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GRACILARIA PHASIANIPENNELLA. [PlATE IV. FiG. 3. 



Geographical Distribution. 

 This insect has been very little 

 noticed in England ; probably from 

 its small size and late appearance 

 it has been overlooked. It has 

 occurred at Pembury and in the 

 New Forest, also at Gosport and in 

 the Isle of Wight, likewise at Ripley 

 in Surrey, at Cambridge, and in 

 Scotland in Perthshire. On the 

 Continent it appears very widely 

 distributed. In Germany it has 

 occurred in Bohemia, Saxony and 

 Silesia, and at Ratisbon, Constance 

 and Frankfort- on -the -Main. In 

 Switzerland it has occurred at 

 Zurich, Bremgarten and Schiipfen ; 

 in Italy at Montenero ; in France 

 Reaumur observed it near Paris, 

 and in the collection of the late M. 

 Bruand I see specimens labelled 

 "Lyons;" in Belgium it has been 

 observed at Berthem, and I have 

 myself found the larva near Brussels 

 in the Foret de Soignies. Further 

 north it has occurred in Livonia, 

 and at Kexholm in Finland. 



Synonymy. 

 This insect was first named by 

 Hubner, who in his " Saramlung Eu- 

 ropaischer Schmetterlinge" figured it 

 and its larva under the name of 

 Tinea Phasianipennella. Subsequently 

 Treitschke described it under the 

 name of Ornix Phasianipennella, and 

 under that name it is noticed by Zeller 

 in the " Isis" of 1838. Stephens in 

 his *' Illustrations" described the 

 Quadruplella variety, from a single 

 specimen, under the name of Bus- 

 pilapteryx Auroguttella. Zeller in 

 the ''Isis" of 1839 describes the 

 typical insect under the name of 



La Distribution GeograpMque. 



En Angleterre cet insecte a ete 

 tres-peu observe, neglige peut-etre 

 a cause de sa petitesse et peut-etre 

 aussi a cause de la mauvaise saison, 

 dans laquelle le papillon est eclos. 

 On I'a trouve a Pembury et dans 

 le New Forest, de meme a Gosport 

 et dans ITle de ^Yight ; de plus a 

 Ripley, en Surrey, a Cambridge, et 

 dans I'Ecosse en Perthshire. Sur 

 le Continent I'espece parait etre 

 beaucoup plus repandue. En Alle- 

 magne on I'a trouvee en Boheme, en 

 Saxe, en Silesie et a Ratisbonne, a 

 Constance et a Frankfort-sur-le- 

 Mein ; dans la Suisse a Zurich, a 

 Bremgarten, et a Schupfen ; en 

 Italic a Montenero ; en France 

 Reaumur I'observa pres de Paris, et 

 dans la collection de feu M. Bruand 

 je vois des individus etiquetes 

 "Lyon;" en Belgique elle a ete 

 observee a Berthem, et jel'ai trouvee 

 moi-meme pres de Bruxelles dans la 

 Foret de Soignies. Plus loin vers le 

 Nord on I'a trouvee en Livonie et en 

 Finlande a Kexholm. 



Synonymie. 

 Cette espece fut d'abord nommee 

 par Hiibner, qui figura le papillon et 

 la chenille dans sa " Sammlung Eu- 

 ropaischer Schmetterlinge," sous le 

 nom de Tinea Phasianipennella. Plus 

 tard Treitschke I'a decrite sous le 

 nom di'Ornix Phasia?iipe/i?iella, et 

 Zeller en parle, sous le meme nom, 

 dans l'"Isis" de 1838. Stephens 

 dans ses " Illustrations" a decrit la 

 variete Quadruplella sur un seul in- 

 dividu sous le nom d'Euspilapteryx 

 Auroguttella. Zeller dans T " Isis" 

 de 1839 decrit la forme typique, sous 

 le nom de Gracilaria Phasianipennella, 



