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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE GENUS COLEOPHORA. 



In 1852, Douglas published the 

 Natural Histories of three species, 

 A Hilars ell a, Alcyonipennella and So- 

 litariella, in the " Transactions of the 

 Entomological Society of London." 



In 1853, Scainton published, in the 

 " Zoologist," " A Glance at the Pre- 

 sent State of our Knowledge of the 

 Coleophorse," the special object of 

 which was to call attention more 

 prominently to the search for the 

 still undiscovered larvae. 



In the same year appeared Stain- 

 ton's volume of " Insecta Britannica," 

 in which 41 British species were de- 

 scribed, including one new species 

 under the name of Olivaceella. This 

 comparative poverty of the British 

 Fauna in this genus of insects has 

 struck Herrich-Schaffer with sur- 

 prise, who reckons that at least GO 

 species occur in the immediate neigh- 

 bourhood of Ratisbon. This last- 

 named author, in the 5th volume of 

 his " Schmetterlinge von Europa," 

 devotes no less than 40 pages to this 

 genus, and enumerates 135 species, 

 93 of which he figures ; and as most 

 of these figures are very good, and 

 many of the cases are also figured, 

 the assistance thereby rendered to 

 the study of the genus has been 

 very great. Since 1853 the number 

 of the British species has not re- 

 mained stationary ; the additions re- 

 corded up to the present time have 

 been 11 in number, 8 of which are 

 new species, namely : — Squamosella, 

 Slccifulia, Genistce, Injlatce, Virgau- 

 rece, Vulsella, Apicella and Sal'tnella. 



En 1852 Douglas publia les his- 

 toires naturelles de trois especes 

 (Albitarsella, Alcyonipennella et Soli- 

 tariella) dans les Transactions de la 

 Societe Entomologique de Londres. 



En 1853 Stainton publia, dans le 

 11 Zoologist," " A Glance at the Pre- 

 sent State of our Knowledge of the 

 Coleophorse," dont le but speciel fut 

 d'attirer l'attention sur la recherche 

 des chenilles encore inconnues. 



La meme annee a paru le volume 

 de 1' " Insecta Britannica" de Stain- 

 ton, ou 41 especes Britaniques sont 

 decrites, parmi lesquelles une es- 

 pece nouvelle sous le nom d' Olivace- 

 ella. Cette pauvrete comparative de 

 la Faune Britannique d'insectes de 

 ce genre frappa Herrich-Schaffer 

 d'etonnement/ puisqu'il compte au 

 moins soixante especes dans les en- 

 virons de Ratisbonne ; cet auteur, 

 dans le cinquieme volume de ses 

 " Schmetterlinge von Europa," con- 

 sacre quarante pages au genre Co- 

 leophora, y placant 135 especes, dont 

 il figure 93 ; et comme la plupart 

 de ces figures sont tres-bonnes et 

 plusieurs des fourreaux aussi sont 

 represented, l'aide fournie par son 

 ouvrage a Vehicle de ce genre fut 

 tres-essentielle. Depuis 1853 le 

 nombre des especes Britanniques n'a 

 pas cesse d'augmen ter ; j usqu'a ce jour 

 onze especes se trouvent ajoutees, 

 dont huit sont des especes nouvelles: 

 par exemple, Squamosella, Siccifolia, 

 Genistce, Inflatce, Vlrgaurece, Vul- 

 sella, Apicella et Sallnella ; les de- 



