TOKTRICINA [lipoitycha 



Hindwings : 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel to 4, 6 and 7 remote 

 at base, tolerably parallel. 



Includes only a few species, in distribution and habits similar 

 to the preceding ; derived from Laspeyresia. 



Ocellus distinctly margined with leaden-metallic 2. plumbana. 

 ,, not margined with leaden-metallic . 1. suturnana. 



1. L. saturnalia, Gn. 13-15 mm. Forewings dark fuscous, 

 very densely irrorated with pale ochrcous, with traces of trans- 

 verse striae ; costa obscurely strigulated with paler, posteriorly 

 with two or three short leaden-metallic streaks; a median 

 dorsal blotch very faintly indicated ; three or four black dots 

 on termen towards middle; termen little oblique, sinuation 

 hardly perceptible. Hindwings fuscous, darker posteriorly. 



S. England to Pembroke and Cambridge, Westmoreland, E. 

 and W. Ireland, local ; C. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva whitish ; head 

 light brown ; plate of 2 faintly brownish : in rootstocks of 

 Tanacetum vuU/are ; 10-4. 



2. L. plumbana, 8c. (ulicana, Gn.) 11-14 mm. Forewings 

 dark fuscous, sharply irrorated with pale ochreous, costa 

 obscurely spotted with dark fuscous and whitish ; anterior half 

 obscurely striated or suffused with greyish, forming a slightly 

 paler subtriangular median dorsal blotch ; some streaks from 

 costa posteriorly and margins of ocellus leaden-metallic; from 

 three to five black dots on termen ; termen rather oblique, 

 sinuation distinct. Hindwings fuscous or dark fuscous. 



Britain to the Hebrides, N. and K. Ireland, common ; C. 

 Europe, N. America; 5, G. Larva yellowish- white ; head 

 yellow-brownish; plate of 2 ochrcous: on roots of Chrysan- 

 themum and Achillea ; 8-4. 



20. Acroclita, Ld. 



Antennae in $ moderately ciliated. Palpi moderate, por- 

 rected. Thorax smooth. Forewings with termen slightly 

 sinuate ; 7 and 8 stalked. Hindwings : 3 and 4 connate, 6 

 somewhat approximated to 1, 6 and 7 closely approximated 

 towards base. 



Only one species is known. 



1. A. consequana, IIS. {hewkerana, Stt.) 11-14 mm. Fore- 

 wings pale ferruginous-brown, sometimes mixed with ochreous- 

 wliitish ami blackish, costa. posteriorly B] lotl ed with darker ; basal 

 patch darker, edge angulated, well-marked ; central fascia darker 

 Ferruginous-brown, anterior edge suffused ; an oblique ferruginous 

 brown apical mark. Hindwings grey, darker terminally. 



