280 TORTRTCINA. 



1. reliquana, Hiib. Alls anticis fulvis, maculis duabus ad mar- 

 ginem dorsalem nigris, medio brunneo-obscuris ; costa punctis 

 geminatis pallidis ; posticis maris basi margaritaceis, apice fusco- 

 fuliginosis ; fcem. nigro-fuliginosis. <$ Exp. al. 5 lin. 

 Head ochreous, paler in front. Face cream-colour. Eyes black. 

 Palpi longer than the head ; above cream-colour, at the sides and 

 beneath at base white, the apex ochreous. Antennas glossy, drab, or 

 pale brown. Thorax dull ochreous, with dusky brown transverse 

 bands ; the crest ochreous. Patagia ochreous, towards the base 

 dusky brown. Anterior wings glossy, cream-colour, with ochreous 

 and golden-brown clouds and umber markings. On the dorsal margin 

 are two somewhat triangular, streaky umber patches, narrowly edged 

 with whitish, one situated before the middle, the other wider, within 

 the anal angle ; opposite and between these, upon the costa, is a 

 larger undefined, golden -brown cloud, in which are two broadish 

 umber streaks ; the apex of the wing suffused with golden brown at 

 the base, and between the dorsal patches with ochreous. At the 

 base are also a few dusky freckles. The costa is maculated, there 

 being before the middle two, and five whitish geminations beyond, all 

 more or less produced, especially the apical one, which is continued 

 across the angle to near the middle of the apical margin, the space 

 between its origin and its termination dusky. Apical scales ochreous, 

 sometimes speckled with brown, with paler bases. Cilia paler. 

 Posterior wings and marginal scales pearly white, and diaphanous 

 at the base, merging into pale smoky umber at the apex. Cilia 

 pearly white at the anal angle, smoky grey at and towards the apex. 

 Abdomen glossy, umber, the apex yellow. $ Exp. al. 5 lin. An- 

 terior wings marked as in the tf , but richer in colour ; posterior 

 wings golden brown, darkest at the apex. 



Not a very common species ; slightly variable in size, but 

 tolerably constant in colour and markings. 



The imago appears in May in woods and hedges, flying in the 

 sunshine. It occurs at Darenth and Swanscombe Woods, at 

 Bulwich, and other places round London ; at Epping and the 

 New Forests, Devonshire, &c. 



Genus II. PHTHEOCHROA, STEPHENS. 



Antennae very long, slender, and slightly plumose beneath. Palpi 

 much longer than the head, porrected horizontally, adpressed, com- 

 pressed. Basal joint stout, truncate; apical slender, cylindrical, 

 slightly thickened before the apex; middle regularly arcuated, 

 slightly thickened before the middle, five times as long as the apical. 

 Maxillae slender, as long as the palpi. Thorax stout, ovate, slightly 



