13G 



GELECHIA MOUFFETELLA. 



[Plate IV. Fig. 3. 



with eight black spots;" and Char- 

 pentier has assured us the insect is 

 the same as that figured by Hiibner. 

 Hiibner, indeed, appears to have 

 figured the insect twice : once as 

 Tinea Pediseguella, fig. 95, and again 

 as Tinea Mouffdella, fig. 245 ; the 

 former figure being indeed the 

 better of the two, and having caused 

 doubts, wliether his Moiiffetella was 

 intended to represent the insect we 

 are now considering, but his figure 

 of the larva under the same name 

 ought to be sufficient to remove all 

 hesitation. Havvorih described it in 

 his " Lepidoptera Britannica," but, 

 apparently, from indifferent spe- 

 cimens, under the name of Recur- 

 varia Punclifera, citing Hiibner's 

 figure of Vedisequella as a doubtfid 

 synonym. Treitschke next de- 

 scribed it as Lita Monffefella in his 

 " Schmetterlinge von Europa," and 

 Stephens, in his " Illustrations," de- 

 scribed it under the name of Ana- 

 campsis Moiiffetella, In the ^'Isis" 

 of 184G, we have a description of 

 the larva by Lienig, under the name 

 of Gelechia Moiffelella, followed by 

 some critical remarks by Zeller ; 

 and under this name the insect has 

 since been described by Stainton in 

 his volume of the " Insecta Britan- 

 nica ; " by Herrich-Schaffer in his 

 ''Schmetterlinge von Europa," and 

 by Frey, in his " Tineen und Ptero- 

 phoren der Schweiz." 



The description given by Linnaeus 

 of his Phalcena Tinea Movffetella is 

 so brief, so little distinctive, and the 

 words of the '^ Systema Naturae," 

 " alae vakle acuminatce," so little ap- 

 plicable to this insect, that if quoted 



rougeatre, avec huit taches noires," 

 et Charpentier nous a assure que 

 cet insecte est le meme que Hiibner a 

 figure. En effet Hiibner parait avoir 

 figure I'insecte deux fois : d'abord 

 sous le nom de Tinea Pedisequella, 

 fig. 95, et ensuite sous le nom de 

 Tinea Mouffetella, fig. 245 ; la pre- 

 miere figure, il est vrai, est la raeil- 

 leure, et cela a souleve des doutes 

 pour savoir s'il a voulu designer 

 notre espece par sa Moi/ffelella, mais 

 la figure qu'il donne, sous ce nom, 

 de la chenille doit fixer notre con- 

 viction a cet egard. Ha worth I'a 

 decrite dans ses " Lepidoptera Bri- 

 tannica,'' mais, a ce qu'il me parait, 

 d'apres des individus en mauvais 

 eiat, sous le nom de Recurvaria Punc- 

 lifera, a laquelle il rapporte la figure 

 de Pedisequella de Hiibner, comme 

 synonyme douteux. Treitschke I'a 

 plus tard decrite dans ses " Schmet- 

 terlinge von Europa" sous le nom 

 de Lita Mouffelella, et Stephens dans 

 ses "Illustrations" I'a decrite sous 

 celui A' Anacampsis Moiiffetella. Dans 

 r"Isis" de 1810 nous trouvons une 

 description de la chenille par Ma- 

 dame Lienig, sous le nom de Gelechia 

 Mouffetclla, et quelques observations 

 critiques que Zeller y a ajoutees ; 

 sous le meme nom I'espece a ete en- 

 suite decrite par Stainton dans son 

 volume des " Insecta Britannica," par 

 Herrich-Schaffer dans ses " Schmet- 

 terlinge von Europa," et par Frey 

 dans ses " Tineen und Pterophoren 

 der Schw^eiz." 



La description donnee par Linne 

 de sa Phalcena Tinea Mouffetclla est 

 si courte et si peu caracteristique, 

 et les mots dans la " Systema Na- 

 turee," " alae valde acuminatse," s'ap- 

 pliquent si peu a notre insecte, 



