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GELrCHIA HERMAN^'ELLA. 



Synonymy. 



This species was first described in 

 1781 by Fabricius in his "Species 

 Insectorum," under the name of 

 Tinea Hermanndla, the word " sil- 

 very," accidently omitted in the de- 

 scription then (though it occurs in 

 the diagnosis), is supplied in the 

 *' Entomologia Systematica," and the 

 " silvery base" clearly indicates that 

 it was this species, and not (Ecuphora 

 Schafferella, that he had before him. 

 Vjllers, in his " Entomologia Faunse 

 Suecicae Descriptionibus aucta," 

 blindly copies the description of the 

 " Species Insectorum." Donovan in 

 179G gave a rough figure of it, and 

 very brief description, in the 5th 

 volume of his '* Natural History of 

 British Insects," under the name of 

 PhalcEiia Schafferdla. Hiibner gave 

 a much better figure in his " Samm- 

 lung Europaischer Schmetterlinge," 

 under the name of Tinea Zinckeella. 

 Treitschke in 1833 gave the first 

 detailed description of it in his 

 " Schmetterlinge von Europa," under 

 the name of CEcophora Hermanndla, 

 having recognized the identity of 

 Hiibner's Zinckeella with the Fabri- 

 cian Hermanndla. Stephens, in his 

 " Illustrations," describes the insect 

 under the name of Glyphipteryx 

 Schafferdla, and his description of 

 Gliipliipteryx ZincktUa would also ap- 

 pear to have been made from speci- 

 mens of this insect, though it is by 

 no means satisfactory. Duponchel 

 describes and figures it in his " Le- 

 pidopteres de France," under the 

 name of CEcophora Hermanndla, and 

 the name is retained by Eversmann 

 in his '^ Fauna Lepidopterologica 

 Volgo-Uralensis." Siainton, in his 

 volume of the " Insecta Britannica," 



[PlateVIII. Fig. 3. 



Synonymie. 

 Cette espece fut decrite d'abord 

 en 1781 par Fabricius dans ses "Spe- 

 cies Insectorum," sous le nom de 

 Tinea Hermannella ; lemot "argente," 

 qui y a ete omis dans la description 

 (quoiqu'on le trouve dans le diag- 

 nose), est ajoute dans 1' "Entomologia 

 Systematica," et I'expression la " base 

 argentee" nous montre distinctement 

 que c'est cette espece, et non pas 

 y CEcophora Schafferdla, dont cet 

 auteur parle. Villers, dans son "En- 

 tomologia Faunae SueciccC Descrip- 

 tionibus aucta," copieaveuglement la 

 description des " Species Insecto- 

 rum." Donovan en 1796 donna una 

 figure grosslere et une tres-courte 

 description de cette espece dans le 

 cinquieme volume de sa " Natural 

 History of British Insects," sous le 

 nom de Phalcena Schafferdla. Hiib- 

 ner en donna une figure excellente 

 dans sa "Sammlung Europaischer 

 Schmetterlinge," sous le nom de 

 Tiuea Zinckeella. Treitschke en 1 833 

 en donna la premiere description 

 detaillee dans ses "Schmetterlinge 

 von Europa," sous le nom d'CEco- 

 phora Hermannella, ayant reconnu 

 I'identite de la Zinckeella de Hiibner 

 avec V Hermannella de Fabricius. 

 Stephens dans ses "Illustrations" de- 

 crit I'insecte sous le nom de GlypJiip- 

 teryx Schafferdla, et sa description 

 de la G, Zinckella parait aussi avoir 

 ete faite d'apres des individus de cet 

 insecte, quoiqu'elle soit peu suffisante, 

 Duponchel decrit et figure I'espece 

 dans ses " Lepidopteres de France," 

 sous le nom iiC CEcophora Hermanndla^ 

 et ce nom est conserve par Evers- 

 mann dans sa " Fauna Lepidoptero- 

 logica Volgo-Uralensis." Stainton 

 dans son volume des " Insecta Bri- 



