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Species 11. — Steganoptycha retusana •" — (Plate LXXXIV., Fig, 11) — Measures 6 or 7 lines in 

 expanse; fore wings retuse, ashy red, with a whitish- ashy spot in the middle of the inner margin, the base with 

 a dark fascia on the same margin ; the costa obliquely streaked with white, the anal angle ashy, with some black 

 transverse lines, and a round red spot at the apical angle ; hind wings brown. Very variable, the fore wings 

 having the ground colour var}dng from ashy red to pale testaceous, sometimes almost uniform, but sometimes 

 with the markings more contrasted and distinct. The costal strigae more or less distinct, the marking on 

 the middle of the inner margin varying in width and size, &c. Taken in woody districts, and common 

 in June. 



^ Synonyme. — Tortrix retvsana^ Uawortb ; Stephens; Wood, fig, 947. 



Species 12. — Steganoptycha subuncana - — (Plate LXXXIV., Fig. 12) — Measures about i aa inch in 

 expanse ; fore wings pale reddish, the costa with white oblique Hneolse, and the tip (wliich is slightly caudate 

 and recurved) with a brown dot near the base ; on tlie inner margin is a darker red-brown patch, terminated by 

 a transverse white line, shaded off towards the costa ; anal angle with an ashy patch ; hind wings dark 

 brownish. Taken in woods in June, but rather uncommon. 



s Synonyme Tortrix subuncana, ^ Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 948. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE LXXXV. 



Insects. — Fig. 1. Anchvlopera obtueana (the blunt-winged blotch 



back), 

 „ Fig. 2, Anchylopera unculana (the hook-tipped blotch 



back) . 

 „ Fig. 3. Anchylopera Lundiana (the Lundian). 

 „ Fig. 4. Anchylopera Lyellana (Lyell's). 

 „ Fig. 5. Anchylopera fractifasciana (the broken-barred). 

 „ Fig. 6. Anchylopera siculana (the hook-tipped streak). 



7. Caterpillar. 8, Caterpillar in another stage. 

 „ Fig. 9. Anchylopera diminutana (the festoon Tortrix). 

 ,j Fig. 10. Anchylopera funulana (the dark festoon). 

 „ Fig. 11. Anchylopera uncana (the bridge). 

 „ Fig. 12. Anchylopera ustomaculana (the Loch Ranoch), 



„ Fig. 13. Anchylopera biarcuana (the double-arched). 

 „ Fig. 14. Anchylopera derasana (the naked winged). 

 „ Fig. 15. Anchylopera cuspidana (the sharp angled). 

 „ Fig, 16. Philalcea ramella (the hooked marble). 17. The 



Caterpillar. 



Insects. — Fig. 18. Philalcea nigromaculana (the beautiful marble). 



,j Fig. 19. Philalcea n^evana (the spotted short cloak). 



„ Fig. 20. Philalcea sociana (the white short cloak). 



„ Fig. 21. Philalcea amceuana (the marbled short cloak). 



„ Fig. 22. Philalcea Paykulliana (the PaykuUian). 



„ Fig. 23. Philalcea fimbriana (the double crescent). 24. 

 A variety. 



„ Fig. 25, Philalcea bilunana (the hoary double crescent). 



„ Fig. 26. Philalcea subocellana (the retuse marble). 



„ Fig. 27. Philalcea asseclana (the obtuse marble). 



„ Fig. 28. Philalcea Mitterbacheriana. 29 — 30. Varieties, 

 (the Mitterbachian). 

 Plant 31. Rhamnus Catharticus (Buckthorn). 



All the insects figured on this plate are from the collection of Mr. 

 Bentley, except Anchylopera Lyellana, which is from Rlr. Curtis's 

 fig. from a specimen in his cabinet. 



ANCHYLOPERA, Stephens, Curtis. 



These insects are chiefly distinguished by their fore wings, of which the tips are slightly falcated (whence 

 the generic name), and the disc with pale undulated or curved longitudinal lines sometimes dividing the wing 

 into two differently coloured portions ; the inner margin is also marked with a large subtrigonate or semiovate 

 spot. The palpi are nearly horizontally pon-ected, very squamose, but with the apical joint not concealed ; the 

 crown tufted. The caterpillars have six pectoral, eight ventral, and two anal feet. 



Species 1. — Anchylopera obtcsana '' — (Plate LXXXV., Fig. 1) — Measures nearly \ an inch in expanse ; 

 fore wings obtuse, reddish, with an irregular silvery-ashy fulvous fascia, faintly margined with white, extending 

 from the base of the costa to the anal angle, and slightly branched ; the remainder of tlie costa very strigose, 

 with white and red lineolse ; the apex with a red spot edged with white ; hind wings brown. Taken in woods, 

 near London, about the beginning of June, but rare. 



^ Synonyme. — Tortrix ohiusana, Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 949. 

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