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GRACILARIA OMISSELLA. 



[Plate IV. Fig. 2. 



occurs, it is excessively abundant. 

 The nearest localities to London are 

 Lee, Charlton and towards Dartford 

 Heath ; further south, it has been 

 observed near Reigate and in the 

 neighbourhood of Woking. In 

 Devonshire I have sought on the 

 food-plant in vain for it. On the 

 Continent it occurs near Breslau, 

 and probably also near Glogau. 



Synonymy. 

 This species was first described 

 by Stainton in the "Zoologist" for 

 1848, under the name of Argyromiges 

 Omissella. The same author next 

 described it in the first volume of 

 the new series of the "Transactions 

 of the Entomological Society of Lon- 

 don," under the name of Gracilaria 

 Omissella, which name he retained in 

 his volume of the " lusecta Britan- 

 nica." Herrich-SchafFer has described 

 and figured it in his " Schmetterlinge 

 von Europa," under the name of Eus- 

 pilapteryx Omissella. 



The synonymy is, therefore, con- 

 cisely as follows : — 

 Argyroiniges Omissella — 



Stainton, Zoologist, 1848, p. 2163. 

 Gracilaria Omissella — 



Stainton, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 

 vol.i.,N.S.,p. 183,pl. 

 XV. fig. 1. 

 Ins. Brit. Lep. Tin. p. 

 198. 

 Euspilapteryx Omissella — 



Herrich-Schaifer, Schmett. v, Eu- 

 ropa, V. p. 292, figs. 925, 926. 



trouve, la quantite en est surprenante. 

 Pres de Londres on la trouve a Lee ; 

 a Charlton et vers Dartford Heath ; 

 plus loin vers le Sud on I'a observee 

 pres de Reigate et dans les environs 

 de ^Yoking. En Devonshire je I'ai 

 souvent cherchee sans succes. Sur 

 le Continent elle se trouve pres de 

 Breslau, et il est assez probable 

 qu'elle se trouve aussi a Glogau. 



Synonymie. 

 Cette espece fut decrite d'abord 

 par Stainton dans le Zoologiste de 

 1848, sous le nom dC Argyromiges 

 Omissella. Le meme auteur I'a 

 ensuite decrite dans le premier vo- 

 lume de la nouvelle serie des Trans- 

 actions de la Societe Entomologique 

 de Londres, sous le nom de Gra- 

 cilaria Omissella; nom qu'il a con- 

 serve dans son volume des " Insecta 

 Britannica." Herrich-Schaffer I'a 

 decrite et figuree dans ses " Schmet- 

 terlinge von Europa," sous le nom 

 d'Euspilapteryx Omissdla. 



Voici done la synonymie con- 

 cise : — 

 Argyromiges Omissella — 



Stainton, Zoologist, 1848, p. 2163. 

 Gracilaria Omissella — 



Stainton, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 vol. i., N. S., p. 183, 

 pi. XV. fig. 1. 

 Ins. Brit. Lep. Tin. p. 

 198. 

 Euspilapteryx Omissella — 



Herrich-ScliafFer, Schmett. v. Eu- 

 ropa, V. p. 292, figs. 925, 926. 



