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as the basal, being slightly thickened beyond the middle, and clothed with rough 

 projecting scales. Antennae brownish-grey. Thorax rather slender, ovate, brownish- 

 grey. Anterior wings nearly three times as long as broad. Costa slightly but 

 regularly arcuated, apex rather produced, anal angle rounded. Colour, shining 

 brownish-grey, dusted with ochreous, particularly towards the hind margin. The 

 costa, which is very pale grey from near the base, has about seven black geminations, 

 the first four or five being placed very obliquely. The first streak of the 3rd gemi- 

 nation is much produced, and may generally be traced as a curved line across the 

 wing to the anal angle. The second streak of this gemination also runs with the 

 first to the anal angle, but almost from the costa it changes to a lustrous leaden- 

 blue. The fifth gemination is much produced towards the hind-margin, its second 

 streak being lustrous leaden-blue, and joining another blue streak which comes from 

 the costa nearly parallel with the hind-margin. On the disc are two or three parallel, 

 longitudinal, black lines, and another along the fold to the anal angle. Towards the 

 hind-margin are a few short, transverse, irregular black streaks. Cilia smoky-grey. 

 Posterior wings with the apex obtuse, slightly produced, anal angle rounded. Colour, 

 pale grey, with long, slightly paler, cilia. Abdomen long and slender, grey. In the 

 $ the posterior wings are dark brownish-grey, with paler cilia. Expands 6 lin. 



Tlie insect may be distinguislied at a glance by the elongate anterior-wings, pale 

 costa, and longitudinal black streaks, from any other British Tortrix. It occurred 

 locally near Deal in the early part of July, amongst Ononis spinosa and Onohrychis 

 saliva, and I thought at once it was something new. After exhausting all our works 

 on the group, I showed them to Mr. H. T. Stainton, with whose kind assistance it was 

 proved to be the above species. It is described and figured by Herrich-Schiiffer in 

 his " Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa " (iv, p. 253), 257. 

 He places it in his sub-genus, XXIX Grapholitha, Tr., Dup., which includes sucli 

 insects as Stigmonota Leplastriana, Catoptria microgrammana, C. albersana, Semasia 

 Wceberana, Opadia funelrana, Endopisa nigricana, &c. By Heinemann it is men- 

 tioned (" Die Schmetterlinge Deutschlands und der Schweiz," 2, 180) as occurring 

 among Ononis spinosa. In Staudinger's " Catalog der Lepidopteren, &c," it stands 

 under the genus Grapholitha, Tr., section D. Semasia, H.-S., in company with 

 Catoptria citrana, C. Wimmerana, C. hypericana, Stigmonota coniferana. Coccyx 

 strobilana, &c. The Grapholitha of these continental authors seems to include a 

 miscellaneous selection from Coccyx,Tv., Stigmonota, Gm., Catoptria, Gn., Undopisa, 

 Grn., and Carpocapsa, Tr. 



From Grapholitha, Stephens, it is excluded by the structure of the palpi and 

 the venation of the wings. Its most natural position seems to be between Endopisa, 

 Gn., and Stigmonota, Gn., resembling the latter genus closely in the structure of 

 tlie palpi. Tills, however, is but a crude opinion, and I should be glad to hear some 

 older authority on the subject. Nothing certain seems to be known about the 

 larva : Ononis spinosa and Onohrychis sativa being mentioned as probable food- 

 plants. On the continent, it occurs in May and June near Jena, Vienna, and Wies- 

 baden, also in Hungary, Andalusia, and Southern Russia. — Geo. Coveedale, 24, 

 Fleming Road, Lorrimore Square, S.E. : August Gth, 1883. 



Note on Eiidorea murana. — This insect is intended to sit on rocks and stone 

 walls, with which its colour well assimilates. In the larval state it feeds in the moss 



