TORTRICINA. 251 



The imago appears in June and July, among trees and hedges, 

 particularly Elm-trees, and occurs throughout the country ; also 

 in Scotland. 



The pupa is black, with a subdued gloss ; measures 3 lines, and 

 the insect remains in this state about twelve days. 



The larva is polyphagous, of a dull, dark olive-green colour, 

 measures from 5 to 5^ lines in length, sluggish, and when 

 disturbed rolls itself up into a ball. Head hazel-colour, shining, 

 black at the base and sides ; labrum chestnut-colour ; shield with 

 a jet-black mark, shining, undulate in front, occupying nearly the 

 whole vertex, and divided by a slender dorsal line; fore-margin 

 whitish. The spots are round, small, elevated, and slightly white, 

 with black centres, a hair springing from each. The anal segment 

 with a large round, rugose, black shining patch, and a black spot 

 above, at the base of each terminal proleg. On the twelfth seg- 

 ment is a transverse row of oval, whitish spots. 



4. Virgaureana, Treits. Alis anticis albido-cinereis; fasciis tribus 

 fuscis, nigro-punctatis, aliquando anterior! abbreviata ; posticis 

 pallide fuscis. c? Exp. al. 7-8 lin. 



Head dusky drab, irrorated with pale grey. Face slightly paler 

 than the head. Eyes black. Palpi as long as the head, dusky drab, 

 pale drab beneath, at the base. Antenna fuscous grey. Thorax 

 dusky drab ; darker and tufted behind. Patagia dusky drab, irro- 

 rated with grey, slightly paler than the thorax. Anterior wings 

 dull, grey or greyish-drab, with fuscous markings streaked and 

 freckled with umber. Near the base is a very angulated, curved, 

 abbreviated fascia, which sometimes attains the dorsal margin. At 

 the middle of the costa commences a broad, distinct, uninterrupted, 

 oblique, angulated fascia, most denned on its inner edge, and nearly 

 reaching the anal angle. The apical region is more or less occupied 

 by another fascia dilated at the costa, and enclosing a pale space 

 thereon, diminished and produced towards the anal angle ; the apical 

 margin fuscous. The pale portions of the wing and the markings 

 much freckled with umber, the latter streaked at the edges with 

 the same colour. Apical scales fuscous ; cilia pale fuscous, both with 

 grey tips. Posterior wings fuscous, with the base greyish. Marginal 

 scales fuscous, with paler bases. Cilia pale fuscous. Abdomen fus- 

 cous; the caudal tuft dusky ochreous. $ Exp. al. 7-g 8^- lin. An- 

 terior wings rather more distinctly marked than in the tf . Abdo- 

 men with the caudal tuft ochreous. 



A very common species, but less abundant than C. subjectana ; 

 variable in size, and a little so in the intensity of the colouring. 

 Allied to, but distinguished /row, subjectana, by its darker and 

 more speckled anterior wings. 



