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Heinemann's description, Schin. Deiitscli. Tin., 211 (1870) appears to hare been 

 taken from the true joe/ee/^a, for he writes of the critical spots, "die zwei vordern 

 schriig gestellt," and again "die beiden Tordern schrag iiber einaiider," but we 

 cannot deal with his localities, for it is possible that his series may have contained 

 both species. 



Although it was obvious that Snellen's description, Vlind. Ned. Micr.,639 (1882) 

 also referred to pellella, for he writes of the same spots, " de onderste der beide 

 eerste staat iets meer wortelwarts dan bovenste," yet I am glad to be able to confirm 

 my opinion by a quotation from a letter from Mr. Snellen, dated 21st Nov., 1896 : — 

 " Wliat I liave as jse^/eZ/a from Oesel and Livonia (v. Nolcken) and this country" 

 (i.e. Holland) "are all rightly peUella, Tr., Wals., and my description" (in de 

 Vlinders van Nederland) " also undoubtedly applies to that species, but besides 

 these I have one specimen more, received from Mr. de Graaf, and formerly seen by 

 the late Mr. Stainton, who declared it to be also peUella. Mr. de Graaf, however, 

 could never agree with Mr. Stainton's identification, on account of the paler and 

 less uniform colour of the fore-wings and the different position of the two first 

 dark spots (being *, instead of .*). This specimen answers very well to Lord 

 Walsingham's description of siipj^elleJla. Afterwards I captured a second, and bo 

 I think I may admit that the species also exists on the continent." Mr. Snellen 

 asks further whether suppeliella can be identical with ignorantella, H.-S., 510. 

 Herrich-Schaffer's figure would be comparable to peUella rather than to suppeliella 

 so far as the critical spots are concerned, but it differs from both in having the outer 

 spot in line with the upper critical spot (not with the basal spot) and in having an 

 oblique yellowish streak from the costa to the lower critical spot. Mr. Snellen also 

 refers to a paper by Major Hering, Stett. Ent. Ztg., LIV, 96-8 (1893) wherein it is 

 suggested that ignorantella, H.-S. = ochrisignella, Nik. The type of ochrisignella, 

 Nik., is in the Zeller Collection, and while closely allied to peUella, seems to me to 

 be nearer to Herrich-Schaffer's figure of perpetuella (511), while perpetuella, Zell. 

 Coll., is more like ignorantella (H.-S., 510) but at present I am not disposed to 

 dispute Major Hering's conclusions. 



Mr. J. W. Douglas (in litt. 17, XI, 1896) writes, " I cannot suppose that Stainton 

 described his peUella from a foreign specimen — all his habits are against such a 

 notion." Mr. Durrant has examined Stainton's British series of peliella and 

 confirms Mr. Bankes' opinion that they are all suppeliella. In suggesting tliat in 

 the Insecta Britannica Stainton's description was taken from peliella and not from 

 suppeliella, I simply relied upon the description, which could only be properly applied 

 to peliella, but as Mr. Bankes has proved tliat at the time this description was made 

 Stainton did not possess peliella, there can be little doubt that it was drawn up 

 somewhat loosely from a British specimen, but I was only able to judge from the 

 description itself and not from the specimens described. 



The distribution of these two species appears to be as follows : — peliella, Lapland ? 

 (Zetterst.) ; Livonia ; Oesel ; Germany ; Holland ; Corsica : suppeliella, Germany, 

 Holland, England. — Walsingham, Merton Hall, February Qth, 1897]. 



