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Species 9. — Sericoris cespitana ' — (Plate LXXXIX., Fig. 10) — Measures 6^ lines in expanse ; fore 

 wings dark brown with the base, a rather curved fascia before the middle, a small nearly central spot, followed 

 by another fascia beyond the middle, deeply furcate ; all grayish with a silvery gloss, near the anal angle is a 

 small brown mark, and the costa is marked with silvery oblique striolee, which unite into a patch near the apex 

 of the wing : hind wings grayish-brown. Taken in Devonshire, Cumberland, and Scotland, in June and July. 



f Synonvme. — Tortrix cespitana, Hubner; Stephens; Curtis; Wood, fig. 1017. 



Species 10. — Sericoris politana s — (Plate LXXXIX., Fig. 11) — Measures 6^ lines in expanse; fore 



wines shining, rather glaucous, the base broadly and obliquely brunneous, an oblique sinuated fascia in the middle, 



and beyond this a more or less broken fascia, reaching from the costa to the anal angle, also brunneous ; the costa 



towards tlie apex with several dark dots; hind wings brownish. Taken in the New Forest, and in Devonshire, 



in June. 



B Synonvme. — Tortrix poUtana, Hawoith ; Stephens ; Wood, fig, 1018. 



Species 11. — Sericoris pulchellana '' — (Plate LXXXIX., Fig. 12) — Measures 6 or 7 lines in expanse; 

 fore wings obtuse, hoary, with a large oblique unangulated fascia of brown at the base, asecond broad, undulated, 

 from the middle of the costa nearly to the anal angle, in which, towards the middle of the wing, is a fulvous 

 spot ; a third fascia is formed of a semi-oval costal patch, and another pear-shaped one opposite to it, which 

 scarcely reaches to the inner margin of the wing ; fringe brown, towards the tip of the wing blackish ; hind 

 wings plumbeous, with white fringe. Taken in the New Forest and near London in June. 



•^ Synonyme. — Toririx pulchellana, Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1019. 



Species 12. — Sericoris fuligana ' — (Plate LXXXIX., Fig. 13) — Measures 6 or 7 lines in expanse ; fore 



wings somewhat ashy, clouded with brown, the base of the wings, an oblique fascia across the middle, and the 



apical margin black without dots ; beyond the middle are some brown clouds and three conspicuous costal black 



dots, edged irregularly with white ; hind wings brownish black. Taken in June, in Noi-folk and near London. 



' Synonyme. — Tortrix fuligana, HUbner ; Haworth ; Stephens* Wood, fig. 1020. 



Species 13. — Sericoris subsequana J — (Plate LXXXIX., Fig. 14) — Measures about 7 lines in expanse; 



fore wings reddish gray, shiny, with irregular somewhat silvery oblique strigse, and enclosing a reddish, entire, 



narrow, oblique fascia, arising from the middle of the costa, and a second towards the apex, being separated 



by a darker oblique streak, the tip of tlie wing with a brown dot ; and at the anal angle three minute, 



blackish lineolae : wings whitish, narrow, with the tip broadly brown. Taken near London and Edinburgh, 



in June. 



' Synonyme. — Tortrix subsequana, Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1021. 



Species 14. — Sericoris myrtillana '^ — (Plate LXXXIX., Fig. 15) — Measures about 4^ lines in expanse; 



fore wings dark brown, and mottled with black ; on the inner margin, towards the base, is an indistinct ashy 



patch, bearing a dusky line, and a curved, slightly oblique fascia of the same colour before the middle, followed 



by a dark brown bar, which is succeeded by a large silvery ashy patch on the anal angle obsoletely extended 



obliquely to the costa, and an indistinct one at the apex ; the costal margin beyond the middle spotted with 



black, and pale ashy ; hind wings dark brown. Taken by Mr. Chant, on the bilberry, at Hazel Rock, near 



Ashburton, Devon, in June. 



^ Synonyme. — Sericoris myrtillana, Chant's MS. 



