TORTRICINA. 



3. Hyrciniana, Uslar. Alls anticis albidis aut fuscescentibus, 

 subargenteo-nitidis, maculis fuscis plus minusve distinctis ; pos- 

 ticis fuscis. c? Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Head pale fuscous on the vertex, pale drab behind. Face cream - 

 colour. Eyes black. Palpi as long as the head, pale drab. An- 

 tennae shining, dusky drab. Thorax chocolate-brown speckled with 

 drab. Patagia of similar colours, but paler. Anterior wings dull, 

 cream-colour or white, suffused with dull or chocolate-brown patches 

 or streaks. This insect is very variable in the number and extent of 

 its markings ; some with the white preponderating, others with the 

 brown ; the most constant markings appear in the darker specimens, 

 and from one of these is the following description taken. The white 

 ground-colour of the wing is visible near the base in an indistinct, 

 broadish, undulating streak. Before the middle of the wing are two 

 indistinct curved lines nearly parallel in their course, but widest 

 apart in the centre ; on the costa, midway between these lines, are 

 two white spots, and below them numerous white freckles arranged 

 in two rows, one directed towards the base, the other to the anal 

 angle. Before the apex are two white geminated streaks with white 

 freckles below. At the region of the ocelloid patch are two well- 

 defined white lines, or else a congeries of white freckles. The 

 apical spot distinct, and below it a w r hite streak running through the 

 cilia. Apical scales umber, with paler bases. Cilia smoky grey, 

 with white bases ; somewhat paler at the anal angle, where they are 

 also sometimes interrupted by white streaks running through them. 

 Posterior wings shining, pale fuscous ; the base greyish. Marginal 

 scales pale fuscous, with lighter bases. Cilia pale grey. Abdomen 

 fuscous, the caudal tuft paler. $ Exp. al. 5-16 lin. 



A very common insect among fir-trees, and at the same time 

 very variable, both in the number and character of its markings. 

 It differs also somewhat in size. The dark portions of the 

 anterior wings vary from pale fuscous to dark umbreous. It is 

 similar to C. distinct ana, but is readily distinguished from it by 

 the absence of the furcate striga beyond, the middle of the wing. 



The imago appears in May and June, and occurs throughout 

 the country ; also in Scotland, commonly in the vicinity of 

 Edinburgh. 



Genus XIV. CAPUA, STEPHENS. 



Palpi robust, longer than the head, porrected horizontally, densely 

 clothed above with scales ; basal joint stout, truncate ; apical slender, 

 slightly curved, longer than the basal ; middle stout, thickened 

 beyond the centre, three times as long as the apical. Maxilla? as 

 long as the palpi. Thorax ovate. Anterior wings : length equals 



