1905.] ]^27 



appearance of the thorax and basal patch, and nearly to obliterate the 

 white ground-colour, which usually becomes accentuated immediately 

 beyond the basal patch and across the wing before the apex, especially 

 on the costa ; in such suffused varieties the ochreous tinge is more 

 diffused, especially about the end of the cell. 



I am not acquainted with A. reciseJla, Stgr., and am partly guided 

 in identifying the genus by Uerrich-Schaffer's figure of that species, 

 which somewhat resembles fi^ancoeurine. The only point on which 

 there may be some doubt is as to the pecten at the base of the 

 antennae, in some specimens this is not indicated, while in others 

 there are two or more strong bristle-like scales, the remainder of the 

 pecten having probably been rubbed off. Staudinger did not describe 

 the neuration of AllocHta recisella, and Herrich-Schaffer wrote, ap- 

 parently with some uncertainty, '' Die Hinterfliigel scheinen mir 8 Eip- 

 pen zu haben, 3+4, 5+6 ; S nur bis iiber die Mitte des Yorderrandes. 

 An den Yorderfliigeln scheinen mir die Eippen gesondert." 



The neuration of A. ? francoeuriae is: Foreivings 12 veins, 7 and 

 8 stalked, 7 to costa ; Hindwings 8 veins, all separate, 6 and 7 nearly 

 parallel, 5 approximated to 4 ; discoidal subobsolete between 5 and 6. 

 Staudinger placed AUoclita between Oecophora and Bufalis, while 

 Herrich-Schaffer thought it might perhaps be allied to Endrosis. 



In Staudinger and Wocke's Catalog the genus occurs between 

 Oecophora and Oegoconia, while Dr. Rebel inserts it in the OelecJiiadae 

 between Gelechia and Scliistophila. In the absence of evidence to the 

 contrary the neuration of recisella and J^raiicoeuriae are assumed to be 

 identical, but of course in locating the position of AUoclita I am 

 compelled to rely upon the structure of the latter. I regard it as a 

 Hgponomeutid of generalised type closely allied to the form from which 

 the groups of Scythris and Blastohasis are specialised derivatives, 



3074:2 (^2769). — Alloclita eecisblla, Stgr. 



AUoclita recisella, Stgr., Stett. Ent. Ztg., XX, 247-8, No. 104 

 (1859) a); H.-S., N. Schm., 18, No. 80 (f " SO "), % 106 (1860) (2) ; 

 Stn., Tin. S.-Eur., 154, 259 (1869) (3); Stgr.-Wk., Cat. Lp. Eur., 

 308, No. 2297 (1871) (^) ; Stgr.-Rbl., Cat. Lp. Pal., II, 151, No. 2769 

 (1901) (5). 



Hah. : ANDALUSIA (1-5).- Chiclana, VI d-^). 



OECOPHORIDAE. 

 355.— PLEUROTA, Hb. 

 3092. — Pleueota nitens, Stgr. 

 Pleurota nitens, Stgr., lior. Soc. Ent. Ross., VII, 260-1, 294, No. 



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