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Posterior wings and fringes, above and beneath, pale testaceous. Un- 

 dersurface of anterior pair pale fawn color partially clouded with fus- 

 cous. 



Expanse, 14 — 16 mil. 



Habitat. — Mass., N. Y., Pa. 



Tortrix peritana. (Plate vi, fig. 52.) 



SniicTotes peritana, Clemens, Proc. Acad. IT. S. Phil., p. 356, 1S60. 



Palpi, head and thorax pale brownish-ochreous. 



Anterior wings pale brownish-ochreous, with a narrow central fascia 

 and rounded costal spot, brown. A fine brown line runs from the cos- 

 tal spot to external angle. 



Posterior wings and fringes, above and beneath, pale testaceous. Un- 

 dersurface of anterior wings fuscous j fringes brownish-ochreous. 



Expanse, 10 — 14 mil. 



Habitat.—^. Y., Pa. 



Tortrix flaccidana, n. s. (Plate vi, fig. 53.) 



Palpi, head and thorax pale ochreous. 



Anterior wings shining pale yellow, almost entirely covered with pale 

 olivaceous scales, so that the yellow ground color is only evident just 

 below costa at base, in two small costal spots at and beyond the middle, 

 and in a similar elongate spot on the disc below the two last mentioned. 

 There are three brown dots on the costa near the apex, which is also 

 tinged with brown. 



Posterior wings fuscous above, tinged apically with ferruginous ; be- 

 neath tinged with fuscous internally, pale testaceous beyond. Fringes 

 whitish. 



Undersurface of anterior wings fuscous except the costa, which is 

 pale testaceous. 



Expanse, % 20 mil. 



Habitat. — Texas, (Belfrage) 



Tortrix sentana. (Plate vi, fig. 54 ^ •) 



Platynota sentana, Clemens, Proc. Acad. N". S. Phil., p. 348, 1860. 



Head, thorax and palpi dark gray, the latter exceeding the head 

 twice its breadth. 



Anterior wings dark gray, with a brownish tinge on and below costa 

 at base and on internal margin beyond the middle. Basal patch indi- 

 cated by a few tufts of raised dark brown scales on and below costa. 

 Central fascia distinct, dark brown, narrowest on costa, and limited by 

 two lines of elevated blackish-brown scales. Beyond the central fas- 

 cia three lines of elevated blackish-brown scales commence on the costa. 



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