1907.] MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF TEXERIFE. 995 



Rebel's description of mactana, although paler forms, less reticu- 

 lated on the under side of the forewing, also occur: there is however 

 no possible line of demarcation between them. Some very fine 

 f {isolated $ $, with typical persimilana $ $ , and typical tnactana 

 3 3 , were bred from larvae on Globularia salicina, at Guimar, in 

 April and May, 12 specimens in all, including a single d bred 

 from the same plant at Puerto Orotava. I have also bred six 

 similar forms from Adenocarpus foliolosus, at La Laguna, in June ; 

 1 rf, in March, on Banksia rose, Guimar; 1 $ , March, on 

 Rubus fruticosus, Guimar ; 1 $ , April, on Geranium, Guimar ; 



1 $ , May, on Cytisus proliferus, Pedro Gil ; 1 <? , March, on 

 Schinus molle, Santa Cruz ; 1 J , March, from Coffee-plant, in a 

 garden at Miramar, near Santa Cruz ; 1 $ , June, on Erica arborea, 

 La Laguna ; 1 $ , April, from Jasminum odoratissimum, Guimar ; 

 16 caught specimens make up the series of 42, to which I can add, 



2 received from Mr. White, and 6 previously in my cabinet from 

 the late Mr. J. H. Leech, and from Mr. Eaton : 50 in all. 



121. (1545) TORTRIX BRACATANA Rbl. 



Pandemis bracatana Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. IX. 17, 82-4 no. 146 

 (1894) *: XXL 43 no. 189 (1906) 2 : Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 

 87 no. 1545 (1901) 3 . 



Hal). TEXERIFE 1 " 3 : Agua Garcia, VI. 1892 (Cabrera) 1 , Vi- 

 burnum rugosum, 31. V, excl. 17. VI. 1907 (Wlsm.). 



A fine and distinct species, of which I have only a single 

 specimen, bred from a larva found rolling the leaves of Viburnum 

 rugosum at Agua Garcia ; the type was taken in. the same locality 

 by Cabrera in 1892. 



-122. (1594-1) TORTRIX CANARIENSIS Rbl. 

 =* subcostana Rbl. (nee Stn.). 



Cacoecia* subcostana Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. IX. 16, 81-2 no. 143 

 (1894) \ Tortrix (*subcostana Rbl.) Wlsm. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 1894. 539 (1894) 2 . Tortrix subcostana Stn. + canariensis Rbl. 

 Ann. KK. Hofmus. XL 116, 146 no. 157 (1896) 3 : Stgr-Rbl. 

 Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 90 no. 1594 a (1901) \ 



Hab. Canaries 1 " t TENERIFE 1 ' 3 : Guimar, 9. Ill - 16. IV. 1907 

 (Wlsm.)- Las Mercedes, 17. III. 1902, 29. III. 1904 (Eaton), 19. 

 V-7. VI. 1907 (msm.); IV. 1885 (Leech) 1 ' 2 ; Tejina, 7. IV. 

 1904 (Eaton); Arafa, 13. IV. 1907 (Wlsm.); Realejo, 7. V. 1907 

 (Wlsm.)', Villa Orotava, 14. V. 1907 (Wlsm.); La Laguna, 21. V. 

 1889 (Krauss) \ 23. V- 9. VI. 1907 (Wlxm.) ; Santa Cruz, 25. V. 

 1889 (Krauss) 1 ; Tacaronte, 31. V. 1907 (Wlam.). 



This is an exceedingly variable species, and at first sight seems 

 very distinct from the larger and more distinct form which I have 

 received from Madeira. A series of 74 specimens, taken in various 

 localities, enables me to separate them satisfactorily : in subcostana 

 Stn. the dark fascia is always more oblique, and its inner margin 



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