312 TORTRICINA. 



posterior commencing within the anal angle, and attaining the costa. 

 Apical scales straw-colour. Cilia paler. Posterior wings pale pearly 

 grey, edged with fuscous. Marginal scales and cilia glossy, white. 

 Abdomen dark fuscous, the apex straw-colour. $ Exp. al. 6^-7 lin. 



An uncommon species ; constant in colour and marking, but 

 somewhat variable in size. Allied to L. Francillana, but smaller, 

 and paler in colour. The abbreviated anterior streak is a good 

 distinctive character. 



The imago appears in July, frequenting Umbellifera. It 

 occurs at Charlton, Plumstead, Sanderstead Downs, Reigate, 

 and other places around London ; at the Isle of Wight, &c. ; in 

 Ireland, in the vicinity of Dublin. 



The larva feeds in the stems of the Pastinaca sativa (the Wild 

 Parsnip) . 



2. Francillana, Fabr. Alis anticis pallide flavis; strigis duabus 

 obliquis rufo-brunneis ; costa basi a medio brunneo-punctata ; 

 posticis griseis. $ Exp. al. 6| 8 lin. 



Head and face straw-colour. Eyes black. Palpi longer than the 

 head, straw-colour above, between, and beneath, slightly brown at 

 the sides. AntennaB fuscous ; basal joint clothed with straw-co- 

 loured scales. Thorax and patagia straw-colour. Anterior wings 

 straw-colour, with the basal half of the costa narrowly edged and 

 maculated with dull ferruginous colour, and two very oblique entire 

 ferruginous streaks parallel with the apical margin, one commencing 

 in the dorsal margin, at one-third from the base and attaining the 

 middle of the costa, the other near the apex. Apical scales and 

 cilia straw-colour. Posterior wings very pale pearly grey, nar- 

 rowly edged with fuscous. Marginal scales and cilia whitish. Ab- 

 domen grey, the apex straw-colour. $ Exp. al. 8-9 lin. The 

 colouring of the anterior wings warmer in tint than in the tf . 



An uncommon species ; constant in colour and marking, but 

 variable in size. Allied to L. dilucidana, but distinguished from 

 it by the anterior streak attaining the costa. 



The imago appears in July and August amongst Daucus 

 Carota, and occurs at Darenth, Dover, on the railway bank 

 near Forest Hill, Croydon, Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Charlton, 

 near Guildford, and other places. 



A larva, supposed of this species, is to be found during the 

 autumn and spring months, in the stems of the above-named 

 plant. It is from 3 to 4 lines in length, sluggish, and of a 

 dirty white or pale yellow colour ; its head is shining, of chest- 

 nut-colour; the shield very transparent, shining, somewhat 

 rugose, with hazel-coloured clouds at the base ; the spots on the 



