300 TORTRICINA. 



conical mark, with two black spots at its apex ; beyond this, and 

 originating at the anal angle, on the apical margin, is an oblique, 

 somewhat dilating, dark umber mark ; at the apex, on the costa, are 

 three oblique spots : the anterior one fuscous, the remaining two 

 bright ferruginous; these last are followed by three deep umber 

 spots along the apical margin. The pale spaces between the mark- 

 ings at the apex streaked with bright lustrous blue scales, and the 

 interval between the central and apical marks clouded with grey. 

 The costa, towards the base, streaked sharply with black or umber 

 between the markings. Apical scales glossy, dark iron-grey. Cilia 

 smoky iron-grey, mixed with a few ferruginous scales. Posterior 

 wings pale grey at the base, fuscous towards the margin, clothed 

 with coarse scales, and having a mottled appearance, arising from 

 the speckling of the under-surface showing through. $ Exp. al. 



A rare species ; variable in size and colour ; closely allied to 

 Eup. Carduana, but distinguished from it by its more distinctly- 

 maculated costa, and by the blotch in the middle of the dorsal 

 margin being less defined, and destitute of ferruginous or pale 

 chocolate, or rosy colouring. 



The imago appears in May, June, and July, frequenting 

 hedges and woods. It occurs near Ripley, in West Wickham 

 Wood, Sanderstead Downs, near Bristol, in Worcestershire, &c. 



5. Carduana, Zell. Alis anticis niveis ; costa maculis duabus fuscis 

 vel cinereis, medio marginis dorsalis fascia abbreviata, altera ad 

 apicem ferrugineo, aut rubro, cinereo atroque variis ; posticis fusco- 

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



Head and face dirty white. Eyes black. Palpi longer than the 

 head ; above, beneath, and between dirty white ; at the sides dusky 

 ochreous. Antenna? fuscous. Thorax dirty white. Patagia at the 

 base dusky, whitish at the apex. Anterior wings dull, white, 

 with fuscous umber, ferruginous, and sometimes dull crimson mark- 

 ings. On the costa are three somewhat quadrate, fuscous patches, 

 two near the base, the third just beyond the middle. In the centre 

 of the dorsal margin is an irregular bright ferruginous or crimson 

 patch, speckled with black and edged broadly anteriorly with fuscous. 

 Across the apical angle, preceded by a dark grey cloud, is an umber 

 mark, speckled with black, followed by a crimson streak, which runs 

 along the apical margin. The markings at the apex, with lustrous 

 blue streaks between. At the anal angle is a ferruginous or olive- 

 ochreous patch. The costa is spotted, with fuscous between the 

 markings, and the dorsal margin with umber. Apical scales dark 

 iron-grey. Cilia iron-grey, mottled with dull ferruginous. Poste- 

 rior wings with a subdued gloss, fuscous. Marginal scales glossy, 

 fuscous, with pale ochreous bases. Cilia paler. Abdomen fuscous 



