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Species 2. — Argyrotoza Hoffmanseggiana ' — (Plate XCVIII., Fig. 4) — Measures 5 or 6 lines in 

 expanse; fore wings fulvous-brown, obscurely streaked with ferruginous, and with five interrupted silvery 

 strJcsB formed of dots, the second striga before the middle of the wing terminating in a yellow lineola on the 

 inner margin ; apical margin darker than the base : hind wings blackish. Taken, but very rarely, in woods 

 in the south of England, in June. 



' Sybonvme. — Tortrix Hoffmanseggiana, Huhner; Haworth; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1106. 



Species 3. — Argyrotoza Conwayana'" — (Plate XCVIII., Fig. 5) — Measures 5 or 6 lines in expanse; 

 fore wings rather narrow, acute at the tip, fulvous, or occasionally clouded with brown, and obsoletely streaked 

 with silvery dots arranged in about five irregular strigse, and with two transverse yellowish spots on the middle 

 of the wings, one being placed at the middle of the costa, and the other opposite, but brighter coloured, on the 

 inner margin : hind wings brown or blackish ; fringe yellow. Taken in woods in the south of England, 

 in June. 



" Synonymes. — Pyralis Conwayana, Fa.hncm% ; Haworth; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1117. 

 Tortrix Lediana, Hiibner? 



Species 4. — Argyrotoza subadrantiana " — (Plate XCVIII., Fig. 6) — Measures ^ an inch in expanse; 

 fore wings " very pale yellowish-orange, with slightly darker clouds, and with some very obscure streaks of 

 silvery dots most distinct on the costa, and vanishing towards the inner margin ; fringe pale luteous : hind 

 wings pale yellowish-brown." Taken at Darenth Wood, in Kent, in June. 



° Stnonyme. — Argyrotoza subaurantiana, Stephens lUustr. 



" Species 5. — Argyrotoza Daldorfiana ° — (Plate XCVIII., Fig. 7) — Measures from 4- to i inch in 

 expanse ; fore wings shining, blackish-brunneous, with the apical portion orange-red faintly streaked with gold 

 near the extremity, and with three or four pale dots on the costa ; hind wings blackish, or paler, with a dark 

 dot next the anal angle. Taken in Woods in the south of England, in June. 



° Synonymes Pyralis Daldorfiana, Fabricius ; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1119. 



Phalcena Tortrix dimidiana, Donovan, pi. 364, fig. 2. 



Species 6. — Argyrotoza apicalis — (Plate XCVIII., Fig. 8) — Measures 51 lines in expanse ; fore 

 wings sooty black, varied with luteous scales forming several very indistinct oblique fasciae, the intervening 

 spaces occupied with shiny leaden-coloured scales ; the middle of the costa marked with a small, rather more 

 conspicuous pale dot, and the apex of the wing pale luteous ; the inner margin at the base, pale : hind wings 

 pale brown. Taken by Mr. Bentley in July, at Tunbridge. 



ARGYROLEPIA, Stephens. ORTHOT^ENIA and COCHYLIS, pars, Curtis. 

 The palpi are short and filiform, with the terminal joint nearly concealed ; the antennae of the males slightly 

 pubescent , the head densely tufted ; the fore wings elongate-triangular ; the apical margin slightly truncate or 

 rounded ; the disc yellow, red or tawny-coloured, and adorned with silvery scales either irregularly scattered 

 over the surface, or disposed in imperfect streaks, lines, or large blotches. 



Species 1. — Argyrolepia LathonianaP — (PlateXCVIII., Fig. 9) — Measures 8 lines in expanse; fore 

 wings, with the apical margin obliquely truncate ; the disc fuscous-golden-coloured, with a broad, very oblique 

 fascia before the middle ; two spots beyond the middle and some subapical dots of pearly or silvery white ; 

 hind wings ashy, with yellow fringe. Supposed to have been taken near Tunbridge Wells in July. 

 P Synonyme. — Tortrix Lathoniana, Hiibner ; Haworth ; Wood, fig. 1120. 

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