528 TORTUICINA [capita 



Palpi moderate, porxected or subasceuding. Thorax sometimes 

 with posterior crest. Forewings in 6* with strong costal fold : 

 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen. Hindwings : 3 and 4 connate, 

 5 approximated to 4, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Fairly numerous in Australia, elsewhere represented by very 

 few species. 



Forewings with ferruginous markings . 1. aiMjustiorana. 

 „ without ferruginous markings 2. fwvillaceama, 



1. C. angustiorana, ///'•. 12-17 mm. Forewings ferruginous 

 oehreous, blackish-mixed in disc posteriorly ; base and costal 

 fold in c? dark brown ; a ferruginous-brown oblique mark from 

 dorsum near base ; central fascia and costal patch deep fer- 

 ruginous, often separated by a whitish suffusion on costa, patch 

 extended as a fascia to tomus. Hindwings blackish-grey, in ? 

 lighter anteriorly. 



Britain to the Clyde, Ireland, plentiful in gardens ; WC. 

 and S. Europe, N. Africa ; 7. Larva greenish-yellowish ; head 

 and plate of 2 green or light brown : on yew, apple, etc.; 5. 



2. C. favillaceana, III), (ochraceana, Stph.) 13-16 mm. Fore- 

 wings light grcyish-ochreous, obscurely strigulated with grey ; 

 base, central fascia, and costal patch indistinctly darker, fascia 

 darkest towards costa. Hindwings pale grey. 



England, E. and S. Ireland, local; C. Europe; 5, G. Larva 

 on Carpinus ; 7. 



6. Sparganotiiis, lib. 



Antennae in S moderately ciliated. Palpi very long, por- 

 rected. Thorax smooth. Forewings in £ with very slight 

 costal fold ; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen. Hindwings with 

 lower margin of cell hairy towards base ; 3 and 4 closely 

 approximated, 5 approximated to 4, 6 and 7 closely approxi- 

 mated or short-stalked. 



Includes only the single species. 



1. S. pilleriana, Sehiff. 1G-22 mm. Forewings oehreous, 

 often brassy -tinged, sometimes posteriorly brownish -strigu- 

 lated ; a brown dorsal spot at \ ; central fascia and costal 

 patch brown, latter often extended as an irregular fascia to 

 tornus ; sometimes a brown terminal streak. Hindwings grey. 



I. of Wight, Hants to Devon, local ; C. Europe, WO. Asia to 

 N. Persia, N. America ; 7. Larva pale green or grey ; dorsal 

 line sometimes darker ; tubercular spots white or dark ; head 

 and plate of 2 black : on Statice, Stachys, JYarthecium, etc.; 9-5. 

 Abroad the species is destructive to the vine. 



