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GELECHIA NIGRICOSTELLA. [PlaTE VIII. FjG. 1 



T. Brou-n, has enabled us to correct • 

 this error. On the Continent it 

 occurs near Vienna, and in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Frankfort-on-the-Main, 

 \vhence I received larv^ from my 

 kind friend Herr Anton Schmid in 

 1855 ; and where I had the oppor- 

 tunity of personally studying its 

 liabits in September, 1862. 



Synonymy. 

 First described by Duponchel in 

 1842, in his '^Supplement," under 

 the name of Lita Nigricostdla; he 

 also gives a passable figure of it. 

 Herrich-Schaffer, in his ''Schmetter- 

 linge von Europa," describes it, and 

 gives a most excellent figure of it, 

 under the name of Recurxana Xigri- 

 coitdla. The insect described under 

 the name of Gelechia Xigricustella 

 by Douglas in the " Transactions of 

 the Entomological Society of Lon- 

 don," and by Stainton in his volume 

 of the " Insecta Britannica," is not 

 our present species, but the closely 

 allied Gehchia Lathp'i. 



The synonymy is, therefore, briefly 

 as follows : — 

 Litn ^igricosteUa — 



Duponchel, Lep. de France, Suppl. 

 iv. p. x'S8, pi. 74, fig. 9. 



Recurxaria Xigricostella — 

 Herrich-Schaffer, Schmett. v 

 ropa, V. p. 205, fig. 494. 



Eu- 



couverte de la chenille par M. T 

 Brown, nous a aide a corriger cei 

 erreur. Sur le Continent la Nigri- 

 costdla se trouve a Vienne et dan: 

 les environs de Frankfort -sur- le- 

 Mein, d'ou j'en ai recu les chenilles 

 en 1855 par la bonte de mon am 

 Herr Anton Schmid, et oh j'ai et 

 occasion d'observer ses mceurs en 

 Septembre, 1862. 



Synonymie. 



Decrite pour la premiere fois par 

 Duponchel en 1S42, dans son "Sup- 

 plement," sous le nora de Lita Nigri- 

 costella ; cet auteur en donne aussi 

 une figure assez passable. Herrich- 

 Schaffer, dans ses " Schmetterlinge 

 von Europa," la decrit et en donne 

 une tres-belle figure, sous le nom de 

 Recurxaria Xigricustella. L'insecte 

 qui a ete decrit sous le nom de Ge- 

 lechia Xigricostdla par Douglas dans 

 les " Transactions de la Societe En- 

 tomologique de Londres," et par 

 Stainton dans son volume des " In- 

 secta Britannica," n'est pas la vraie 

 espece de ce nom, mais une autre 

 extremement voisine, la Gelechia 

 Lathyri. 



La synonymie est done assez 

 courte, savoir : — 

 hita Nigricostdla — 



Duponchel, Lep. de France, Suppl. 

 iv. p. 288, pi. 74, fig. 9. 



Recurxaria Nigricostdla — 



Herrich-Schaffer, Schmett. v. 



Europa, 



fiff. 494. 



