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its obscure habits, but far more from its being disregarded in 

 consequence of its close resemblance in shape to some of the 

 Tortriccs. It is very common in the New Forest, Hants, and 

 was formerly so in Woolmer Forest in the same county ; is 

 also to be found in woods in Kent, Sussex, Dorset, Surrey, 

 Berks, Essex, Cambs, Hunts, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, 

 and Somerset ; more commonly in Devon, less so in Here- 

 fordshire ; very scarce in Norfolk and Suffolk ; and rare in 

 Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Westmoreland, and Cumber- 

 land. It has been taken in North Wales, and, since I have 

 myself found it in Pembrokeshire, there seems little doubt 

 that it is widely distributed in the Principality. In Scotland 

 it is scarce, but has been found in Aberdeenshire, Kincar- 

 dineshire, Perthshire, Stirlingshire, Argyle, and Moray. In 

 Ireland in Kerry, Galway, Westmeath, Limerick, and Tyrone. 

 Abroad in most parts of Central and Southern Europe, the 

 southern portions of Sweden and Norway, Finland, and 

 Livonia ; also in Asia Minor, Syria, Tartary, and the moun- 

 tain regions of Central Asia. In India there are forms which 

 have received the names of Sabrita metaspilella and S. latifas- 

 ciclla which do not seem to be separable from the present ; 

 and the same may be said of those which have been named 

 Tortrix frigid-ana and T. scrvptana, from the United States of 

 America. 



This species, from its somewhat bell-shaped appearance 

 when the wings are closed — arising from the arching of the 

 base of the costa — and also from the existence of raised scales 

 on the surface of its fore wings, as in the Pcroncw, was long 

 associated with the Tortriccs, and even by Mr. Stainton was 

 placed in the first family of that group. In more modern 

 arrangements its essential distinction from that family has 

 been recognised, and it has been placed among the Bomby- 

 cina, with which, notwithstanding, it has but little in common. 

 In the course of his investigations through the very large 

 amount of material in the National Collection at South 

 Kensington, in preparation for his valuable work on the 



