rest, longer than the body ; superior linear lan- 

 ceolate ; inferior lanceolate, the cilia of the latter very long. Abdo- 

 men of the male sometimes depressed. Legs ; posterior pair the 

 longest. Thighs rather short. Tibiae ; anterior the shortest, with 

 long scales only on the internal side, the others spurred at the apex, 

 the posterior having 2 spurs cdso at the middle. Tarsi 5-jointed. 

 Clavi^s and Pulvilli minute (8f . a hind leg). 

 Caterpillars with \Q feet. 



LONGICORNIS Nob. 



Griseous ; Head and thorax pale ferruginous sprinkled with 

 brown. Antennae nearly as long as the wings, black towards 

 their apex. Abdomen dull black, the margins of tlie segments 

 dull white. Wings ; superior very long, sprinkled with black, 

 an oblique abbreviated fascia near the base, one before and an- 

 other beyond the middle pale ferruginous ; the 1st and last with 

 a large black spot on each, the intermediate having two elon- 

 gated black spots, and a larger oval oblique black spot also next 

 the posterior margin. Cilia fuscous, variegated with black. In- 

 ferior wings pale fuscous inclining to yellow. Legs ; anterior 

 black above, posterior whitish, annulated with fuscous. 

 Obs. Some specimens are much darker and the markings more 

 obscure. 



In the Author s Cabinet. 



Latreille having included Pyralis Heracleana Fab. in his 

 family of Tortrices, there can be little doubt of the propriety 

 of associating our genus with that group ; at the same time we 

 must acknowledge that their situation does not appear to be 



