IQ-i MEPTICULA ARGYROPEZA. 



citing any other localities at present 



[Plate IX. Fig. 



Synonymy. 



As the Nepticiila Argi/ropeza of 

 Zeller, in the third volume of the 

 " Linnaea Entomologica," appears 

 rather a constellation of species, it 

 will perhaps be best to refer to 

 Stainton's description in the "Insecta 

 Britannica," as the first in which 

 this insect was specifically distin- 

 guished. Neither Frey nor Herrich- 

 Schaffer appear to have been well 

 acquainted with this insect, though 

 possibly it may have been mixed 

 with the specimens they had before 

 them. None of Herrich-Schaffer's 

 figures have any resemblance to the 

 insect we are now describing. 



I would therefore suggest the sy- 

 nonymy briefly as follows : — 



Nepticula Argyropeza — 



(Zeller) Stainton, Ins. Brit. Lep. 



Tin. p. 300. 



Nat. Hist. Tin. 



vol. i. p. 10. 



(parti?)/) Zeller, Linn. Ent. iii. p. 



520. 



V Apkelldt je ne puis pas citer d'autres 

 localites en ce moment. 



Synonymie. 



Puisque la Nepticula Argyrope:ia 

 decrite par Zeller dans le troisieme 

 volume de la " Linnsea Entomo- 

 logica," parait plutot comprendre 

 une constellation d'esjjeces, qu'une 

 espece isolee, il sera peut-etre mieux 

 de regarder la description que donne 

 Stainton dans les " Insecta Britan- 

 nica," comme la premiere sous 

 laquelle I'insecte fut distingue d'une 

 maniere specifique. II ne parait 

 pas que Frey ou Herrich-Schafl^er 

 ait bien connu cette espece, quoiqu'il 

 soit possible qu'elle se trouvait 

 parmi les individus qu'ils ont ex- 

 amines. Aucune des figures de 

 Herricii-Schaffer ne ressemble a 

 I'insecte dont nous parlous ici. 



Je proposerais done la synonymie 

 concise qui suit : — 



Nepticula Argyropeza — 



(Zeller) Stainton, Ins. Brit. Lep. 



Tin. p. 300. 



Nat. Hist. Tin. 



vol. i. p. 10. 



ipartini) Zeller, Linn. Ent. iii. p. 



320. 



