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To return to other authors who treat on these insects. 



Stephens adopted the genus PJiycis for most of the species, 

 creating only the genus Oncocera for crihrella, lib., and cnrnella, L., 

 and tliat of Araxes, comprising lotella, Hb., oceJlea, Hw., and aheneUa, 

 S.y., all of which species had already been provided with generic ap- 

 pellations. 



Treitschke followed Zincken, ignoring Hiibner's genera, creating 

 only the genus Lispe, changed by him afterwards into Myelopltila, for 

 crihrella^ Hb. 



Duponchel generally followed Treitschke, but created the genus 

 Diosia, which is synonymous with Catastia, Hb. He placed the rest 

 of the Phycids in the genus Phycis, save carnella, L., arcjyrella, F., 

 jmdorella, S.Y., and vinefclla, E., forming his genus Ilytliia, and adopted 

 Treitschke's Myelophila for crihrella. 



Guenee, in his " Index Microlepidopterorum," attempted to classify 

 the Phycitidce and Galleridce, partly following Zeller, but he does not 

 seem to have studied the subject very carefully, so that he associates 

 species belonging to very different genera. Some of his genera, 

 however, are good, and must be retained. 



Most writers on the subject have retained in their classification 

 the name of "P7/yc/s," either for a special genus or for the family in 

 general, but the name had already been employed to designate a genus 

 of fishes, as was properly observed by Curtis and Zeller, so that it 

 cannot stand. As Hiibner did not indicate a special name for the 

 Phycids in general, it is right that we should adopt that of Phycita 

 imposed by Curtis, and, consequently, I propose calling the family 



" PHTCITIDiE." 



As the name Fhycita was evidently given to replace that of the 

 Pabrician genus Phycis, the type of the genus PJiycita, Curtis, would 

 be spissicella, P. (roborella, S.Y.). 



Having, I hope, sufficiently justified the modification in the name 

 of the family, I will now consider the genera and species, following 

 the classification given in the " Manual," marking with an * the species 

 discovered in England since the publication of Mr. Stainton's w^ork. 



Gallerid^. 



Galleria mellonella, L. — This insect and its larva are very well 

 known. 



Apilwmia sociella, L. — Linnseus described the ^ first under the 

 name of sociella, and afterwards the $ under that of coloiiella. The 

 larva does not appear to have been described anew since Treitschke. 



