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GELECHIA LEUCATELLA. 



[Plate VI. Fig. 3. 



Livonia, Finland, Sweden, and in 

 the south of Russia. 



Synonymy. 

 First described by Linne in his 

 "Fauna Suecica," under the name of 

 Phalcena Tinea Leucatella, and figured 

 by Clerck in his '* Icones Insecto- 

 rum rariorum." Linne in his 12th 

 edition of the " Systema Naturae" 

 makes no reference to Clerck's figure, 

 though he has a reference to Clerck's 

 Tapetzella figured on the same plate. 

 Fabricius quotes only the diagnosis 

 given by Linne. Hiibner, in his 

 " Sammlung Europaischer Schmet- 

 terlinge," figures the insect under 

 the name of T'wea Leucatella. Ha- 

 worth, in his "Lepidoptera Britan- 

 nica," only quotes the Linnean de- 

 scription, giving it under the name 

 oi Ermiriea Leucatea. Treitschke, in 

 1833, described it in his " Schmet- 

 terlingevon Europa," under the name 

 of Lita Leucatella (the first descrip- 

 tion written since 1761!); the fol- 

 lowing year it was described by 

 Stephens in his "Illustrations," under 

 the name of Telea Leucatella. Du- 

 ponchel, in his " Lepidopteres de 

 France," describes and figures the 

 species excellently under the name 

 of Lita Albocingulella; he also gives 

 a very fair description of it, under 

 the name of Lita Leucatella ; the 

 figure, however, that he gives can 

 hardly be recognized as intended for 

 this species. Eversmann briefly de- 

 scribes it in his " Fauna Lepidopte- 

 rologica Volgo-Uralensis," under the 

 name of Lita Leucatella, A descrip- 

 tion of the larva by Lienig occurs in 

 the " Isis" of 1846, under the name 



Italic a Florence et a Pratovecchio. 

 Elle a ete de plus trouvee en Livonie, 

 en Finlande et en Suede, et dans la 

 Russie meridionale. 



Synonymie. 

 Decrite d'abord par Linne dans sa 

 " Fauna Suecica," sous le nom de Pha- 

 lcena Tinea Leucatella, et figuree par 

 Clerck dans ses " Icones Insectorum 

 rariorum." Linne dans la douzierae 

 edition du " Systema Natures" ne 

 fait aucune allusion a la figure de 

 Clerck, bien qu'il cite la Tapetzella 

 de Clerck, qui est figuree sur la 

 raeme planche. Fabricius ne cite 

 que la diagnose donnee par Linne. 

 Hiibner dans sa " Sammlung Euro- 

 paischer Schmetterlinge" figure I'in- 

 secte sous le nom de Tinea Leucatella. 

 Haworth dans ses " Lepidoptera 

 Britannica" ne cite que la description 

 Linneenne, sous le nom d'Erminea 

 Leucatea. Treitschke, en 1833, I'a 

 decrite dans ses " Schmetterlinge von 

 Europa," sous le nom de Lita Leuca- 

 tella (cetle description fut la premiere 

 qu'on eut ecrite depuis 1761!); 

 I'annee suivante Stephens Fa decrite 

 dans ses " Illustrations," sous le nom 

 de Telea Leucatella. Duponchel dans 

 ses " Lepidopteres de France" decrit 

 et figure cette espece tres-bien sous 

 le nom de Lita Albocingulella ; il en 

 donne egalement une description 

 assez bonne, sous le nom de Lita 

 Leucatella, raais la figure ne re- 

 presente guere I'espece, dont nous 

 venons de faire I'histoire. Evers- 

 mann I'a decrite brievement dans la 

 " Fauna Lepidopterologica Volgo- 

 Uralensis," sous le nom de Lita 

 Leucatella. La chenille est de- 

 crite par Lienig dans r"Isis" de 

 1846, sous le nom de G clcchia Leuca- 



