262 TORTRICINA. 



Wickham Wood and Box Hill ; at Lewisham, coming to light ; 

 also in Gloucestershire, at the Dyke at Newmarket Heath, and 

 other places. It occurs also in Scotland. 



4. Ericetana, Bentley. Alls anticis pallidis, nubilis strigisque fuscis ; 

 medio fascia undulata, angulo anali striga, saturatioribus ; posticis 

 fuscis. rf Exp. al. 6-7 lin. 



Head pale ochreous drab. Face fuscous. Eyes dark brown. Palpi 

 longer than the head, drab. Antenna? drab. Thorax and patagia 

 drab, inclining to ochreous. Anterior wings dull drab, much speckled 

 and marked with fuscous. The costa geminated throughout, the inter- 

 spaces fuscous, the dorsal margin maculated, and the basal and apical 

 regions streaked and clouded with fuscous. At the middle of the 

 dorsal margin commences an undulating, broad, abbreviated fascia, of 

 an ochreous fuscous tinge, which reaches three -fourths across the 

 wing ; a similar- coloured streak arises at the anal angle. Apical scales 

 fuscous, drab at the tips. Cilia subochreous. Posterior wings dull, 

 fuscous. Marginal scales fuscous, with drab bases. Cilia ochreous 

 drab. Legs straw-colour. Abdomen glossy, pale fuscous ; caudal 

 tuft subochreous. $ Exp. al. 8-9 lin. 



A rare species ; slightly variable in the intensity of its colours, 

 and distinguished from the following species (E. striana), by the 

 central abbreviated fascia. It occurs at Shanklin in the Isle of 

 Wight, in Gloucestershire, and at various places on the coast. 



The imago appears in July. 



5. striana, Schiff. Alis anticis albidis, cinereis vel subferrugineis, 

 fusco-strigulatis ; basi, medio apiceque brunneis ; posticis griseis. 



rf Exp. al. 7-10 lin. 



Head and face pale brown, or drab. Eyes black. Palpi longer 

 than the head, brown or drab, paler beneath. Antenna? drab, some- 

 times brown. Thorax and patagia dull brown, the latter paler at the 

 apex. Anterior wings dull drab, sometimes inclining to pale ochreous 

 brown, finely streaked all over with transverse wavy chocolate- 

 coloured lines. In the middle is an irregular, slightly oblique 

 fascia, dilating posteriorly with undefined edges of chocolate -colour, 

 darkest at, and towards the costa, on its anterior edge. From near 

 the anal angle proceeds a distinctly-marked, but paler streak, meet- 

 ing, and sometimes joining to, another short oblique one originating 

 at the apex. The costa streaked throughout with drab, the inter- 

 spaces chocolate; the streaks beyond the middle being geminated, and 

 five in number. Apical scales chocolate -colour, with drab bases. Cilia 

 glossy, drab, paler at the anal angle. Posterior wings glossy, fuscous 

 grey. Marginal scales fuscous, with pale bases. Cilia very glossy, 

 cream-colour, with a fuscous line in the middle. Abdomen fuscous, 

 the caudal tuft paler. 



