288 TORTRICINA. 



head, bright orange. Antennae brown. Thorax and patagia dull 

 orange, banded with black. Anterior wings bright orange -colour, 

 with two broad, irregular, interrupted black fasciae, marked with 

 bright lustrous blue spots ; one of these fasciae occupies the middle 

 of the wing, the other the apical region. The base is marked with 

 two suffusing black and lustrous blue spots. The costa is maculated 

 throughout with black, as is also the dorsal margin beyond the 

 middle. Apical scales rich orange, cilia paler, both becoming black 

 at the anal angle. Posterior wings and marginal scales umber, the 

 latter with yellow bases. Cilia yellow. Abdomen umber, the apex 

 orange. $ Exp. al. 8 lin. 



A local species; slightly variable in size, but constant in 

 colour and markings. 



The imago appears in June among Ragwort (Senecio Jacob&a). 

 Till within the last few years, the only specimens known were 

 captured in Epping Forest. It has occurred latterly (in 1847) 

 in profusion at Willesden in Middlesex ; also at Southend, but 

 sparingly. 



The larva is said to feed in the roots of the Ragwort, and to 

 be found in the month of January. 



2. Schrebersiana, Frol. Alis anticis nitidis, basi ochraceis ; pone 

 medium nigris, atomis ochraceis ; macula costali ochracea ; posticis 

 pallide brunneis, subtus punctatis. J Exp. al. 5-6 lin. 



Head primrose-colour, inclining to ochreous. Face paler. Eyes 

 black. Palpi longer than the head ; above cream-colour ; darker at 

 the sides. Antennae fuscous, in some lights appearing shining grey. 

 Thorax black, mixed with ochreous. Patagia at the base black, the 

 apex ochreous. Anterior wings glossy, cream-colour; clouded at 

 the base with rich ochreous, thickly and broadly marked towards 

 the apex with blackish markings. On the costa near the base, and 

 on the dorsal margin at the base, umbreous. From the middle of 

 the costa, and one-third from the base on the dorsal margin the 

 wing is black, mixed slightly with ochreous, except a small quadrate 

 oblique, ochreous patch beyond the middle on the costa. Apical 

 scales black, with slightly paler bases. Cilia black, with the bases 

 narrowly subochreous. Posterior wings pale umbreous, with the 

 speckled under-surface showing through. Marginal scales fuscous, 

 with the bases cream-colour. Cilia dusky straw-colour. Legs 

 straw-colour. Abdomen umbreous, the caudal tuft inclining to ferru- 

 ginous. $ Exp. al. 6-7 lin. In markings like the tf , but much 

 brighter in the colours. 



A very rare species, variable in size and in the extent of its 

 markings, but tolerably constant in colour. 



