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SARROTHRIPUS RAMOSANA. 



Branched Sarrothiipus. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tortricidae Leach. 



Type of the Genus T. degenerana Hub. 



Sabrothripus nob. Pyralis Fab., Lat. Tortrix Hub., Haw., Leach. 

 Antenna inserted on the crown of the head near to the eyes, 

 long, setaceous, composed of numerous oblong joints, covered 

 with scales above ; Hrst joint rather large, cylindric, curved, 

 second small, (f. 1.) 



MaxiUcE nearly thrice the length of the Pulpi. (3.) 

 Palpi 2, porrected far beyond the head, completely covered with 

 scales resembling hair (4.) ; first joint short, curved upwards; 

 second joint long, clavate, curved at the base ; third joint as long 

 or longer than the second, nearly filiform, slender. (4. a. the 

 scales being removed.) 

 Head with the scales upon the crown projecting forward in front. (7.) 

 Wings rounded at the base, appearing slightly ciliated on the casta. 

 Anterior legs with a long brush of hairij scales on the interior skies 

 of the femur and tibia. (8.) Intermediate legs tJie longest. Pos- 

 terior legs with 2 moveable sjunes in the centre of the tibia, and 2 at 

 the apex. Tarsi o -jointed, terminated by small claws. Caterpillars 

 with ] 6 feet ? 



Ramosaxa Hub. Schmet. Tort. 



Fuscous : Head, palpi, anterior part of thorax, and a great portion 

 of the upper win^'^s brunneous inclining to chesnut. Superior 

 wings with a dark line branched at the base and on its inferior 

 margin, above v\hich towards the centre is a black spot, a row of 

 dots extend along the posterior margin, and 3 fuscous ocellated 

 spots, with others more obscure, form an irregular transverse line 

 near the same margin. 



In the Cabinet of Mr. Stone. 



In the 16th folio was described the Genus Pcroi/ca, and from 

 the same family a small group, which has always been arranged 

 near to them, lias been selected for the present subject ; it is 

 called Sarruf/iripus, from the brushes of hair which are attach- 

 ed to the fore-legs. By referring to Lepidoptera Britannica, 

 p. 406, it will be seen (hat Mr. Haworth has in some degree 



