14 Mr. J. W. Douglas on the 



IV. On the British Species of the Genus Gelechia of 

 Zeller.* By J. W. Douglas, Esq. {Continued from 

 Vol V.,page20\.) 



[Read November 5th, 1849.] 



Sp. 41. Lappella. 



G. Lappella, Z. 



Ti. Lappella, L. (non W. V., H., Haw., St.) 



G. cestivella, Z. (Isis, 1839.) 



Re. Silacea, var. a, Haw. 



Cleod. Silacella, St., Wood, 1236. 



In the " Entomologische Zeitung" of the Entomological 

 Society of Stettin, 1842, Herr Zeller has published an elaborate 

 memoir on this species, showing that it is the Tinea Lappella of 

 Linne, and that the name had been erroneously applied to Tinea 

 ganoinella, Tischer. In the same volume is an account by Dr. 

 Low of the habits of the larvae which feed on the seeds of the 

 common burdock {Arctium Lappa), as stated by Linne. Last 

 year it was reared in this country from these seeds by Mr. J. J. 

 Weir. 



Sp. 42. Paucipunctella. 



*G. paucipunctella (Mtzn.), Z. 

 Re. Silacea, var. /3, Haw. 



Cleod. falciformis, St.? Wood, 1241, (non Re.falci- 

 formis, Haw.) 



Differs from the preceding species, which it much resembles, 

 chiefly in being generally smaller, wings narrower, deeper brown 

 on the upper, and brighter yellow on the inferior edge, the two 

 black spots nearer to each other and more conspicuous, and the 

 fuscous margin beyond the oblique yellow stria darker. In one 

 of my specimens I see distinctly three spots, and a trace of a 

 fourth. Zeller (Isis, 1839) says there are four; probably in this 

 respect it varies. 



Mr. Allis has Haworth's specimens of this and the preceding 

 species. 



* The species maiked* are in the collection received from Herr Mann of 

 Vienna. 



