232 TORTRICINA. 



to E. Germarana, but distinguished from it by its uniformly 

 darker colour, and more distinctly marked costa. 



Genus II. CARPOCAPSA, TREIT. 



Palpi longer than the head, approximate, ascending ; basal joint 

 pyriform, truncate ; apical stout, egg-shaped, densely clothed with 

 short scales, as long as the basal ; middle moderately stout, thickened 

 beyond the centre, curved, more than twice as long as the apical. 

 Maxilla3 as long as the palpi. Thorax globose, stout. Anterior wings : 

 length more than twice the width ; costa regularly arcuated ; apex 

 obtuse, slightly produced (not produced in C. pomonella) ; apical 

 margin rounded, suddenly concave below the apex ; dorsal margin 

 scarcely rounded ; the costal vein attains the margin at the middle ; 

 subcostal nervures not equidistant. The discoidal cell in the upper 

 half of the wing, and extends two-thirds its length. Posterior wings 

 ample, somewhat acute at the apex ; apical margin concave ; dorsal 

 margin entire. Abdomen robust in both sexes, but stoutest in the $ . 



Of the entire family of the Tortricina, this is, perhaps, the 

 most natural genus. The. whole of the European species, as at 

 present known, feed in fruits in their larva state. The ample 

 anterior wings are of dull colours, and mostly characterized 

 by an oblique dark cloud at the anal angle, in which is a large 

 and conspicuous ocelloid patch, usually with metallic markings. 

 The larvee are stout, sluggish, reddish in colour, are full-fed to- 

 wards the end of summer ; before assuming the pupa state they 

 quit the fruit which gave them nourishment, and seek a con- 

 venient spot in which to spin or make a cocoon, and undergo 

 their final change. 



There is considerable affinity between this genus and the pre- 

 ceding one ; the habits of the larvae of such of the latter 

 (Endopisa) as are known being similar, although there is but 

 very little resemblance in their perfect state. 



There are five British species, and one or two others are 

 known upon the Continent. 



In nature this is doubtless an extensive group of insects, and 

 very recently another species has been added to it by Mr. J. 0. 

 West wood (C. saltitans), to designate the insect bred in this 

 country from the "jumping seeds " from Mexico ; but it is very 

 doubtful whether it will retain this position, as certainly the 

 insect, in the larVa state at least, differs considerably from the 

 type, viz. in not having the legs and prolegs developed, and in its 

 undergoing its changes within the seed, instead of quitting it, 

 before changing into pupa. 



