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GRACILARIA AUROGUTTELLA. [PlATE IV. FiG. 1, 



country, though I have never ob- 

 served it in Devonshire ; I am not 

 aware that it occurs in Scotland. On 

 the Continent it has also a wide 

 range ; occurring in Belgium, in 

 various parts of Germany, Livonia, 

 Switzerland, Italy, Sicily and in 

 France, at Besan^on. 



Synonymy. 

 First recognisably described by 

 Stephens in his " Illustrations," under 

 the name of Glijphipteryx Aurogut- 

 tella. Zeller in the " Isis" of 1839 

 described it under the name of Gra- 

 cilaria Lncertella, and also in the 

 second volume of the " Linnaea En- 

 tomologica." Stainton next described 

 it in the " Transactions of the Ento- 

 mological Society of London," vol. i. 

 N. S., under the name of Gracilaria 

 Auroguttella, under which name the 

 insect was afterwards described, and 

 its transformations illustrated, by 

 Douglas in the "Transactions of the 

 Entomological Society of London," 

 vol. ii. N. S. ; and it was described by 

 Stainton in his volume of the " Insecta 

 Britannica," and by Frey in his '* Ti- 

 neen und Pterophoren der Schweiz." 

 Herrich-Schaffer in his " Schmetter- 

 linge von Europa" describes and 

 figures it under the name of Eiispi- 

 lapteryx Lacertdla. Ha worth in his 

 " Lepidoptera Britannica" describes 

 a Tinea Stipdla, which appears from 

 his own labelled specimen to have 

 been this insect j but the description 

 is incomplete, the first dorsal spot 

 being omitted. Duponchel has in 

 his " Supplement" a Gracillaria Plum- 

 bella, which may have been intended 



pas observee en Devonshire ; j 'ignore 

 si elle se trouve en Ecosse. Sur le 

 Continent elle est aussi bien re- 

 pandue, car on la trouve en Belgique, 

 en plusieurs localites de I'Allemagne, 

 en Livonie, dans la Suisse, en Italic, 

 jusqu'cn Sicile, et enfin en France a 

 Besancon. 



Synonymie. 

 Decrite pour la premiere fois d'une 

 maniere reconnaissable par Stephens 

 dans ses " Illustrations," sous le nom 

 de Glyphipteryx Auroguttella. Zeller 

 Fa depuis decrite sous le nom de 

 Gracilaria Lacertdla dans 1' " Isis" 

 de 1839, et de meme dans le second 

 volume de la " Linnaea Entomo- 

 logica." Stainton I'a ensuite decrite 

 dans les " Transactions de la Societe 

 Entomologique de Londres," vol. i. 

 nouvelle serie, sous le nom de Gra- 

 cilaria Auroguttella^ nom sous lequel 

 elle a ete decrite et ses transforma- 

 tions illustrees par Douglas dans 

 les "Transactions de la Societe 

 Entomologique de Londres," vol. 

 ii. N. S, ; sous le meme nom 

 Stainton I'a aussi decrite dans son 

 volume des " Insecta Britannica," 

 ainsi que Frey dans ses " Tineen 

 und Pterophoren der Schweiz." 

 Herrich-Schaffer dans ses " Schmet- 

 terlinge von Europa" decrit et figure 

 cette espece sous le nom d-'Euspitap- 

 teryx Lacertella. Haworth decrit 

 dans ses " Lepidoptera Britannica" 

 une Tinea Stipella, qui, selon un in- 

 dividu etiquete par I'auteur, parait 

 etre cette espece; cependant la de- 

 scription qu'il en donne ne fait 

 aucune mention de la premiere 



