42 TORTR1CINA. 



atris ; posticis cinereis. Fcem. : flavis, basi nebula, punetis sparsis 

 ochraceis ; posticis ochraceo-griseis. tf Exp. al. 6-6^ lin. 



Head dusky brown, paler behind. Face blackish. Eyes black. 

 Palpi longer than the head, dusky, mixed with ochreous. Antennae 

 dusky ochreous. Thorax and patagia dull ochreous brown. Ante- 

 rior wings glossy, grey, with numerous short ochreous and dusky 

 streaks disposed over the surface ; towards the middle of the disk 

 is an umbre spot, and another below it, but slightly nearer the apex, 

 both edged with ochreous. Viewing this insect towards the base, 

 the wing has a very ochreous appearance. Apical scales and cilia 

 ochreous, the latter with the bases grey. Posterior wings glossy, 

 whitish, clothed with coarse grey scales with a violet tinge. Marginal 

 scales grey, with straw-colour bases. Cilia straw-colour at the apex, 

 otherwise grey. Abdomen dark iron-grey, the caudal tuft ochreous 

 drab. $ Exp. al. 6 6-rr lin. Head, face, and palpi rich ochreous. 

 Thorax and patagia ochreous. Anterior wings bright ochreous, im- 

 maculate, sometimes irrorated with dusky scales, which are occa- 

 sionally disposed in streaks. Apical scales ochreous. Cilia paler. 

 Posterior wings paler than in the <$ , and with apex slightly ochreous. 



A common species. The sexes differ, but, inter se, are tolerably 

 constant, both in size and colour. 



The imago appears in plenty in marshy places, and occurs in 

 Cambridgeshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Cheshire, and 

 other parts of England ; also in the vicinity of Edinburgh, and 

 boggy moors in Scotland. 



Genus XII. TOKTRIX, AUCTORUM. 



Palpi longer than the head (sometimes considerably so, as in 

 T. heparana), porrected horizontally, usually appressed ; basal joint 

 stout, slightly curved, cylindrical, and drooping, partly enveloped 

 by the clothing of the middle joint, which is more than three times 

 the length of the apical one, stout, arching upwards at the apex, and 

 densely clothed with scales ; apical slender, obovate, drooping, not 

 so long as the basal. Maxillae shorter than the palpi. Thorax stout, 

 subovate, and tufted behind. Anterior wings : length frequently 

 more than twice the breadth. Costa arcuated, abruptly so at the 

 base; apex slightly produced upwards; apical margin truncate, 

 nearly straight, or concave below the apex ; anal angle sometimes 

 produced; dorsal margin slightly rounded. The costal vein is 

 stout, and reaches to the middle of the costa. The discoidal cell 

 extends beyond the middle of the wing, the subcostal vein arcuated, 

 giving out the three subcostal nervures, which are nearly equi- 

 distant. Posterior wings ample ; apex obtuse ; apical margin con- 

 cave. Abdomen slender and tufted at the apex in the <$ ; stout and 

 obtuse at the apex in the $ . 



