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NEW CORSICAN AND FRENCH MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 

 , BY THE RT. HON. LORD WALSIN'GHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. 

 {Continued from Vol. XXXIV, p. 172). 



PYGOLOPHA, Ld. 

 913 (1). PraoLOPHA rhodophana, H.-S. 



The larva feeds on Clematis sp. {vitalba .^),hurrowiTig in the long 

 shoots and mating a hole at one end of the burrow through which it 

 comes out to feed upon the leaves ; among these it spins a light web 

 and is sometimes found among the leaves thus drawn together, but its 

 retreat in the stem is always open and in this it pupates, the moth 

 emerging from the hole in the side of the stalk. I met with twelve 

 or fifteen of these larvae near Corte on June 10th, 1899, and bred 

 three specimens from July l-itb to 25th. 



In placing rhodophana in the genus Pi/r/olopha, I rely upon the 

 position of vein 2 in the fore-wings. This would have justified its 

 inclusion in the Phaloniadce {Conchylidce) until Meyrick limited the 

 family to genera with vein "2 from posterior fourth of cell," instead 

 of adopting Heinemann's phrase, "out of the last third," as used in 

 his definition of the genus Conchylis. 



ISCHNOSCIA, Meyr. 



^GuENEA, Mill. Ic, III. 437 (1874). = Ischnoscia, Meyr. HB. 

 Br. Lp., 783 (1895). 



When reviewing Mr. Meyrick's work [Ent. Mo. Mag., XXXI. 286 

 (1895)] I sunk Ischnoscia as a synonym of Ouenea, Mill., being 

 unaware that the latter name was invalid through homonymy. 

 Bruand, Cat. Microlep. Doubs, 77 (1847) proposed the name Ouenea 

 for a heterotypieal conception, the types of which were Gelechia 

 pinc/uinella, Tr., Endrosis lacteeJla, Schiff., and Rhinosia JlaveJIa, Dp. 

 It is obvious that Ischnoscia, Meyr., must be adopted in lieu of 

 ^Gioenea, Mill. Guenea, Bruand (1847) lep., is omitted from 

 Scudder's Nomenclator. 



1427 (2). Ischnoscia cabbonifera, sp. n. 



Antennce somewhat stout, longer than the fore-wings ; pale grcjish fuscous 

 above, ochraceous beneath. Maxillary palpi io\deA ; whitish. Labial palpi short, 

 porrect, the median joint with bristles at its apex above ; pale ochreous, shaded 

 externally. Head and face rough ; cinereous, with an ochreous tinge. Thorax 

 fuscous, mixed with ochraceous. Fore-wings narrow, elongate ; pale ochraceous, 

 with numerous blackish spots from the base to two-thirds, a large blackish patch, or 

 fascia, at two-thirds, and a black spot at the apex ; a blackish spot at the base 



