1907.] MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF TEXERIFE. 1001 



colour, tending to become widely furcate toward the costa, :iml 

 ii;trro\\iy furcate where it is inverted to the dorsum before the 

 tornus ; the outer portion of this fascia is usually joined to a 

 sinuate stivak, which, cutting off the dark apex of the wing, 

 descends to the middle of the termeii; these markings all contain 

 more or less, short, parallel, wavy streaks of the darker ground- 

 colour ; cilia varying from ochreous to greyish, sometimes slightly 

 mottled. Exp. al. 9-12 mm. Hirtdwings pale brownish grey; 

 cilia pale cinereous with a slender shade-line running through 

 them near their base. Abdomen greyish fuscous. Legs pale 

 brow r nish cinereous, the tarsi very faintly spotted. 



Type (99106); rf (99107) ex Statice, Mus. Wlsm. 



Hob. TENERIFE : Guimar, 17. III. 1907, Frankenia ericifolia, 

 6. Ill, excl. 9. Ill - 22. IV. 1907, Statice pectinata, 6. III. 

 excl. 20. Ill - 18. IV. 1907 (Wlsm.)- Tejina, 18. III. 1902 

 (Mttott); Puerto Orotava, 21. IV - 14. V. 1907, Frankenia 

 ericifolia, 21. IV, excl. 3-4. V. 1907, Statice pectinata, 21. IV, 

 excl. 26. V - 7. VI. 1907 (Wlsm.). Thirty-two specimens (13 ex 

 Statice, 10 ex Frankenia, 9 captured). 



The larva feeds on /Statice pectinata and Frankenia ericifolia, 

 at Guimar and Puerto Orotava, from both of which plants I have 

 bred it. 



Most nearly allied, perhaps, to limoniana Mill., but differing 

 in the markings being intermediate between those of that species 

 and botrana S-D. 



63. (255) BACTRA Stph. 

 129. (2017) BACTRA LAXCEOLAXA Hb. 



Tortrix lancealana Hb. Smlg. Eur. Schm. VII. PI. 13 80(1 797) \ 

 Ancylis lanceolana Hb. Verz. Schm. 376 no. 3614 (1826) -. Aphe- 

 lia lanceolana Wlsm. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1881. 231-2 (1881) 3 ; 

 Meyr. Pr. Lin. Soc. NSW. VI. 651-2 (1881) '. Bactra lanceolana 

 Wlsm. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1894. 537, 540 no. 9 (1894) 8 ; Rbl. 

 Ann. KK. Hofnms. IX. 17. 86-7 no. 152 (1894): XI. 120-1, 

 146 no. 168 (1896) 7 : XXI. 43 no. 197 (1906) " ; Wlsm. Pr. Z. 

 Soc. Lond. 1897. 121-2 no. 162 (1897) 9 : Ann-Mag. NH. (7 s.). 

 VI. 333-4 no. 1006 (1900) 10 : Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 113 

 no. 2017 (1901) u ; Frnlcl. Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 52. 449 no. 5006 

 (1902) '-. 



Nab. EUROPE l -*> ll :Juneu8,Cyperu8*. AFRICA 3 . ASIA 10 . 

 MALAYSIA 10 . AUSTRALIA 1 . NEW ZEAL AND 4 . S.AME- 

 RICA'. N. AMERICA 12 . W.INDIES". Madeiras 5 MA- 

 DEIRA ': San Antonio da Serra (Woltaston) r> ; Machico, 23. IV. 

 1904 (Eaton). Canaries G ~ 8 TENERIFE ws : Guimar, 4. Ill - 7. IV. 

 11)07 (Wlsm.)', IV. 1884 (Leech)] Puerto Oi-ot.-sva. 14. V. 1U07 

 (IIV.s///.); 1895 (Hedememrt) 7 ; Santa Cruz, 26. V. 1889 (Krauss)* 

 GKAX (.'AXAiiiA 7 : Las Palmas, 7. V. 1895 (Heden>a>ni)~ '. 



The examples of this species which I met with in Teiierife could 



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