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GELECHIA. TRIPARELLA, 



[Plate VI. Fig. 2. 



localities assigned to it, it has either 

 been much overlooked or is far 

 from generally distributed. South 

 of London it has been noticed at 

 Worthing, northward at Cambridge, 

 and near Manchester and York. On 

 the Continent also it does not seem 

 of general distribution; it has been 

 observed at Glogau and at Frankfort- 

 on-the-Oder; it also occurs at Frank- 

 fort-on-the-Main. In Italy Herr 

 Mann met with it in Tuscany. It 

 also occurs in Livonia and in Fin- 

 land. 



Synonymy. 

 First described by Haworth in 

 1829 in his " Lepidoptera Britan- 

 nica," under the name of Recurvaria 

 Dodecea ; Stephens next described 

 it in his " Illustrations," under the 

 name of Anacampsis Dudecdla, both 

 these authors assuming that it was 

 the Dodecella of Linnaeus, a closely 

 allied species. Zeller in the " Isis" 

 of 1839 described it under the name 

 o'l Gelechia Triparella, and under this 

 name it has since been described by 

 Stainton in his volume of the " In- 

 secta Britannica," and by Herrich- 

 SchafFer, who also figures it, in his 

 '* Schmetterlinge von Europa." As 

 doubtful synonyms may be cited the 

 Tinea Paripunctella of Thunberg, in 

 which, in the diagnosis, the colour 

 given is " cinerea," and in the de- 

 scription no ground colour is men- 

 tioned, — and the Lita Triparella of ( 

 Duponchel's " Supplement," the de- 

 scription and figure of which are so 

 extremely unsatisfactory. 



petit nombre de localites citees pour 

 cette espece, il faut qu'elle ait ete 

 jusqu'ici fort negligee, ou bien qu'elle 

 ne soit pas tres-repandue. Vers le 

 midi de Londres on I'a observee a 

 Worthing, vers le nord a Cam- 

 bridge, et pres de Manchester et 

 de York. Sur le Continent elle ne 

 parait pas non plus tres-repandue ; 

 on I'a observee a Glogau et a Frank- 

 fort -sur- I'Oder, et elle se trouve 

 aussi a Frankfort sur-le-Mein. En 

 Italie Herr Mann I'a trouvee en 

 Toscane, et elle habite de plus la 

 Livonie et Finlande. 



Synonymie. 

 Decrite pour la premiere fois par 

 Haworth en 1829 dans ses "Lepi- 

 doptera Britannica," sous le nom de 

 Recurvaria Dodecea ; Stephens a 

 ensuite decrit cette espece dans ses 

 " Illustrations," sous le nom (Y Ana- 

 canipsis Dodecella, ces deux auteurs 

 ayant suppose qu'elle etait la Dode- 

 cella de Linne, qui constitue une 

 espece voisine. Zeller dans I'^Isis" 

 de 1839 a decrit I'espece dont nous 

 venons de tracer I'histoire, sous le 

 nom de Gelechia Triparella, et sous 

 ce nom elle a ete ensuite decrite par 

 Stainton dans son volume des " In- 

 secta Britannica," et par Herrich- 

 Schaffer, qui I'a aussi figuree, dans 

 ses " Schmetterlinge von Europa." 

 On peut citer comme synonymes 

 douteux la Tinea Paripunctella de 

 Thunberg, qui dans la diagnose dit 

 le fond des ailes " cinereus," et dans 

 la description n'en dit rien, ainsi que 

 la Lita Triparella de Duponchel, dont 

 la description et la figure ne con- 

 viennent pas bien a notre espece. 



