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  Genera 
  and 
  Species 
  of 
  Curculionides. 
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  which 
  are 
  very 
  irregular 
  — 
  is 
  less 
  prominent. 
  All 
  these 
  tubercles 
  

   are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  red 
  ; 
  those 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  very 
  bright. 
  The 
  

   under 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  

   segments, 
  are 
  very 
  coarsely 
  and 
  irregularly 
  punctured. 
  On 
  the 
  

   legs 
  are 
  some 
  coarse 
  punctures, 
  more 
  particularly 
  on 
  the 
  femora, 
  

   which 
  in 
  parts 
  are 
  sulcated. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  this 
  insect 
  is 
  from 
  Moreton 
  Bay, 
  but 
  

   am 
  not 
  quite 
  certain. 
  

  

  XXII. 
  Contributions 
  to 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  British 
  

   Microlepidoptera. 
  By 
  J. 
  W. 
  Douglas, 
  Esq. 
  {continued 
  

   from 
  p. 
  124.) 
  

  

  [Read 
  6th 
  June, 
  1853.] 
  

  

  Genus 
  Bedellia, 
  Stainton. 
  (PI. 
  XVII.) 
  

   The 
  single 
  species 
  at 
  present 
  constituting 
  this 
  genus 
  is 
  in 
  many 
  

   respects 
  ihe 
  most 
  anomalous 
  among 
  the 
  1'ineidce. 
  In 
  its 
  general 
  

   slenderness 
  and 
  attitude 
  in 
  repose 
  it 
  resembles 
  Gracillaria 
  and 
  

   Ornix; 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  narrow 
  posterior 
  wings 
  it 
  approaches 
  Cosmop- 
  

   teryx; 
  in 
  the 
  larva 
  living 
  within 
  the 
  substance 
  of 
  a 
  leaf 
  it 
  has 
  the 
  

   habit 
  of 
  Elachista, 
  while 
  the 
  pupa 
  is 
  unlike 
  that 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   Tineidce 
  I 
  know, 
  — 
  except, 
  perhaps, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Elachistce. 
  The 
  

   doubtful 
  relation 
  of 
  this 
  moth, 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  characters 
  

   afforded 
  by 
  the 
  perfect 
  state, 
  in 
  which 
  condition 
  only 
  it 
  was 
  till 
  

   recently 
  known, 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  its 
  various 
  location 
  by 
  different 
  

   authors. 
  It 
  first 
  appeared 
  in 
  Mann's 
  Catalogue 
  as 
  Gracillaria 
  

   Convolculella; 
  then 
  Zeller, 
  in 
  1847 
  (Isis, 
  894), 
  described 
  it 
  as 
  

   Lyonetia 
  nomnulenlella, 
  but 
  in 
  1848 
  (Lin. 
  Ent. 
  iii. 
  264), 
  after 
  an 
  

   examination 
  of 
  the 
  neuration 
  of 
  the 
  wings, 
  he 
  was 
  convinced 
  it 
  

   was 
  no 
  Lyonetia, 
  and 
  yet 
  could 
  not 
  determine 
  that 
  it 
  belonged 
  to 
  

   any 
  e.xisting 
  genus; 
  and 
  Stainton 
  in 
  1849 
  (Cat. 
  23}, 
  without 
  

   knowing 
  that 
  Zeller's 
  remark, 
  above 
  alluded 
  to, 
  applied 
  to 
  this 
  

   species, 
  separated 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  genus 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Bedellia.* 
  

   The 
  consideration 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  facts 
  of 
  its 
  natural 
  history 
  induces 
  me 
  

   to 
  thnik 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  placed 
  near 
  the 
  Elachistce. 
  

  

  * 
  In 
  honour 
  of 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Bedell, 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  foremost 
  of 
  modern 
  English 
  

   collectors 
  of 
  Microlepidoptera. 
  

  

  