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GRACILARIA STIGMATELLA. 



[Plate 1. Fig. 1. 



Fabrlcius. Under the same name 

 Schrank describes the insect in his 

 "Fauna Boica," and gives a reference 

 to Romer's observations. About the 

 same time Hiibner figured the insect 

 in his "Sammiung Europaischer 

 Schmetterh'nge," under the designa- 

 tion of Tinea Upupcepennella, and 

 Panzer figured it in his " Fauna 

 Insectorum Germaniae " as Tinea 

 triangulella. Haworth, in his "Lepi- 

 doptera Britannica," describes this 

 species under the names of Grac'illaria 

 ochracea and G. trigona, his Ochracea 

 being merely a pale bleached speci- 

 men of Stigmate/la. His Gracillaria 

 purpurea is possibly also meant for 

 this insect, but the description is 

 not satisfactory. Treitschke, in his 

 " Schmetterlinge von Europa," de- 

 scribes the insect under the name of 

 Ornix Upupcepennella^ and gives the 

 habit of the larva ; Stephens, in his 

 *' Illustrations," restores the Fabri- 

 cian name Stigmatella, repeating the 

 other Haworthian species as distinct : 

 Duponchel, in his " Lepidopteres de 

 France," describes and figures this 

 species under the name of Gracillaria 

 Upupcepennella. Eversmann, in his 

 ** Fauna Lepidopterologica Volgo- 

 Uralensis," describes the species un- 

 der the name o^ Ornix Upupcepennella. 

 Lienig describes the larva in the 

 " Isis " of 1846 under the name of 

 Gracilaria Sfigmatella, under which 

 designation the insect has been since 

 described by Zeller in the 2nd vol. 

 of the "Linnaea Entomologica ; " by 

 Stainton, in the "" Transactions of the 

 Entomological Society of London," 

 vol. 1, new series, and in his volume 

 of the 'Mnsecta Britannica;" by 

 Douglas, in the 2nd vol., new series, 

 of the ''Transactions of the Ento- 



appelle I'insecte Tinea Stigmatella, 

 en citant la description de Fabricius. 

 Schrank a decrit cette espece sous le 

 meme nom dans sa '' Fauna Boica," 

 oil il cita les observations de Romer. 

 Vers le meme temps Hiibner figura 

 I'insecte dans sa " Sammlung Euro- 

 paischer Schmetterlinge," sous lenom 

 de Tinea Upupcepennella, et Panzer 

 le figura danssa " Fauna Insectorum 

 Germaniag," sous le nom de Tinea 

 irianguklla. Haworth dans ses " Le- 

 pidoptera Britannica" decrit cette 

 espece sous les noms de Gracillaria 

 ochracea et trigona, son Ochracea 

 n'etant qu'un individu pale et passe 

 dela Stigmatella. Sa Gracillaria pur- 

 ;??/rea s'y rapporte peut-e tre aussi, mais 

 la description n'est pas saiisfaisante. 

 Treitschke dans ses " Schmetterlinge 

 von Europa" decrit I'insecte sous le 

 nom (fornix Upupcepennella, et nous 

 donne les moeurs de la chenille. 

 Stephens dans ses " Illustrations" a 

 retabli le nom Fabricien de Stigma- 

 tella, mais il maintient les autres es- 

 peces de Haworth comme distinctes. 

 Duponchel dans ses "Lepidopteres de 

 France" decrit et figure I'espece qui 

 nous occupe sous le nom de Gracillaria 

 Upupcepennella. Eversmann, dans sa 

 "FaunaLepidopterologicaVolgo-Ura- 

 lensis/' la decrit sous le nom d! Ornix 

 Upupcepennella. Madame Lienig 

 en decrit la chenille dans I'^'Isis" 

 de 1846 sous le nom de Gracilaria 

 Stigmatella, designation sous laquelle 

 cette espece a ete ensuite decrite par 

 Zeller dans le second volume de la 

 "LinneeaEntomologica;" par Stainton 

 dans les " Transactions de la Societe 

 Entomologique de Londres," tome 

 premier, nouvelle serie, et dans son 

 volume des '^Insecta Britannica;" 

 par Douglas dans le deuxieme 



