THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



NEW TORTRICIDS. 



BY W. D. KEARFOTT, MONTCl.AIR, N. J. 



The only apology for publishing the following descriptions at this 

 time, is that the names have been made use of in identifying specimens 

 for Messrs. Saunders, Winn and Young, and that "MSS" species are the 

 bete noire of entomology — effectually locking up a species indefinitely, and 

 prohibiting any one from referring to it in any way, no matter how 

 common it may be or how interesting a life-history someone else may 

 have worked out. 



Tortrix semipurpurana, var. nov. — Head, palpi, thorax, antennre 

 and front wings pale lemon-yellow. A large purplish-brown spot rests on 

 the dorsal margin and covers all of the wing, except a narrow line along 

 costa, a small basal patch and a submarginal and apical band of yellow, 

 these are all confluent, forming a wide inverted U, transversely through 

 the dark blotch are two shining steel-gray fascia?, which are continued 

 through the yellow costal margin, as %\\\x\\r\g yellow scales. In the yellow 

 space before the apex is also a short fascia of shining yellow scales, 

 touching the costa. Cilia pale yellow. 



Hind wing : Light purplish-fuscous, pale yellow at apex. Under 

 side : front wing, yellowish-white, with upper dark blotch repeated by a 

 shade of pale purple. Under side : hind wing, same as upper side. 



Abdomen and legs very pale yellow, with a fuscous spot on upper 

 side of segments lo and ii. 



Five ^ , twelve ^ . Bred, Montclair, N. J., oak, VI., 9 ; Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, VI., 4 to 15, Miss Annette F. Braun ; New Brighton, Pa., VI., 16 

 to 24, Frank A. Merrick ; Chicago, 111., June, Jos. H. Reading ; Quincy, 

 III., June, O. C. Poling ; Toronto, Ont., June, H. S. Saunders. 



The male specimens are of a paler purple than the female; in some 

 examples of both sexes the purple area nearly or quite touches the costa 

 at inner and outer third, thus enclosing a small middle costal yellow spot. 



This dark form has been included in my collection with albicomana, 

 Clem., and while I have not had sufificient experience in breeding to justify 

 entire separation, the constant difference certainly warrants a varietal 

 name. 



Co-types, U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 8211, and my collection. 



Eulia pinatubana, sp. nov. — Head, palpi, thorax above and upper 

 side of fore wings, yellowish-red. Thoracic tuft, basal patch, oblique and 



January, 1905. 



