Genera Depressaria, Sec. 173 



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Subpropinquella, Sta 10 . . 156 



T/iapsieUa,Z 22 .. 159 



Tostella, Hiih 1 .. 151 



Ulicetella, Sta 4 .. 154 



Ultimella, Sta 41 . . 1 60 



Umbellam,F 47 .. 169 



Umbellana, St 4 .. 154 



Umbellariim, Haw 4 . • 154 



VaccincUa, Hub. Tr. D. Z 12 . . 157 



Veneficella, Z 40 . . 168 



Venosa, Haw. St 1 . . 151 



Yeatiana,Y 23 .. 160 



Yeatsana, St 1 . . 153 



Yeatsii, Haw 23 . . 160 



Weirella, Sta 39 . . 165 



Zephyrella, Hiib Supp. Note . . 169 



XXXIV. On the British Species of the Genus Gelechia of 

 Zeller. By J. W. Douglas, Esq. 



[Read December 4th, 1848.] 



For many years the Micro-lepidoplera of Britain have been greatly 

 neglected, and a great confusion of names has arisen. Since the 

 publication of the works of Haworth and Stephens there has been 

 no systematic attempt to identify eitlier our named or unnamed 

 species with those known on the continent, notwithstanding that, 

 in the Isis of 1839, Zeller has described and enumerated a great 

 number. I have been requested to bear a part in helping to elu- 

 cidate " this Babel called Micro-lepidopterology," as M. Guenee 

 says ; and if occasionally I should wander from the right path in 

 the mazes of synonymy, it will be more from the difficulty of see- 

 ing my way, than from want of endeavour to find it. 



The genus Gelechia of Zeller is about equivalent to Lita of 

 Treitschke, and includes the greater part of the genus Anacampsis 

 of Curtis, and the whole or portions of the genera Recurvaria, Chc' 



