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COLEOPHORA GENISTA. 



[Plate V. Fig. 2. 



head shining black; 2nd segment 

 with one large black plate above; 

 3rd segment with two small black 

 plates above ; the 2nd, 3rd and 4th 

 segments each with a small black 



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spot on each side ; anal segment 

 with a large black plate. 



Geographical Distribution. 

 This species was first discovered 

 near Newcastle-on-Tyne by Mr. 

 Wailes ; since then it has been taken 

 freely near London, at Wanstead and 

 at Dartford Heath ; further south it 

 has been met with at Woking and 

 Reigate, and at Lyndhurst ; and it 

 is abundant in the neighbourhood 

 of York. It has not yet been ob- 

 served on the Continent. 



Synonymy. 

 First described by Stainton in the 

 "Entomologist's Annual" for 1857, 

 page 104, under the name of Coleo- 

 phora Genistce. 



grisatre. La tete est d'un noir 

 luisant ; le second segment porte en- 

 dessus une grande tache noire ; le 

 troisieme segment porte en-dessus 

 deux petites taches noires ; les 

 deuxieme, troisieme et quatrieme 

 ont chacun une petite tache noire de 

 chaque cote j le segment anal porte 

 une grande tache noire. 



La Distribution Geographique. 



Cette espece fut decouverte par 

 M. Wailes pres de Newcastle-sur- 

 Tyne ; depuis on l'a prise commune- 

 ment pres de Londres, a Wanstead et 

 a Dartford Heath ; plus vers le sud 

 on l'a trouvee a Woking, a Reigate, 

 et a Lyndhurst ; et elle abonde dans 

 les environs de York. On ne l'a 

 pas encore observee sur le Conti- 

 nent. 



La Synonymic 

 Decrite pour la premiere fois par 

 Stainton dans Y " Entomologist's 

 Annual" de 1857, p. 104, sous le 

 nom de Coleophora Genistce. 



