490 TORTRICINA [NOTOCELIA 



gently arched, rather dark fuscous, posteriorly striated with 

 leaden-metallic, costa towards apex strigulated with whitish ; a 

 subquadrate ochreous-white median dorsal spot, pointed above. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous. 



England, E. Ireland, local ; Germany : 7. Larva on rose ; 5, 6. 



16. SPHAEROECA, n.g. 



Characters of Epiblema, but hind wings in $ with a long 

 hair-pencil from base lying along costa beneath forewings. 



Only the single species is known. 



1. S. obscurana, Stph. (ravulana, HS.) 12-14 mm. Fore- 

 wings rather dark fuscous ; some pairs of indistinct pale costal 

 strigulae ; a subquadrate spot on middle of dorsum formed of 

 three ill-defined whitish strigulae ; ocellus obscurely edged with 

 dull leaden-metallic. Hindwings rather dark fuscous. 



Kent to Norfolk, York, N. Ireland, scarce and local ; N. 

 Europe, N. Germany ; 6. 



17. EPIBLEMA, lib. 



Antennae in $ moderately or shortly ciliated. Palpi 

 moderately long, porrected. Thorax smooth. Forewings in 

 with strong costal fold ; termen straight or sinuate. Hind- 

 wings : 3 and 4 stalked or coincident, 5 approximated to 4, 6 

 and 7 closely approximated towards base. 



A large genus, but almost wholly confined to the temperate 

 regions of the Northern hemisphere ; derived from Epinotia. 



1. Edge of basal patch straight, parallel to termen 



1. tripunctana. 

 not so formed . . 2. 



2. Termen of forewings markedly sinuate . . 3. 



,, ,, not or hardly sinuate . 15. 



3. Forewings ochreous . . . .4. 



not ochreous . . . .8. 



4. Dorsal area distinctly paler . 26. expallidana. 



,, not distinctly paler . . .5. 



5. Ocellus metallic-edged . . . . 6. 



,, not metallic-edged . 25. caecimaculana. 



6. Disc longitudinally whitish-streaked . 29. cana. 



,, not longitudinally whitish-streaked . . 7. 



7. Expanse 20 mm. or more, colouring very uniform 



27. fulvana. 

 19 mm. or less, colouring more varied 



28. scopoliana. 



