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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE GENUS GRACILARIA. 



31. Omissclla, Douglas, No. 11, plate 4, fig. 2. 



32. Cupediella, Herricb-Schaffer (fig. 803). Austria. 



33. Quadrifasciata, Stainton (Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 3rd Series, vol. 1, 



p. 295, plate x. fig. 5). Calcutta. 



34. Culicelln, Stainton (Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 3rd Series, vol. 1, p. 



297, plate x. fig. 7). Moreton Bay. 



35. 0/ionidis, Zeller, No. 13, plate 5, fig. 1. 



36. Imperialella, Mann, No. 15, plate 5, fig. 3. 



37. Pavoriiel/a, Zeller, No. 14, plate 5, fig. 2. 



38. Kullariella, Zeller, No. 9, plate 3, fig. 3. 



39. Scalariella, Zeller (Stettin, Ent. Ztg. 1860, p. IGO). Italy and Spain. 



40. Gemo7nella, Stainton (Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 3rd Series, vol. 1, p. 



297, plate x. fig. 6). Calcutta. 

 A-l.'^Gradalella, Herrich-Schaffer (fig. 992). Ratisbon. 



42. Albomarginata^ Stainton (Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 3rd Series, vol. 



1, p. 294, plate x. fig. 3). Moreton Bay. 



43. TenninaUce (Atkinson), Stainton (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 3rd Series, 



vol. 1, p. 298, plate x. fig. 8). Calcutta. 



Tbe larvse of twenty of tbe above 

 species are not at present known to 

 us ; and of one species, Gemo?iiella, 

 bred by Mr. Atkinson, tbe name of 

 tbe food-plant bas not yet been 

 ascertained. Tbe larvae of tbe re- 

 maining twenty-two species are ratber 

 uniformly distributed over fourteen 

 natural orders of plants, only four 

 natural orders afifording pabulum to 

 more tban one species, viz. : — tbe 

 Composifcey wbicb nourisb two, tbe 

 Aceracece and Leguminosce tbree, and 

 tbe Amentiferce four species. 



Les cbenilles d'une vingtaine de 

 ces especes ne nous sont pas encore 

 connues ; et d'une espece, la Gemo- 

 niella, elevee par M. Atkinson, on ne 

 connait pas encore le nom de la 

 plante qui lui sert de nourriture. Les 

 cbenilles des autres 22 especes sont 

 distribueespresque uniformement sur 

 quatorze ordres naturels de plantes ; 

 et ii n'y a que quatre ordres naturels 

 qui donnent nourriture k plus d'une 

 seule espece ; savoir les Composees, 

 qui en nourrissent deux, les Aceracees 

 et les Legumineuses qui nourrissent 

 trois, et les Amentacces qui nour- 

 rissent quatre especes. 



Natural Order Malvaceae. 

 Urcna lohata. Quadri/osciata. 



Natural Order Hypericace-e. 

 Hypericum perforatum and pulchrum. Auroguttella. 



Natural Order Acerace/E. 

 Acer campcstre. Sennfascia and HemidactylcUa. 

 A. pseudoplatanus. Hemidactyldla and RuJipcnneUa. 



