142 Mr. H. T. Staintoii's Remarks, S^c. 



Syvonyms. 



Trifurcula pallidella. 



immundella .... pulverella, Bentley. 

 Tischeria complanella rufipennis, Haw. ; rufipen- 



nella, St. ; fulvescens, St. 

 Ricciardella. 



Emyella marginea, Haw., St. 



gaunacella. 

 ansusticollella. 



XXXI. 071 the Synonyms of Tinea festaliella of Hubner. 

 By H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



[Read 6th November, 1848.] 



Few insects have ever had a more perplexed synonymy than this ; 

 in this country it has been successively referred to two other 

 Hixbnerian species ; and in France, Duponchel has figured another 

 insect as festaliella, whereas he figures the true festaliella as a new 

 species. The synonyms of this insect are as follows : — 



Tinea festaliella, Hiibner, 449. 



Q^cophora festaliella, Treitschke, 10, 3, 213, (non Dup.) 



Elachista festaliella, Zeller, Isis, 1839, s. 212, 17. 



Elachista festaliella, Lienig, Isis, 1846, s. 299. 



Tinea scisscella, Haworth, Lep. Brit. 580, 69, (non Hiib.) 



N. G. scissella, Stephens's Cat. 7382. 



Chrysocorys scissella, Curtis, Brit. Ent. vol. xiv. pi. 663. 



Chrysocorys angustipennella, Stephens's Illust. 4, 282, (non Hiib.) 



Chrysocorys angustipentiella. Wood, f. 1402. 



Elachista Montandonella, Duponchel, XI. 553, pi. 309, f. 11. 



The origin of all this confusion probably arises from the fact of 

 Hiibner's figure not being a good one ; yet the insect certainly 

 agrees far better with his figure than with that of scissella, No. 270, 

 and this was remarked by Mr. Curtis. 



Treitschke's description is not good ; indeed, Zeller says of it, 

 " unkennbar beschrieben" (Isis, 1839, s. 212, 17); but there is 

 sufficient character about it to recognize the insect. 



Zeller's description, though very short, is precise, and leaves 

 no doubt upon the mind of the species he intended. 



Madame Lienig does not describe the insect, she merely records 

 its occurrence. 



