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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE GENUS DEPRESSARIA. 



In the fifth volume of the Trans- 

 actions of the Entomological Society 

 of Lontlon is a paper by Stainton on 

 the species of the Depressaria : in 

 this 48 are enumerated ; amongst 

 them Nanatclla, Subprupinquella, Cili- 

 clla, Pulc/ierrin/ella, Duuglascl'a, IVdr- 

 ella and Ultimella uere tlien first 

 described, and D'iscipunctella was er- 

 roneously indicated under the name 

 of Pastinacella, Duponchel. The 

 description there given of Capnila 

 was made from wasted specimens of 

 Capreofel/a, and the specimens then 

 described as Intermediella have since 

 been referred to Atotnclla and Sub- 

 propinqiitlla. 



Stainton's volume of the " Insecta 

 Britannica" published in 1854, con- 

 tains descriptions of the 27 British 

 species of the genus then known ; 

 Graiiulosella and Pastinacella {Disci- 

 punctella) were then described for the 

 first time. 



In 1854 appeared Zeller's mas- 

 terly monograph of the genus in the 

 ninth volume of the " Linnaea Ento- 

 niologica;" in this C3 species were 

 fully described and the habits of all 

 the then known larvae were men- 

 tioned. In this monograph several 

 species, which had been described in 

 scattered periodical publications, such 

 as SchuiklttUa, Retifertlla, Petasitis, 

 were brought into their proper 

 places in the genus, and 12, namely, 

 Culcitefla, Rhoduc/inlla, Ledtreri, In- 

 carnatella, Hcydenii, Altaica, Ccrvi- 

 cella, Ttiiehi icosa, Curticiml/a, Kullari, 

 Okrclhij and Hirtipalpis, were then 

 first described. Figures of some of 

 these novelties ha<l already appeared 

 in the plates to Herrich-Schafier's 

 work, but the descriptive letter-press 



Dans le cinquieme volume des 

 " Transactions de la Societe Ento- 

 mologique de Londres," Stainton 

 donna un memoire sur les especes 

 du genre Depressaria ; il en enumera 

 48, parmi lesquelles la Nanaiella, la 

 Siibpfop'rnqudla, la Cihella, la PuU 

 ckerrimelfa, la Doiiglasella, la IVeirella 

 et V Ultimella, furent alors decrites 

 pour la premiere fois, et la Disci- 

 punctella fut indiquee a tort sous le 

 nom de Past nacella de Duponchel. 

 La description de la Caprella avait 

 ete faite d'apres des individus passes 

 de la Capreolella, et les individus 

 decrits alors sous le nom d'lntcrine- 

 d'lella ont ete depuis rapportes a 

 V Atutnella et a la Subpropincpiella. 



Le volume des " Insecta Britan- 

 nica" par Stainton, publie en 1854, 

 contient descriptions des 27 especes 

 Britanniques, alors connues, de ce 

 genre ; la Graniilu.^clla, et la Pasti- 

 vacella (Discipimcttlla), furent alors 

 decrites pour la premiere fois. 



En 1 854 parut la monographic dis- 

 tinguee de Zeller dans le neuvieme 

 volume de la "Linnaea Entomolo- 

 gica;" ici G3 especes sont decrites 

 d'une maniere tres-detaillee, avec 

 les moeurs de toutes les chenilles 

 alors connues. Dans cette mono- 

 graphic plusieurs especes, qu'on 

 avait deja separement decrites dans 

 des publications periodiques, par 

 exemple la Schmidtdla, la Retiferellaj 

 la Pctas'itis, sont ra})portees aux 

 places qui leur appartiennent dans 

 le genre, rt douze especes, c'est a 

 dire la Culcitella, la Rhodochrella, la 

 Ledererij V I/icarnatella, VPJeydenii, 

 VAltaica, la Cervicclla, la Tencbri' 

 cosa, la Corticinclla, la KoUari, VOle- 

 rtlla, et V Hirtipalpis, y sont decrites 

 pour la premiere fois. Des figures 



