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LITHOCOLLETIS SCIIREBERELLA. [PlATE V. FiG. 2. 



near Manchester, and it occurs 

 sparingly near Scarborough. On the 

 Continent it has occurred at Stettin, 

 Glogau, Vienna and Frankfort-on- 

 the-Main. 



Synonymy. 

 First described by Fabricius from 

 English specimens in the collection 

 of Mr. Yeats in the " Species In- 

 sectorum," ii. p. 304, as Tinea Schre- 

 berella ; this description he repeated 

 in the " Entomologia Systematica," 

 and gave the Diagnosis only in the 

 <♦ Mantissa Insectorum," and in the 

 Supplement to the '' Entomologia 

 Systematica." The description was 

 then further copied by several of the 

 old writers, as Goeze, Gmelin, Vil- 

 lers, and by Haworth in his " Lepi- 

 doptera Britannica." Stephens gave 

 a translation of Fabricius's descrip- 

 tion in his " Illustrations." The 

 Fabrician description was thought so 

 accurate, that for fifty-three years it 

 was copied, no author thinking of 

 improving on it. Stainton described 

 it under the name of Argyromi^es 

 Schrcberella in the " Zoologist" for 

 1848, and as Lithocolletis Schreberella 

 in the " Insecta Britannica." Zeller, 

 in the " Isis" of 1839, described the 

 insect as Lithocolletis Ulminella, and 

 again in the first volume of the 

 *' Linnaea Entomologica" under the 

 same name. Herrich-SchafFer also 

 has it under this name in his 

 " Schmetterlinge von Europa." Pan- 

 zer figures it in his " Insecta Ger- 

 manica" as Tinea Kleemannella, mis- 

 taking it for that species of Fabricius, 

 Duponchel, in the Supplement to his 

 *' Lepidopteres de France," has an 

 Elachista Schreberella^ which appears 



I'a trouvee autrefois a Chat Moss, 

 pres de Manchester, et elle est assez 

 rare pres de Scarborough. Sur le 

 Continent on I'a observee a Stettin, 

 a Glogau, a Vienne, et a Frankfort- 

 sur-le-Mein. 



Synonymie. 

 Cette espece fut d'abord decrite 

 par Fabricius d'apres des indivi- 

 dus Anglais dans la collection de 

 M. Yeats ; ce fut dans I'ouvrage 

 " Species Insectorum," ii. p. 304, 

 sous le nom de Tinea Schreberella; 

 cette description est repetee dans 

 r " Entomologia Systematica," mais 

 la diagnose seulement se trouve dans 

 la " Mantissa Insectorum" et dans 

 le Supplement de 1' " Entomologia 

 Systematica." Plusieurs des anciens 

 naturalistes ont aussi copie cette 

 description, que nous retrouvons 

 chez Goeze, Gmelin, Villers, et meme 

 chez Haworth dans 1'" Insecla Britan- 

 nica." Stephens I'a traduite dans 

 ses " Illustrations." Cette description 

 de Fabricius fut acceptee comme si 

 excellente, que, pendant 53 ans, per- 

 sonnen'a pense a I'ameliorer. Stain- 

 ton a decrit cette espece dans le 

 "Zoologist" de 1848 sous le nom 

 d! Argyromiges Schreberella, et dans 

 1''' Insecta Britannica" sous le nom 

 de Lithocolletis Schreberella. Zeller 

 donna dans 1'" Isis" de 1839 une 

 definition de cet insecte sous le nom 

 de Lithocolletis Ulminella, etl'a decrit 

 encore une fois sous ce nom dans la 

 " Linnaea Entomologica." Herrich- 

 Schiiffer I'a decrit aussi sous le meme 

 nom dans ses " Schmetterlinge von 

 Europa." Panzer en donne une 

 figure dans 1'" Insecta Germanica" 

 sous le nom de Tinea Kleemannellay 

 I'ayant pris pour espece de ce nom 



