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ELACHISTA ATRICOMELLA. 



in the Isle of Wight ; westward it 

 occurs near Bristol, at Durdham 

 Downs ; and northward, it has been 

 met with at Chesterfield, York, 

 Scarborough, Stockton-on-Tees, and 

 at Arthur's Seat, near Edinburgh, 



On the Continent it has only hi- 

 therto been detected at Frankfort-on- 

 the-Main, but has probably been 

 overlooked in other localities. 



Synonymy. 

 First described by Stainton, in his 

 "Catalogue of British Tineidse," un- 

 der the name of Elachista atricomella. 

 Two years afterwards, Stainton, in 

 his Supplementary Catalogue, de- 

 scribed the S as Elachista alienella, 

 conceiving it to be a distinct species. 

 In the "Insecta Britannica," the sexes 

 were reunited by this author under 

 the first-mentioned name. Herrich- 

 Schaffer, in his " Schmetterlinge von 

 Europa," describes and figures it as 

 PoecUoptUia atricomella. In Stephens's 

 " Illustrations" we find a Microsetia 

 exiguella described, and it is not im- 

 possible that this description may 

 have been intended to apply to the 

 present species; it can, however, only 

 be a doubtful synonym. 



The synonymy is, therefore, as 

 follows : — 

 Elachista atricomella — 



Stainton, Cat. Brit. Tineidas, p. 

 25. 

 Ins. Brit. Lep. T«in. p. 



[Plate I. Fig. 1. 



dans ITsle de "Wight; vers I'ouest 

 on la trouve a Durdham Downs, 

 pres de Bristol ; et vers le nord 

 a Chesterfield, York, Scarborough, 

 Stockton-sur-Tees, et en Ecosse 

 pres d'Edimbourg. 



Sur le Continent on ne I'a trouvee 

 qu'a Frankfort-sur-le-Mein, mais il 

 est probable qu'elle se rencontre en 

 d'autres localites, quoiqu'elle n'y ait 

 pas encore ete observee. 



La Synonjrmie. 

 Cette esp^ce fut d'abord decrite 

 par Stainton, dans son " Catalogue 

 of British Tineidss," sous le nom 

 {['Elachista atricomella. Deux ans 

 plus tard Stainton, dans son " Sup- 

 plementary Catalogue," decrivit la 

 femelle, qu'il prit pour une espece 

 distincte, sous le nom d.' Elachista 

 alienella. Dans 1' "Insecta Britannica" 

 cet auteur reunit les deux sexes de 

 I'espece sous le nom d! Atricomella, 

 Herrich-Schaffer, dans ses *' Schmet- 

 terlinge von Europa," la decrit et la 

 figure sous le nom de Pceciloptilia 

 atricomella. Dans les *' Illustrations" 

 de Stephens nous trouvons une de- 

 scription d'une Microsetia exiguella^ 

 et il est possible que cette description 

 se rapporte a notre espece, mais en 

 tout cas ce synonyme serait toujours 

 douteux. 



Voici done la synonymic : — 



Elachista atricomella — • 



Stainton, Cat. Brit. Tineidae, p. 

 25. 

 Ins. Brit. Lep. Tin. p. 

 253. 



