226 [October, 



SPANISH AND MOORISH MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



BY THE RIGHT HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.IX, P.R.S., &c. 



{Continued from page 55). 



PHALONIADAE. 



236.— PHALONIA, lib. 



1762. — Phalonia reversana, Stgr. 



Cochylis reversana, Stgr. Stett. Ent. Ztg. XX. 228, No. 43 (1859) 1 . 

 Gonchylis reversana, Stgr-Wk. Cut. Lp. Eur. 99, No 72l (1861) 2 : 

 Cochylis reversana, Stgr-Wk. Cat. Lp. Eur. 215, No 809 (1871) 3 . 

 Gonchylis reversana, Hrtui. MT. Munch. Ent. Ver. 111. 179, No. 869 

 (1879) 4 ; Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 99, No 1762 (1901) 5 [partim, 

 i. e. " And." ; nee " Bilb.", = versana, Wlsm.]. 



Rob.: SPAIN (Andalusia) !- 5 — Cadiz— Cbiclana, V !- 4 ; Ma- 

 laga— Malaga, 17. IV— 8.V.1901 (Wlsm.); Granada - Granada, 

 Larva Hclichrysum sp. (anqustifolium ?) VJ, excl. 7-14. VI. 1901 

 (Wlsm.). 



In April and May, at Malaga, and subsequently in June at 

 Granada, I found a Phalonia by no means common among a species 

 of Relichrysum, from which I also bred some specimens. These on 

 comparison with others determined by Ragonot, Staudinger, and 

 Hofmann as " reversana, Stgr." proved to be quite distinct. 



Seebold [Deutsche Ent. Zts. Iris XL 304 (1898)] omits reference 

 to the original occurrence of reversana in Andalusia, but under this 

 name erroneously records the other species from Bilbao. 



Among my series of nineteen Andalusian specimens there is a 

 remarkable uniformity, and they are easily separable from the Bilbao 

 and Erench specimens issued by Staudinger and Bang- Haas to cor- 

 respondents under the name of " reversana, Stgr.", these latter appear 

 also absolutely uniform throughout a series of fifteen in my collection. 



The question naturally arises, which of the two species is the 

 true reversana, Stgr. ? Erom the description it is not difficult to 

 recognise that the Andalusian insect alone represents Staudinger's 

 reversana, described in 1859 from two specimens taken at Chiclana 

 in May. The most important indication, of the actual form before 

 him, is to be found in Staudinger's expression, " fasciis duabus flavo- 

 viridibus," an excellent description of the colour of these markings, 

 standing out as they do, clearly denned upon the white ground-colour. 



