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LEPIDOPTERA. 



SOME REMARKS ON THE SPECIES OF THE 

 GENUS NEPTICULA. 



By H. von Heinemanjv, of Brunswick. 



[Translated from the Wiener Entomologische Monatsschrift, 1862, 

 August, Vol. 6, pp. 237 et seq.] 



The increase of our knowledge of the species of the genus 

 Nepticula has of late been so great, especially since we have 

 learnt to rear these insects, that every year still brings to 

 light new species. 



The good fortune of rearing several new species has also 

 fallen to myself and my friend Buchheister of Wolfenbiittel, 

 both of us having begun to rear these insects since the 

 autumn of 1 860 ; and I believe that the publication of these 

 novelties, and also of some observations which have 

 occurred in rearing these creatures in some abundance, will 

 not be without interest. 



In reference to the introductory portion of Prey's revision 

 I make the following remark. There can be no doubt that 

 a number of the Nepticulce have only one brood a year, 

 although by far the greater number appear twice a year. 

 Amongst the single-brooded species may be enumerated, 

 according to my experience, Amjulifasciella, Ruhicora, 

 Wocke, Agrimoniella and Weaveri, the last named at any 

 rate on the Upper Harz, where I found both larvae and 

 pupse in the middle of June. One other species, of which 



