TOBTRIX] TORTRICIDAE 539 



15. T. cinctana, Schiff. 15-17 mm. Head and thorax dark 

 ferruginous -fuscous ; thorax crested. Fore wings narrowed 

 anteriorly, clear white, posteriorly and on margins strigulated 

 with leaden-grey ; basal patch, central fascia, and costal spot 

 ferruginous, mixed with leaden-grey and black ; edge of basal 

 patch straight. Hindwings white, thinly strigulated with 

 grey. 



Kent (Dover), local ; C. Europe ; 7. 



16. T. sinuana, Stpk. 17-21 mm. Antennal cilia of <$ very 

 short. Thorax crested. Forewings with costa much arched 

 anteriorly, thence nearly straight, 7 to apex; grey, whitish- 

 mixed ; a curved fascia at J, pointed beneath and not reaching 

 dorsuni, central fascia with anterior edge excavated in middle 

 and above dorsum, and costal patch grey, in disc distinctly 

 ochreous, partly edged with blackish. Hindwings light grey, 

 terminally darker ; 6 and 7 short-stalked. 



England to Lancashire, Perth, local and uncommon ; not 

 recognised elsewhere ; 7. Larva on flowers of Scilla nutans ; 5. 



17. T. chrysanthemana, Dup. (alternella, Wilk.) 18-21 mm. 

 Antennal cilia of $ short. Thorax crested. Forewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, 7 to or close beneath apex; grey, 

 finely irrorated with whitish-ochreous and mixed with white ; 

 Jin angulated fascia at J not reaching dorsum, central fascia 

 with anterior edge excavated in middle and above dorsum, 

 ill-defined costal and terminal patches fuscous, edges partially 

 blackish-marked. Hindwings light grey, in 9 darker posteriorly ; 

 6 and 7 approximated or seldom short-stalked. 



England, Perth, E. Ireland, rather local ; C. and S. Europe, 

 WC. Asia to N. Persia ; 7. Larva on Chrysanthemum, Inula, 

 etc. ; 5, 6. 



18. T. virgaureana, Tr. 15-17 mm. Antennal cilia of $ 

 short. Thorax crested. Forewings elongate, costa moderately 

 arched, 7 to or close beneath apex ; fuscous, sometimes mixed 

 with white, finely irrorated with whitish-ochreous and strigu- 

 lated throughout with dark fuscous ; an angulated fascia at J, 

 indistinct dorsally, irregular central fascia, and costal patch 

 connected by an irregular streak with termen darker fuscous. 

 Hindwings fuscous, darker posteriorly ; 6 and 7 short-stalked. 



Britain to the Clyde, N. and E. Ireland, common, often 

 abundant; C. Europe, N. Asia; 6, 7. Larva green -grey or 

 blackish ; spots sometimes black ; head light brown ; plate of 

 2 black, sometimes partly brown : on Plantago, Lathyrm, 

 Teucrium, etc. ; 5, 6. 



