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GENUS 3. Aleimma, Hb. TYPE loeflingiana, L. 



The floricomous ovipositor and general development seems 

 to warrant a separate genus. 



Aleimma loeflingiana, L. 11 



Valva long; costa partly separated from valvula; 

 eaccuius thickened, not free. Uncus weak socii drooping, 

 large, rounded, ^Edceagus cardinate; cornuti absent. 



Ovipositor floricornous, a very beautiful example of this 

 interesting form. Ostium weak; ductus bursae narrow; 

 agnum a flattened ridge (keel). 



GENUS 4. Tortrix, L. TYPE viridana, L. 



Viridana is the type of the Linnean genus Tortrix; the 

 genitaiia remove it from the remainder of the species usually 

 included in this genus. Viridana is in every respect allied 

 to the Peroneidii and belongs to the group with drooping 

 socii, the long aadoeagus with spiniform cornuti. In other 

 lespects the valvula, sacculus, and development of the anus 

 coincide with the other sections of the group. The 

 specialised ovipositor of the female has no value as a 

 characteristic of the group and can therefore only rank as 

 a specific character. Mr. Alf/'ed Sich has, by careful 

 observations, recorded that the female lays her eggs in 

 pairs, which are then covered with green scales. By means 

 of the ovipositor she collects these green scales either from 

 her own upper wings (a seemingly impossible feat) or 

 equally improbably from those of her mate. All we know 

 to far is, that the ovipositor is specialised, and contains these 

 green scales by accumulation. It is thus evident that the 

 following portion of the Peroneidii should form the genus 

 Tortrix L. 



Valva long, sides parallel- sacculus thickened. Uncus 

 atrophied, indent; socii long, drooping. /Edoeagus 

 cardinate; cornuti spiniform. 



Ovipositor flattened. Ostium plate lobed; signum 

 scobinate, stellate. 



