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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



Following Meyiick's Tortricidae, published by Wytsman, which I 

 have found of the utmost value in nomenclature, we read, p. 44. 



Genus Cnephada, Curtis. 



Cnephasia, Curt., 1826, type paseuana, Hiib. 

 Ablabia, Hiib., 1816, type ot^seana, Scopoli. 

 Nephodesme, Hiib., 1816, ty^e j>en::iana, Thunb. 

 SciAPHiLA, Treit., 1829, type wa/ilbouiiono, L. 

 Argyroptera, Dup., 1834, type an/evtana, Clerk. 



The whole group falls naturally in accordance with the genitalia 

 into two sections : — 



(a) The Cnephasia (Curt., 1826) group type jiascnana. 



(b) The Nephodesme (Hiib., 1816) group type pendana. 



In this division (a) would contain of the British species Cneji/tasia 

 octomaciilava, C. conspersaiia, C. chrysantlwana, C. paseuana, C. rirf/aii- 

 reana, C. (jenitalana, C. siibjectana, and !Sphaleroptera ictcricanu. (b) 

 would contain XejiJwdesme penziana, N. culqniiounana, N. sinuana, N. 

 nuhilana, with Ablabia osseana, Aniyroptera arr/cntana, and Tortricodes 

 hye)iia)ia. 



The generic naiTie Sciaphila, Treit., 1829, of which valdh<nuiana is 

 the type, must fall, not only on the ground of priority, but also because 

 the type naldburiiiana does not, as we shall presently show, represent 

 any particular species. 



What then is icaldboiiiiana ! As early as 1873, in the Kuioninhuihfa 

 Aiiniial, p. 50, O. Hofmann quotes Heinemann's opinion that nieer- 

 tana [siibjectana) }vaJdbt))iiiana, commnnana, altiralana, minorana, and 

 vircfanreana, are simply varieties of the Linnean irahlboiiiana. " The 

 ivahlboniiana ijroiip as it can scarcely be rightly described as composed 

 of one species.'" Heinemann. Vol. ii., p. 58. Knt. Ann., p. 68. 



Hofmann, Entonudouist's 'Annual, 1873, p. 63, writes: — " Wahlbo- 

 iniana, comvnrniana, alticolana, virf/aiireaiia, dericana, and paraliana, 

 seem all to be only different forms of a single species, which shows an 

 extraordinary tendency to vary even in the larval state, as will be 

 pointed out further on." 



Mr. Meyrick [in litt. 18:12: 24) writes : — " Wa/dboniiana. In my 

 opinion this name is not applicable to any species, having probably 

 been originally a confused jumble of several. But its use on the con- 

 tinent is certainly for the species we call (in my opinion correctly) 

 Tir<jaureana, though not infrequently authors still mix up other species 

 with it. I think you may neglect it." 



Kennel, Zuohu/ia I'alaarktiscJien Turtriciden, Stuttgart, 1908, 

 figures the genitalia of iraldbmniana. The figure is, however, not good 

 enough to decide whether it represents chyijsa)it/ieana, paseuana, octo- 

 maculana, or comniunana, but there is sufficient detail to say that it is 

 certainly not vir(jaureana. Kennel includes under Cnephasia, irahlbo- 

 miana, alticalana, vire/aureana, derivana^= paraliana, elirysantheana, 

 Du^). — clrnjsontheana, }i.S. = assinana, Hw. (Wood, fig. 1,000) = fl^^6'/-- 

 nana, Wilk., pasicana (rect. paseuana), }ih.=pasivana, H.-S. = oi.soZe- 

 tana, Stph. (Wood, fig. 1,003), hxjiaiia (Wood, fig. 1,002) = inteijectatia 

 (Wood, fig. 1,001). 



This list includes all given by Heinemann except ineertana and its 

 var. minorana, which he evidently rejects because of the retractile 



