198 TORTRICINA. 



Not of very frequent occurrence ; constant in size and colour. 

 It very much resembles S. lanthinana, but is somewhat darker 

 in its tints. 



The imago appears in July and August among Umbelliferce. 

 It occurs in dry, sandy, or chalky places ; at Mickleham, near 

 Croydon, Dover, and other places in the south ; also in 

 Cheshire. 



The larva is flesh-coloured, with a dark head, and feeds on 

 Daucus carota (the Wild Carrot) in the autumn, among the 

 seeds ; and the perfect insect has been bred from that plant by 

 Mr. Thomas Boyd and Mr. W. Thompson of Crewe. 



7. nanana, Kuhlw. Alls anticis cinereis, nobulis strigis maculisque 

 saturatioribus brunneis ; costa strigis 56 geminatis albis ; posti- 

 cis fuscis. <$ Exp. al. 4^-4^ lin. 



Head olive-drab. Face paler. Eyes black. Palpi dull drab, as 

 long as the head. Antenna dull fuscous. Thorax dusky olive-drab. 

 Patagia paler. Anterior wings dull brown, with darker streaks and 

 markings. At the base is a streaked brown patch, deepest on its 

 posterior edge, where it is angulated in the middle and extending 

 further on the dorsal than on the costal margin. From the middle 

 of the costa to within the anal angle proceeds an irregular and in- 

 distinctly-defined fascia ; apex clouded with brown ; the costa more 

 or less marked with white, sometimes in the form of gemmated 

 streaks ; the apical spot smoky black ; the ocelloid patch is faintly 

 indicated by a slightly lustrous undefined cloud. Apical scales black 

 or intense brown, interrupted by a white streak below the apex. 

 Cilia iron-grey. Posterior wings dusky fuscous. Marginal scales 

 iron-grey, with paler bases. Cilia long and grey. Abdomen blackish 

 brown, the caudal tuft dull drab. $ Exp. al. 4^ 4J lin. More 

 distinctly marked than the tf . 



A very common species, and the size of S. Vacciniana, which 

 it somewhat resembles, but is distinguished from it by its nar- 

 rower and more suffused anterior wings. It varies in the intensity 

 of its markings. 



The imago appears in June in abundance, among Spruce 

 Firs, and occurs wherever those trees grow, in the south of 

 England. 



8. Vacciniana, Tisch. Alls anticis griseis nitido-subargenteis ; basi 

 macula magna, pone medium fascia obliqua distincta, altera abbre- 

 viata ad apicem brunneis ; costa strigis albis geminatis ; posticis 

 brunneo-ustulatis. 3 Exp. al. 4-4^ lin. 



Head and face fuscous. Eyes black, with a velvety appearance. 

 Palpi as long as the head; fuscous; the apex paler. Antenna? 



