TORTRICINA. 



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5. proximana, Haw. Alls anticis pallide olivaceo-fuliginosis ; squa- 

 mis ochraceis vel cinereis irroratis ; costa strigis fuscis albidis 

 geminatis obliquis; macula ocellari ad angulum analem punctis 

 atris ; posticis subnitidis olivaceo-fuscis. $ Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Head dusky drab, paler in front. Face dusky drab, paler below. 

 Eyes black. Palpi pale drab. AntennaB glossy, dusky drab. Thorax 

 and patagia dusky drab, the latter glossy. Anterior wings glossy, 

 dusky drab, with a pale olive-green tinge, paler at the base. The 

 costa is marked throughout with cream-coloured, or very pale drab 

 streaks; those beyond the middle most distinct, produced and 

 geminated, with dark fuscous, produced interspaces ; the first and 

 third of these geminated streaks are produced into lustrous leaden- 

 coloured lines pointing towards the apical margin, the posterior one 

 attaining it one-fourth below the apex. Towards the anal angle is 

 the ocelloid patch, bounded by slightly coppery, lustrous streaks, 

 with the space between bearing three or four short longitudinal 

 black lines. The whole surface of the wing with an irroration of 

 grey scales. Apical scales fuscous, with grey tips. Cilia glossy, 

 fuscous grey. Posterior wings glossy, fuscous, with a bronzy tinge, 

 paler at the base. Marginal scales fuscous. Cilia straw-colour. Ab- 

 domen fuscous grey, the apex drab. $ Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Like the preceding ; not frequently captured in the perfect 

 state. It is very like E. nigricana in markings, but considerably 

 smaller and paler in colour. 



The imago appears in June, and is generally distributed. 



The larva, according to M. Guenee, is yellowish white, with 

 the head fuscous, and the ordinary spots blackish. It feeds in 

 the unripe seeds of Pisum sativum. 



6. puncticostana, Steph. Alls anticis atro-purpureis, basi diluti- 

 oribus ; costa strigulis geminatis obliquis pallide flavis ; strigis 

 subcostalibus et ad angulum analem cseruleis ; posticis brunneis. 



<5 Exp. al. 5-5| lin. 



Head and face dull, smoky olive-brown, the latter ochreous below. 

 Eyes black. Palpi scarcely so long as the head, ochreous. Antennae 

 umbreous. Thorax and patagia dull, dark olive-brown, inclining to 

 umbreous. Anterior wings glossy, umbreous, with a purple tinge, 

 paler at the base, and the costa clearly and distinctly marked with 

 glossy, oblique yellow markings, disposed in pairs; an umbreous 

 spot at the apex. In fine specimens, lustrous blue streaks are pre- 

 sent, below the markings on the costa, and towards the anal angle. 

 Apical scales of the same colour as the wing. Cilia paler. Posterior 

 wings and marginal scales dull, umbreous brown ; the latter with the 

 bases paler. Cilia dull, slightly ochreous. Abdomen dull, dark um- 

 breous. Exp. al. 5|-6 lin. 



A rare insect ; not variable. Of the size of, and closely allied 



