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GELECHIA AFFINIS. 



[Plate V. Fig. 2. 



Geographical Distribution. 

 Very little can yet be said about 

 the geographical distribution of this 

 insect, as many of the localities here- 

 tofore assigned to Affinis probably 

 belong to the sand-hill and heath- 

 frequenting insect. My bred speci- 

 mens were all from larvag found on 

 one wall at Lewisham, on which I 

 once took a specimen of the perfect 

 insect; and I once took a specimen, 

 in company with Glyphipteryx Equi- 

 tella, at Bexley, flying over thatch 

 on which stone-crop was growing ; 

 at Mickleham I took two specimens 

 in a house. 



Judging from the habitat Frey 

 gives for his Affinis (previously Te- 

 gulella), and from specimens sent by 

 him, we are able to add Zurich to 

 the known localities. It also occurs 

 sparingly at Glogau, 



Synonymy. 

 The first description which we can 

 attempt to apply specifically to this 

 insect is that given by Douglas in 

 the "Transactions of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of London," vol. i., 

 N. S., of Gclechia Affinis, where the 

 second joint of the palpi is described 

 as '^as/i7/" ''the anterior wings fus- 

 cous-black/' and the '^ fascia curved 

 whitish." Stainton, in his " Insecta 

 Britannica," clearly under the same 

 name describes the sand-hill species, 

 " palpi oc/ireous," " anterior wings 

 fuscous" and instead of a fascia he 

 says " two opposite whitisli spots." 

 The /(iJinis of Haworth and Stephens 



La Distribution GeograpMque. 



II n'y a pas encore beaucoup a 

 dire au sujet de la distribution de 

 cette espece, puisque bien des lo- 

 calites, autrefois cltees pour V Affinis, 

 appartiennent probablement a I'espece 

 qui se trouve sur les dunes et les 

 bruyeres. Les individus eleves que 

 je possede sont tous des chenilles 

 trouvees sur un mur, a Lewisham, 

 ou j'ai rencontre le papillon une fois ; 

 et j'ai un individu pris parmi les 

 Glyphipteryx Equitella a Bexley, oil 

 il volait autour du chaume, sur lequel 

 vegetait le Sedum acre; a Mickleham 

 j'ai trouve deux individus dans I'in- 

 terieur d'une maison. 



Selon le habitat donne par Frey 

 pour son Affinis (autrefois Teguklta), 

 et d'apres des individus qu'il m'a en- 

 voyes, nous pouvons ajouter Zurich 

 aux localites, oil sa presence a ete 

 constatee. Elle se trouve aussi a 

 Glogau, mais assez rarement. 



Synonymie. 

 La premiere description que nous 

 puissions appliquer rigoureusement 

 a cet insecte est celle que donne 

 Douglas dans les '* Transactions de la 

 Societe Entomologique de Londres," 

 vol. i., N. S., de Gtlechia Affinis, ou 

 le deuxieme article des palpes est 

 nomme '' cendre/' "les ailes ante- 

 rieures d'un hrunair e-noir," et " la 

 ka?2de courbee blanchatre." Stainton 

 dans son volume des " Insecta 

 Britannica" a evidemment decrit 

 I'espece qui affectionne les dunes et 

 qui a les " palpes ochracces," " les 

 ailes anterieures brundtres," et au lieu 

 d'une bande " deux taches opposees. 



