AMERICAN TORTRICIDAE. 271 



Abdomen, posterior wings and fringes above and bencatb pearly- 

 white. Under surface of anterior wings wbite. 

 Expanse, % 13—17 mil.; 9 29—22 mil. 

 Habitat. — Pennsylvania (T. Bunte). 



Tortrix rileyana, Grote. (Plate iv, fig. 28 9 .) 



Tortrix vilcynna, Groto, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. II, p. 121, 1S68. 

 Tortrix melaleucana. (Plate iv, fig. 29.) 



Lophoderus mclaleucanus, Walker, Brit. Mus. List, Part 28, p. 335, 1863. 

 Ptycholoma? se.mifuscana, Clemens, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., III. p. 519, 1864. 



Palpi dull ochreous, hardly exceeding the head. Head brownish- 

 ochreous above, paler in front. Thorax and patagia dark brown. 



Anterior wings pale testaceous clouded with ochreous except below 

 costa. A broad dark brown shade containins; central a2:a;rej!;ations of 

 shining blackish scales, covers the internal region of the wing from 

 base to before internal angle. A sub-apical costal spot dark brown, 

 with central shining blackish scales. Costal fold in the S extending 

 two-thirds the length of the wing, dark brown at base. 



Posterior wings pale fuscous internally, beyond whitish. 



Under surfxce of both pairs and fringes white, the markings of the 

 upper surface reflected on the anterior pair. 



Expanse,^ 19—21 mil.; 9 23—25 mil. 



Habitat. — Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maine. 



Tortrix puritana. (Plate v, fig. 30.) 



Croesia ? unifasciana, Clemens, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Ill, p. 516, 1864. 



Palpi long, proboscidiform, deep yellow above and beneath, laterally 

 deep red. Head, thorax and patagia deep yellow above, the latter red 

 in front. Anterior wings deep yellow, with a very oblique central fas- 

 cia, a costal spot beyond the middle, and a similar spot beneath, near 

 the middle of external margin, deep red much filled in with shining 

 purple scales. Costa deep red from base to central fascia. Fringes yellow. 



Posterior wings and fringes pale fuscous tinged with yellow apically. 



Under surface of both pairs yellow; the anterior pair clouded with 

 fuscous. 



Expanse, % 18 mil.; 9 20 mil. 



Habitat. — Mass., Illinois. 



The name unifasciana under which this species was described by 

 Mr. Clemens having been already used for a European species by Du- 

 ponchel, I have felt obliged to change it as above. 



Tortrix violaceana, n. s. (Plate v, fig. 31.) 



Palpi deep red, proboscidiform, greatly exceeding the head. Head 

 and thorax red. 



