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GELECHIA IIIPPOPHAELLA. 



[Plate I. Fig. 3. 



Continent, Schrank met with it in 

 Bavaria, but he does not give the 

 precise locality; Herrich -Scbaffer 

 has a specimen from Vienna. 



Synonymy. 

 First described by Schrank in his 

 "Fauna Eoica" in 1802, under the 

 name of Tinea Hippnphaella. Then 

 for upwards of fifty years the insect 

 was unnoticed till Stainton described 

 it in the " Insecta Britannica," under 

 the title of G'e/ec/^zfl Bfl5«/2,s of Douglas, 

 giving however Schrank's Hippo- 

 phnclla as a doubtful synonym ; the 

 subsequent discovery of the larva 

 has enabled us to restore to it, with- 

 out hesitation, its oldest name. Her- 

 rich-Schaffer, in his " Schmetterlinge 

 von Europa," described and figured 

 it under the name of Gelcchia Bus'i- 

 punctella. 



Its synonymy is therefore briefly 

 thus : — 

 Tinea Hippophaella — 



Schrank, Fauna Boica, ii. 2, p. 1 1 5. 



Gtlechia Basalis — 



Stainton, Ins. Brit. Lep. Tin. p. 

 104. 

 Gdechia Bas'ipunctella — 



Herrich-Schaffer, Schmetterlinge 

 V. Europa, v, p. 164, fig. 530. 



Sur le Continent Schrank la trouva 

 en Baviere, mais il ne mentionne pas 

 la localite exacte : Herrich-Schaffer 

 possede un individu de Vienne. 



Synonymie. 



Decrite pour la premiere fois par 

 Schrank dans sa '' Fauna Boica" en 

 1802, sous le nom de Tinea Hippo- 

 phaella. Ensuite pendant plus de 

 cinquante ans, I'insecte ne fut pas 

 observe, jusqu'a ce que Stainton lede- 

 crivit dans les '^ Insecta Britannica," 

 sous le nom de Gelcchia Basalis, 

 Douglas ; il y rapporte cependant 

 V Hippophaella de Schrank comme 

 synonyme donteux. Depuis lors la 

 decouverte de la chenille nous a 

 permis de restituer, sans hesitation, 

 a I'espece dont il s'agit, le nom le 

 plus ancien. Herrich-Schaffer dans 

 ses " Schmetterlinge von Europa" 

 I'a decrite et figuree sous le nom de 

 Gelcchia Basipunctella. 



La synonymie est done assez con- 

 cise : — 

 J^inea Hippophaella — 



Schrank, Fauna Boica, ii. 2, p. 115. 



Gelcchia Basalis — 



Stainton, Ins. Brit. Lep. Tin. p. 

 104. 

 Gelcchia Basipunetdla — 



Herrich-Schaffer, Schmett. v. Eu- 

 ropa, V. p. 164, fig. 530. 



