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COLEOPHORA ONOSMELLA. [PLATE VII. FlG. S. 



curred at Dover, Folkestone, Mickle- 

 ham, Guildford, Farnham, and at 

 Sandovvn, in the Isle of Wight. 



On the Continent it appears to be 

 more widely distributed : in France 

 it occurs near Paris ; in Germany it 

 has been noticed at Dantzic, Glogau, 

 Jena, Vienna, Dresden, Ratisbon and 

 Mayence (at the latter place the 

 larva was found by Brahm on Onosma 

 echioides, more than sixty years 

 ago). In Italy it has been noticed 

 at Florence, and besides it occurs 

 in Sweden, in Livonia and on the 

 slopes of the Ural. 



Synonymy. 

 This insect was first described by 

 Brahm, in " Scriba's Beitrage," in 

 the year 1791, under the name of 

 Tinea Onosmella; the same author 

 also described it in his " Insekten- 

 Kalender." Treitschke described 

 the species under the name of Ornix 

 Struthionipennella, which name was 

 retained by Duponchel and Evers- 

 mann ; Stephens retained the same 

 specific name in his " Illustrations," 

 placing the insect, however, in the 

 genus Porrectaria. Zeiler, in the 

 " Isis" of 1839, restored the older 

 name of Onusmella ; and under the 

 name of Coleophora Onosmella the 

 species has since been described by 

 Zeiler in the 4th volume of the " Lin- 

 naea Entomologica," by Stainton in the 

 " Insecta Britannica," and by Her- 

 rich Schaffer, who also figures both 

 the perfect insect and case, in his 

 "Scbmetterlinge von Europa." Hiib- 

 ner's figure of Strut hionipennella, and 

 the Tinea pennella of the " Wiener 

 Verzeichniss," can only be quoted 

 as doubtful synonyms. 



l'Angleterre, ou on l'a observee a 

 Douvres, Folkestone, Mickleham, 

 Guildford, Farnham, et a Sandown 

 dans Tile de Wight. 



Sur le Continent elle parait &tre 

 beaucoup plus repandue : en France 

 elle se trouve pres de Paris ; en 

 Allemagne on l'a observee a Dantzic, 

 Glogau, Jena, Vienne, Dresde, Ra- 

 tisbonne et Mayence (a cette derniere 

 localite Brahm en fit la decouverte 

 de la chenille sur YOnosma ech'wides 

 avant 1791); en Italie on l'a ren- 

 contree a Florence, et en outre elle 

 se trouve en Suede, en Livonie, et 

 sur les pentes de l'Oural. 



Synonymie. 

 Cet insecte fut decrit par Brahm 

 dans les " Beitrage" de Scriba en 

 1791, sous le nora de Tinea Onosmella; 

 le meme auteur l'a aussi decrit dans 

 son " Insekten-Kalender." Treitschke 

 l'a decrit sous le nom & Ornix Stru- 

 thionipenntlla, nom qu'ont conserve 

 Duponchel et Eversmann ; Stephens 

 a aussi conserve ce dernier nom 

 specifique dans ses lc Illustrations," 

 mais il placea cette espece dans 

 son genre Porrectaria. Zeiler, dans 

 1' " Isis" de 1839, a rendu a l'espece 

 le nom le plus ancien d 'Onosmella, 

 et sous le nom de Coleophora Onos- 

 mella elle a ensuite ete decrite par 

 Zeiler dans le quatrieme volume de 

 la " Linnasa Entomologica," par 

 Stainton dans 1' " Insecta Britan- 

 nica," et par Herrich-Schaflfer, qui 

 en figure le papillon et le fourreau, 

 dans ses " Scbmetterlinge von Eu- 

 ropa." La figure que donne Hiibner 

 de Struthionipennella et la Tinea 

 pennella du " Wiener Verzeichniss" ne 

 peuvent etre citees que comme des 

 synonymes douteux. 



