tortbix] TORTRICIDAE 541 



interrupted Hear dorsum, small costal patch and irregular 

 usually connected streak from termen fuscous much marked 

 and suffused with black. Hindwings grey-whitish, greyer and 

 faintly strigulated posteriorly, 6 and 7 short-stalked. 



N. Wales to the Hebrides, E. Ireland, local, frequenting 

 rocks ; N. and C. Europe ; 7. Larva on grass ; 5, 6. 



24. T. colquhounana, Jiarr. 22-27 mm. Differs from T. 

 bellana as follows : forcwings slightly broader anteriorly, 

 ground - colour grey, whitish - mixed, markings much less 

 defined. 



I. of Man, E. Ireland, on coast rocks, local; not recognised 

 elsewhere; 7. Larva on roots of Silene maritima (?) ; 5. 



25. T. octomaculana, Hw. 18-22 mm. Antenna! cilia of $ 

 short. Thorax crested. Forewings elongate, costa slightly 

 arched, 7 to or close beneath apex ; white, more or less dis- 

 tinctly strigulated with grey ; an angulated fascia at \ usually 

 not reaching dorsum, irregular central fascia usually interrupted 

 near dorsum, costal and terminal patches fuscous marked witli 

 black strigulae. Hindwings grey, darker apically, 6 and 7 

 approximated or short-stalked. 



Cheshire to Caledonian Canal, common ; not recognised else- 

 where ; 7, 8. Larva blackish-grey ; spots large, black ; head 

 pale brown ; plate of 2 black : on Centaurea, Plantago, 

 etc. ; 6. 



26. T. conspersana, Dgl. (perterana, Dbld. ; ? communana, 

 IIS.) 16-22 mm. Antennal cilia of cj short. Thorax crested. 

 Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, 7 to apex ; grey, 

 irroratcd or mixed with white, more strongly in J ; an angu- 

 lated fascia at \, slender and often indistinct dorsally, irregular 

 central fascia sometimes interrupted near dorsum, costal and 

 terminal patches (seldom connected) grey or fuscous, often 

 blackish-marked, sometimes nearly obsolete. Hindwings light 

 fuscous or grey, in $ darker, 6 and 7 short-stalked. 



England, local, especially on coast; Germany; 7. Larva 

 pale greenish - grey ; spots small, black; head and plate of 2 

 yellowish-brown: on flowers of Chrysanthemum, Taraxacum, 

 Ti ucri iini, etc. ; 6. 



27. T. longana, Hw. (ictaricana, Hw.) 17-21 mm. Antennal 

 cilia of (J short. Forewings elongate, costa hardly arched, 7 

 to or close beneath apex ; in 3 whifish-ochreous, unieolorous ; 

 in $ pale greyish oohreous, an angulated fascia at J, central 

 fascia with anterior edge excavated in middle and above 

 dorsum, and costal patch sull'usedly connected witli it beneath 



