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BUCCULATRIX ULMELLA. 



[Plate II. Fig. 1 



tannica" appears to have indicated 

 this species in the variety c of his 



Tinea Cuculipeitnclla. 



The synonymy, therefore, will be 

 as follows : — 

 Bucculatrix Ulmella — 



Zeller, Linn. Ent. iii. p. 288. 



Stainton, Ins. Brit. Lep. Tin. p. 



291. 

 Frey, Tineen end t'teroph. . der 



Schweiz, p. 317. 

 Herrich-SchaflTor, Schmett. v. Eu- 



ropa, X. p. 339, fig. 849. 

 Argyrumiges Sircomella — 



Stainton, Zoologist, 1848, p, 21G2. 

 Tinea CucuHpennelia — 



Var. 0, Haworth, Lep. Brit. p. 



580. 



Observations of Authors. 

 Though this insect did not re- 

 ceive a name till so recently as 1848, 

 its transformations had been ac- 

 curately observed and minutely de- 

 scribed more than a hundred years 

 previously. Tliese observations, made 

 by the celebrated Lyonet, so well 

 known by his elaborate treatise on 

 the anatomy of the larva of Cossus 

 Ligjiiperda.weve, we believe, not pub- 

 lished till 1832, when a posthumous 

 volume of Lyonet's observations was 

 published by De Haan; at page 231 

 of this volume we read the following 

 account of ''^ An extremely small larva 

 which spins, with wondeiful skill, a 

 ribbed cocoon.' Although I have in- 

 formed M. De Reaumur in one of 

 my letters (that of December 22nd, 

 1744) of the promptitude and skill 

 with which the larva I am goinc: to 

 mention spins its cocoon, and though 

 I have even sent sometime after- 

 wards an abridgment of the whole 



doptera Britannica" parait avoir de- 

 signe cette espece dans la varietc B 

 de sa Tinea Cucidipcnnella. 



Voila done la synonymie de cette 

 espece : — 

 Bucculatrix Ulmella — - 



Zeller, Linn. Ent. iii. p. 288. 



Stainton, Ins. Brit. Lep. Tin. p. 



291. 

 Frey, Tineen und Pteroph. der 



Schweiz, p. 317. 

 Herrich-Schaffer, Schmett. v. Eu- 



ropa, v. p. 339, fig. 849. 

 Argyromiges Sircomella — 



Stainton, Zocl. 1848, p. 2162. 

 Tinea Cuculipennella — 



Var. 3, Haworth, Lep. Brit. p. 580. 



Observations des Auteurs. 



Quoique la Bucculatrix Ulmella 

 u'a recu son nom qu'en 1848, scs 

 transformations ont ete observers 

 tres-soigneusement et decrites avec 

 bcaucoup de details deja plus de cent 

 ans auparavant. Ces observations, 

 faites par le celebre Lyonet, si re- 

 nomme par son memoire clabore sur 

 la chenille du Cossus Lignipcrda, ne 

 furent publiees qu'en 1832, lorsque 

 De Haan fit imprlmer un volume 

 posthume des observations de Lyonet ; 

 a la page 23 1 de ce livre nous trouvons 

 I'histoire suivante d'une " ' Chenille 

 extremement petite , mais qui emploie une 

 adresse inconcevahle a sefler une coque 

 cannelce.' Quoique j'aie fait part, 

 dans une de mes lettres a M. de 

 Reaumur, savoir, celle du 22 De- 

 cembre, 1744, de la promptitude et 

 de I'habilete avec laquelle la chenille, 

 dont je vais parler, file sa coque, et 

 que j'aie meme de plus envoye en 

 abrege toute I'histoire de ce petit in- 



