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GRACILARIA SYRINGELLA. 



[Plate II. Fig. 2. 



cillaria Anastomosis, and under this 

 designation Curtis described and 

 figured it in 1833 in his " Britisli 

 Entomology," and gave a notice of 

 the habits of the larva. In the same 

 year Bouche, in his " Garten-In- 

 secten," noticed it under the name of 

 Tinea Syringella, and Treitschke de- 

 scribed it in his '^ Schmetterlinge 

 von Europa," under the name of 

 Ornix Ardecepennella. Stephens in 

 his *' Illustrations" describes it as 

 Gracillaria Sijringella ; Zeller in t!ie 

 ''Isis" of 1838, noticing the species 

 mentioned by Reaumur, applies to it 

 the designation Ornix Si/ringella, and 

 Duponchel, in his '* Lepidopteres 

 de France," describes it as Gracillaria 

 Ardecepennella, but his figure is so 

 bad that it can scarcely be recog- 

 nised for this species, besides it is 

 much too small. In Duponchel's 

 ^'Supplement'' the insect is again 

 described and figured under the 

 name of (Ecophora Si/ringella, Du- 

 ponchel expressing his surprise that 

 so common an insect had been over- 

 looked by Treitschke, and hence 

 never suspected that it was identical 

 with the Ardecepennella of Treitschke 

 and of himself. The species was 

 next described by Zeller in the 2nd 

 volume of the " Linnaea Entomolo- 

 gica," under the name of Gracilaria 

 Syringella, which name is retained by 

 Stainton in the " Transactions of the 

 Entomological Society of London," 

 vol. 1 , New Series, and in his volume 

 of the " Insecta Britannica ;" by Frey 

 in his " Tineen und Pterophoren der 

 Schweiz ;" and by Herrich-Schaffer 

 (who also figures the insect) in his 

 " Schmetterlinge von Europa." 



Anastomosis, et sous cette designation 

 Curtis I'a decrite et figuree en 1833, 

 dans son " British Entomology," ou 

 il ajoute une observation relative a 

 la chenille. La meme annee Bouche, 

 dans ses " Garten-Insekten," parle 

 de cette espece sous le nom de Tinea 

 Syringella, et Treitschke la decrit 

 dans ses " Schmetterlinge von Eu- 

 ropa," sous le nom (^Ornix Ardece- 

 penuella. Stephens dans ses " Illus- 

 trations" la decrit sous le nom de 

 Gracillaria Syringella ; Zeller dans 

 r *' Isis" de 1838, dans sa revue des 

 especes observees par Reaumur, la 

 nomme Ornix Syringella, et Dupon- 

 chel, dans ses " Lepidopteres de 

 France," la decrit sous le nom de 

 Gracillaria ArdecEpennella, mais sa 

 figure est si mauvaise qu'on pent 

 a peine y reconnaitre I'espece, 

 d'ailleurs cette figure est beaucoup 

 trop petite. Dans le " Supplement" 

 de Duponchel nous trouvons I'insecte 

 figure et decrit de nouveau sous le 

 nom d'CEcophora Syringella, et cet 

 auteur remarque qu'il est etonne 

 qu'une espece aussi commune ne fut 

 pas mentionnee par Treitschke, et il 

 semble n'avoir pas eu le moindre 

 soup9on que cette Syringella n'etait 

 en eflPet autre chose que V Ardecepen- 

 nella de Treitschke ainsi que de lui- 

 meme. Ensuite Zeller a decrit I'es- 

 pece dans le second volume de la 

 "Linnaea Entomologica," sous le nom 

 de Gracilaria Syringella, nom qui 

 est conserve par Stainton dans les 

 " Transactions de la Societe Ento- 

 mologique de Londres," vol. 1, nou- 

 velle serie, et dans son volume de 

 r "Insecta Britannica;" par Frey 

 dans ses " Tineen und Pterophoren 

 der Schweiz ;" et par Herrich-Schaf- 

 fer, qui I'a aussi figuree, dans ses 

 " Schmetterlinge von Europa." 



