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dark margin ; central band indistinct, its inner margin 

 oblique, forming a stripe either broken or complete, thickest 

 below the middle, its outer margin a much more erect and 

 narrow stripe ; apical and hind marginal area plain or very 

 faintly reticulated ; cilia light brown. Hind wings dull 

 smoky brown ; cilia rather whiter. Female very similar, 

 slightly larger, and often a little darker. 



Underside of the fore wings dull smoky-brown ; hind 

 wings smoky-white. 



Sometimes Tortrix rosaiia. is mistaken for this species, but 

 the present, besides having the costa without fold, has 

 nari'ower fore wings, their apex rounder ; and hind wings 

 wholly dark coloured, but their cilia paler. 



On the wing at the end of June and in July. 



Larva variable, green or grey-green, with, or without, a 

 darker dorsal line ; raised dots yellow, or black bordered 

 with yellow ; head and dorsal plate red-brown or dark 

 brown. (Hofmann.) 



August to May and June, hybernatiug while small, on elm, 

 willow, birch, aspen, sallow, poplar, buckthorn, hawthorn, 

 apple, blackthorn, alder, fruit trees, and even lilac and honey- 

 suckle ; rolling up the leaf. 



Pupa undescribed ; in the larval habitation. 



I have no special knowledge of this species in the living 

 state, but it is said to ily over bushes and small trees at 

 dusk. Wilkinson's statement that it is not an uncommon 

 insect seems to have been erroneous. Mr. Stainton informed 

 me that he " uncc (in July 1851) found it in abundance under 

 elm,' but this seems to have been a solitary instance. It has 

 been found, however, in Kent, vSurrey, Middlesex, Isle of 

 Wight, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Hereford- 

 shire, Herts, Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, but generally in 

 very restricted localities. I think that this is the extent of 



