244 TORTRICINA. 



Catalogue, p. 62 (vide also the Stephensian Collection in the Bri- 

 tish Museum), we think is but a pale instance of this insect. 



The imago appears in July amongst Sea Wormwood (Arte- 

 misia maritima). It occurs at St. Osyth's in Essex, on the 

 banks of the Thames, below Gravesend, and other places. In all 

 probability the larva feeds either in the stems or roots of the 

 above-named plant. 



7. pupillana, Linn. Alls anticis albis, basi macula fasciaque medio 

 cinereo-fuscis, nebulis cinereis margine dorsali ; macula ocellari 

 magna distincta argentea, atroque lineata ; eiliis albis ; posticis 

 fiisco-cinereis. $ Exp. al. 8 lin. 



Head very pale drab, inclining to white. Face dirty white. Eyes 

 black. Palpi longer than the head, white above and between, drab 

 at the sides and beneath. Antennae glossy drab. Thorax and 

 patagia pale drab, the former slightly darker behind. Anterior wings 

 glossy, white, with fuscous markings, and a broad longitudinal dark 

 mark on the ocelloid patch. The base is occupied by a dark cloud, 

 pale anteriorly, and deepest at its posterior rounded edge ; it extends 

 one-fourth along the costa and near to the middle of the dorsal 

 margin. Erom the middle of the costa to within the anal angle 

 proceeds a sharply- defined, similar-coloured, narrow, and nearly 

 straight fascia, which softens and dilates at its termination towards 

 the base. Erom the centre of this fascia proceeds a broad, curved 

 band, formed of transverse rows of black and ochreous scales, reach- 

 ing the apex, and forming the upper portion of the exceedingly 

 large ocelloid patch, which is white, and of oval shape within, bear- 

 ing a broad longitudinal smoky-black mark, with three transverse 

 golden streaks, speckled with black, and twice interrupted with 

 ochreous. The costa is marked with three or more drab spots be- 

 tween the central fascia and the apex. Apical scales and cilia white, 

 finely speckled with black, the latter with the bases wholly white. 

 Posterior wings glossy, dusky brown. Marginal scales paler. Cilia 

 white. Abdomen glossy, fuscous grey, the apex drab. 



A coast species, where it is somewhat common ; constant in 

 size, but variable in the intensity of its colours. In appearance 

 it resembles Grapholita Wimmerana and Thiodia citrana ; from 

 the former it is distinguished by its larger size, its more distinct 

 and darker markings, but most especially by the very strongly- 

 expressed longitudinal interrupted triple streak in the ocelloid 

 patch; from Thiodia citrana by its being smaller, and having 

 the ground-colour of the anterior wings white, instead of primrose- 

 yellow. 



The imago appears in August, flying among Sea Wormwood 



