TORTRICINA. 17 



Genus IV. EULIA, HUBNER, 



Head broad. Antennae slender, clothed with scales above, pubes- 

 cent beneath. Palpi rather longer than the head, approximating, 

 ascending, densely clothed with short scales ; basal joint short, 

 thick, slightly curved, truncate ; apical minute, ovate, shorter than 

 the basal; middle four times as long as the apical, curved, stout, 

 thickest beyond the middle. Maxillae short. Thorax stout, sub- 

 globose, with a large elevated tuft behind. Anterior wings twice as 

 long as broad ; costa regularly arcuated ; dorsal margin rounded 

 slightly ; apex acute ; apical margin oblique and nearly straight. 

 The costal vein reaches to the middle of the costa, and the submedian 

 nervure is inserted nearly opposite the middle subcostal one. The 

 discoidal cell reaches to the middle of the wing ; in shape elongate- 

 triangular, broadest before its apex. Posterior wings : apex obtuse ; 

 apical margin slightly concave. 



There is but one British species, which is of difficult location. 

 By some (Guenee, Doubleday, &c.) it is placed in the genus Lozo- 

 tania (Tortrix), but the general appearance of the insect scarcely 

 warrants that position. It is erected into a distinct genus in 

 Stephens' s Mus. Cat., under the name Eulia, as assigned to it by 

 Hiibner, which is retained until a better knowledge of the larva 

 and preparatory states dictate its proper place. The structure of 

 the palpi and venation of the wings are the same as obtain in the 

 genus Tortrix as here restricted, and there, after all, may be its 

 proper place. In repose the perfect insect holds the wings in a 

 deflexed position, but somewhat rounded at the sides. 



1. ministrana, Linn. Alis anticis nitidis, ochraceis; basi a medio 

 maculis nebulosis et margine apicali ferrugineis ; pone medium 

 gutta alba ; posticis fuscis. <$ Exp. al. 9-10 lin. 



Head and face dusky ferruginous. Eyes black. Palpi dull drab, 

 slightly dusky at sides. Antennae fuscous. Thorax pale ferruginous 

 in front, ochreous on vertex; the tuft pale ferruginous. Patagia 

 pale ferruginous at base, the apex pale ochreous. Anterior wings : 

 glossy, pale bright ochreous, with pale ferruginous clouds ; at the base 

 the costa is pale ferruginous, with a dusky irroration ; a broad pale 

 ferruginous cloud proceeds two-thirds the length of the wing along 

 the dorsal margin, extending upwards nearly to the costa ; at the 

 apex is a broad, somewhat triangular cloud of a rich ferruginous red 

 colour ; the space between this and the basal cloud is ochreous ; an 

 irroration of iron-grey scales, more or less distinct, is in the middle 

 of the wing, extending from the costa to the dorsal margin. At the 

 apex of the discoidal cell is a whitish irregular- shaped spot. Apical 

 scales and cilia pale ferruginous, both becoming pale ochreous, or 

 yellow mixed with iron-grey, at the anal angle. Posterior wings 



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