234 TORTRICINA. 



An uncommon species ; very variable in colour, and a little so 

 in size. The chief variation consists in the more or less developed 

 basal cloud ; in some specimens it is almost wanting, whilst in 

 others it occupies fully one-third of the surface. 



The imago appears in July among Oaks ; it occurs in Hyde 

 Park, in Suffolk, Cheshire, and in Ireland. 



The larva is said to feed in Acorns. 



2. splendana, Hiib. Alis anticis cinereis, fusco-strigatis ; postica 

 brunneis obscuris ; macula ocellari magna subviolacea, interne 

 aurea, strigis longitudinalibus atris ; posticis fuscis. $ Exp. al. 

 6-8 lin. 



Head greyish drab, paler above the eyes. Face greyish drab. 

 Eyes dark brown. Palpi longer than the head, grey, except at the 

 base above, where they are pale drab. Antenna fuscous. Thorax 

 and patagia greyish drab. Anterior wings dull, grey, with numerous 

 dusky streaks ; an umber cloud at the apex, in which is a metallic- 

 lustred ocelloid patch. At the base is a faint streaky rhomboid 

 patch, most visible towards the dorsal margin. The costa fuscous, 

 marked throughout with grey streaks ; those beyond the middle are 

 geminated, five in number, and produced. The apical umber-cloud 

 occupies one-third of the dorsal margin, and passes off roundly and 

 obliquely to the apex, where it becomes paler ; it encompasses the 

 ocelloid patch, which consists of blue metallic -lustred markings edged 

 with black, with a broad dusky ochreous space between, marked lon- 

 gitudinally with black lines. In some specimens one or two very 

 slender lustrous blue streaks are visible below the apical half of the 

 costa, which are produced towards a white mark below the apical 

 spot. Apical scales black, with white tips, sometimes speckled with 

 white, and sometimes interrupted below the apical spot. Cilia iron- 

 grey, somewhat paler at the anal angle. Posterior wings and mar- 

 ginal scales fuscous, the latter with paler bases. Cilia grey. Ab- 

 domen grey. $ Exp. al. 7-8-i lin. 



An uncommon species ; variable in size and colour. In some 

 specimens the ground-colour is pale greyish-drab, in others dark 

 grey, and the intermediate shades occur. It is nearest allied to 

 C. grossana, but the basal portion of the wing is less clouded, and 

 the apical portion darker. 



The imago appears in June and July among Oaks and Wild 

 Apple. It occurs at Darenth, Greenhithe, Plumstead, and Wick- 

 ham Woods ; at Hampstead, Epping Forest, near Guildford, and 

 other places round London, and the south of England. 



The pupa is 4| lines in length, of a reddish-brown colour ; 

 head, thorax, and wing cases slightly shining ; the abdomen 

 dull ; puparium dark amber-colour and semi-transparent. 



