GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE GENUS DEPRESSARIA. 



made out, still bear the names then 

 given to them. 



In the following year Fabricius 

 published his *' Genera Insectorum," 

 in which, at p. 294, he described Py- 

 ralisJpplana, the Depressaria Applana 

 of the present day. Four years later, 

 in the "Species Insectorum," p. 2^Q>, 

 he described Ytatiana. 



In 179.3 appeared the 3rd volume 

 of the " Entomologia Systematica," in 

 which Fabricius described three new 

 species of this genus, Sparmanniana, 

 Umbellana and Rutana ; the first of 

 these, Sparmanniana, has been reputed 

 a synonym of Liturella, but looking 

 at the description at the present day 

 it seems doubtful whether Fabricius 

 had before him that species or 

 Pallorella, or even Bipunctosa. The 

 U??ibeUana of Fabricius has never 

 been satisfactorily made out, but 

 looking at the description and habit 

 of the larva which is there given it is 

 not impossible that it may yet be 

 recognised. The Rw/a«a of Fabricius 

 remained unrecognised till a few years 

 ago, when the fortunate discovery by 

 Dr. Staudinger of the larva of Kol- 

 lar's Refiferella led to its being 

 recognised as the long lost Rutana 

 of Fabricius. 



Hiibner in his " Sammlung Euro- 

 paischer Schmetterlinge" gave figures 

 of several of these insects ; the first 

 which had appeared, if we except 

 Clerck's figure of Alstrcemcr'iana and 

 De Geer's figure of Applana; thus 

 we find Applana figured under the 



cella qu'on n'a pu reconnaitre avec 

 certitude, portent jusqu'aujourd'hui 

 les noms que ces auteurs leur avaient 

 donnes. 



Dans I'annee suivante Fabricius a 

 publie ses " Genera Insectorum," o^, 

 a la page 294, il decrit une Fyralis 

 Applana, qui est notre Depressaria 

 Applana, Quatre annees plus tard, 

 dans le " Species Insectorum," p. 

 286, il a decrit la Yeatiana. 



En 1 793 parut le troisieme volume 

 de r " Entomologia Systematica" de 

 Fabricius, ou sont decrites trois 

 especes nouvelles du genre Depres' 

 saria, savoir la Sparmanniana, YUni' 

 bdlana et la Rutana; on avait cru 

 que la premiere de celles-ci, la Spar- 

 manniana, ne fut que synonyme de 

 la Liturella, mais en examinant la 

 description avec notre experience 

 actuelle, il parait douteux si Fa- 

 bricius avait sous les yeux un indi- 

 vidu de la Liturella, de la Pallorella^ 

 ou meme de la Bipunctosa. UUni' 

 bellana de Fabricius n'a jamais ete 

 bien entendu, mais il est possible 

 qu'a I'aide de la description et des 

 mceurs de la chenille qu'il a exposees, 

 que cette espece sera un jour re- 

 connue. La Rutana de Fabricius 

 restait inconnue jusqu'a ces der- 

 niers temps, lorsque la decouverte 

 heureuse faite par le Dr. Staudinger 

 de la chenille de la Rctiferella de 

 Kollar nous porta a y reconnaitre la 

 Rutana, si long temps perdue, de Fa- 

 bricius. 



Hiibner dans sa " Sammlung 

 Europaischer Schmetterlinge" a 

 donne les figures de plusieurs especes 

 de Depressaria^ les premieres qui ont 

 ete publiees, sauf la figure de VAU 

 stroemeriana que Clerck, et celle de 

 r^/?;j/a«aqueDeGeeradonnee. Dans 



