June 1894.] NeUMCEGEN & DyAR. N. A. BOMBYCES. 75 



Ocherous, the fore wings darker, more brownish. Markings 

 like A. y-inversa, but confused and indistinct. Expanse, 15 — 22 mm. 

 Habitat, Northern Atlantic States. 



Genus Tortricidia Packard. 



i%b\—Tortricidia Packard, rrbc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 347. 

 1864 — \Lithacodes Packard*, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 345. 

 \%b\—Krona:a Reakirt, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 441. 



Synopsis of species. 



Fore wings crossed by faint lines or shades, or immaculate. 

 Faint lines only present if any. 

 Hind wings pale. 



The lines discernible flavula. 



Fore wings immaculate ..... var. pallida. 



Hind wings uniform blackish ...... Itlinuta. 



A e.Ktensive brown shading ....... testacea. 



Fore wings crossed by a toothed white line. 



A dark shade outside this line ....... fasciola. 



This shade absent ....... var. laticlavia. 



T. flavula Herrich-Schaffer. 



1854 — Li inacoch-s flavula Herrich-ScH/KFFer, Ausser. Schmett., Vol. I, f.185. 

 var. pallida Hcrrich-Schaffcr. 



1854 — Li ntacodcs pallida Herrich-Sch.EFFER, Ausser. Schmett., Vol.1, f. 183. 



Lustrous silky fiesh-brown, darker along external margin with 

 traces of brown lines. Secondaries pale straw-yellow, darker along 

 fringes. Expanse, 13 — 18 mm. 



The var. pallida is immaculate. 



Habitat, Northern Atlantic States. 



T. m inula Reakirt. 



1864 — Liinacodes miiiuta Reakirt, Proc. Ent. Soc Phil., Vol. Ill, p. 251. 



Fore wings and body clay colored with a silky look ; hind 

 wings blackish or browMiish. Expanse, 10 — 12 mm. 



Habitat, Atlantic States. 



[Description kindly furnished us by Dr. Herman Strecker.] 



T. testacea Packard. 



1S64 — Tortricidia testacea PACKARD, Proc. Ent. Soc, Phil, Vol. Ill, p. 348. 



Brownish ochraceous, especially brown on the outer half of 

 the wing, forming a broad diffuse transverse shade, best defined 

 on the venules. Secondaries pale stramineous. Expanse, 16 mm. 



Habitat, Northern Atlantic States. 



* A genus of Noctuidse ; Hiibner. Verz. bek. Schmett., p. 205 (1816). 



