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intermediate oblique brown partly black-bordered band, whicb joins the interior 

 border at two-thirds the length of the latter, and thence emits a streak to the sub- 

 marginal disc ; two rows of transverse black points along the exterior border ; costa 

 convex towards the base ; exterior border hardly convex, rather oblique : hindwings 

 brownish-cinereous ; fringe whitish-cinereous. Head, thorax, and forewings tinged 

 with fawn-colour ; palpi porrect, almost as long as the breadth of the head ; second 

 joint with a short thick fringe above, third very minute. 



Expanse 10 lines." 



Walker's type of this species is from Australia. Lord Walsingham has recorded 

 it from Bombay, and Dharmsala, Punjab, in P. Z. S. 1886, p. 881. 



Genus TORTRIX. 



Tortru; Linn. Syst. Nat. X. ed. i. p. 530 (175S) ; id. xii. eJ. p. 875 (1767). Stephens, III. Haust. iv. 



p. 68 (1834). 

 Aphelia, Hubner, Verz. p. 390 (1825-7). 



TORTRIX DETRACTAHA. 



Tortrix dctractana. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxviii. p. 326 (1863). 



" Male. Pale fawn-colour. Forewing indistinctly tessellated with fawn -colour ; 



a slightly darker nearly obsolete oblique middle band ; two brown black-marked costal 



.spots : hindwing cinereous towards the base. 



Expanse 6 lines." 



TORTRIX INVALIDANA. 



Tortrix invalidana, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxviii. p. 327 (1863). 



" Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Wings tessellated with brown : forewing 

 with two brown oblique bands, which are most distinct on the costa and are obsolete 

 hindward : hindwing cinereous, with a slight tinge of fawn-colour ; markings indistinct. 



Expanse 8 lines." 



Ceylon. 



TORTRIX AFFINISANA. 



Tortrix affinisana, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxviii. p. 328 (1863). 



" Male, Cinereous fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath : forewing with fawn- 

 coloured speckles ; with a brown dot on the costa before the middle, and a brown 

 oblique band, which extends from the costa to the hind part of the exterior border, 

 and is narrower hindward : hindwing brownish-cinereous. 



Expanse 6 lines." 



Ceylon. 



TORTRIX PUSILLANA. 



Tortrix pusillana, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxviii. p. 328 (1863). 



" Female. Cinereous fawn-colour : forewing speckled with pale fawn-colour ; a 



