504 TORTRICINA [LIPOPTYCHA 



Hindwings : 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel to 4, 6 and 7 remote 

 at base, tolerably parallel. 



Includes only a few species, in distribution and habits similar 

 to the preceding ; derived from Laspeyresia. 



Ocellus distinctly margined with leaden-metallic 2. plumbana. 

 ,, not margined with leaden-metallic . 1. saturtiana. 



1. L. saturnana, Gn. 13-15 mm. Forewings dark fuscous, 

 very densely irrorated with pale ochreous, with traces of trans- 

 verse striae ; costa obscurely strigulated with paler, posteriorly 

 with two or three short leaden -metallic streaks ; a median 

 dorsal blotch very faintly indicated ; three or four black dots 

 on termen towards middle termen little oblique, sinuation 

 hardly perceptible. Hindwings fuscous, darker posteriorly. 



S. England to Pembroke and Cambridge, Westmoreland, E. 

 and W. Ireland, local ; C. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva whitish ; head 

 light brown ; plate of 2 faintly brownish : in rootstocks of 

 Tanacetum vulgare ; 1 0-4. 



2. L. plumbana, Sc. (ulicana, Gn.) 11-14 mm. Forewings 

 dark fuscous, sharply irrorated with pale ochreous, costa 

 obscurely spotted with dark fuscous and whitish ; anterior half 

 obscurely striated or suffused with greyish, forming a slightly 

 paler subtriangular median dorsal blotch ; some streaks from 

 costa posteriorly and margins of ocellus leaden-metallic ; from 

 three to five black dots on termen ; termen rather oblique, 

 sinuation distinct. Hindwings fuscous or dark fuscous. 



Britain to the Hebrides, N. and E. Ireland, common ; C. 

 Europe, N. America ; 5, 6. Larva yellowish - white ; head 

 yellow -brownish ; plate of 2 ochreous : on roots of Chrysan- 

 themum and A chille.a ; 8-4. 



20. ACROCLITA, Ld. 



Antennae in $ moderately ciliated. Palpi moderate, por- 

 rected. Thorax smooth. Forewings with termen slightly 

 sinuate ; 7 and 8 stalked. Hindwings : 3 and 4 connate, 5 

 somewhat approximated to 4, 6 and 7 closely approximated 

 towards base. 



Only one species is known. 



1. A. consequana, HS. (hawkerdna, Stt.) 11-14 mm. Fore- 

 wings pale ferruginous-brown, sometimes mixed with ochreous- 

 whitish and blackish, costa posteriorly spotted with darker ; basal 

 patch darker, edge angulated, well-marked ; central fascia darker 

 ferruginous-brown, anterior edge suffused ; an oblique ferruginous 

 brown apical mark. Hindwings grey, darker terminally. 



