GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE GENUS GELECHIA. 



gyrat ;" and also, under the name of 

 Scalella, the insect which has been 

 so long known to us under the later 

 Fahrician name of Aleella (Zeller, 

 " Stettin. Ent. Zeit. 1855," p. 254). 



The authors of the " Systematisches 

 Verzeichniss der Schmetterlinge der 

 Wienergegend" appear to have been 

 acquainted with several of this genus, 

 in addition to three of those described 

 by Linne* (whose Pupulella they have 

 under the name of Tremella), and 

 Denisella, Rhombella, Vulgella, Ter- 

 rella, Micella, Tripunctella, Dimidiella 

 and Ligulella are placed by them 

 amongst the Phalcence Tinece recur- 

 vipalpes after the Depressarice (see 

 vol. vi. of this work, pp. 26, 27), 

 though separated from them by se- 

 veral of the Phycidece. Ferrugella is 

 placed away from the others amongst 

 the Phalcence Tinece impalpes. I have 

 not been able to adopt the Tinea 

 Turpella (p. 139, No. 29) as the 

 oldest designation of Gelechia pingui- 

 nella; the diagnosis, " dull and pale 

 grey mixed moth," not seeming suffi- 

 ciently distinctive to enable the 

 species to be identified. 



Fabricius, who in his " Systema 

 Entomologiae" had only introduced 

 two of the Linnaean species, described 

 in his "Species Insectorum" one 

 new species under the name of Tinea 

 Hermannella, and in his " Ento- 

 mologia Systematica" we have four 

 more species described : Quadrella, 

 No. 51, p. 298; Viduella, No. 53, 

 p. 299 ; Lugubrella, No. 54, p. 299, 

 and Aleella, No. 136, p. 317 (already 

 described by Scopoli under the name 

 Scalella). 



Schrank, in his " Fauna Boica," 



il a decrit l'espece que nous avons si 

 long-temps connue sous le nom plus 

 jeune, Aleella de Fabricius (Zeller, 

 Stettin. Ent. Zeitung, 1855, p. 254). 



Les auteurs du u Systematisches 

 Verzeichniss der Schmetterlinge der 

 Wienergegend" paraissent avoir 

 connu plusieurs especes de ce genre, 

 outre trois de celles decrites par 

 Linne (dont la Populella est donnee 

 sous le nom de Tremella), et les 

 Denisella, Rhombella, Vulgella, Ter- 

 rella, Micella, Tripunctella, Dimidiella 

 et Ligulella se trouvent placees parmi 

 les " Phalcence Tinece recurvipalpes" 

 apres les Deprcssaria (voyez le six- 

 ieme volume de cet ouvrage, pp. 26, 

 27), quoique separees d'elles par 

 plusieurs especes de Phycidece. La 

 Ferrugella est placee loin des autres 

 parmi les " Phalcence Tinece im- 

 palpes." Je n'ai pu adopter la Tinea 

 Turpella (p. 139, No. 29) comme la 

 designation la plus ancienne pour la 

 Gelechia pinguinella, parceque le 

 diagnose u phalene obscure et melee 

 de gris pale," ne me parait pas suf- 

 fisante pour servir a reconnaitre 

 l'espece. 



Fabricius, qui dans son " Systema 

 Entomologiae" n'avait introduit que 

 deux des especes de Linne, a decrit 

 dans ses M Species Insectorum" une 

 espece nouvelle sous le nom de Tinea 

 Hermannella, et dans son u Entomolo- 

 gia Systematica" ajoute encore quatre 

 especes decrites : la Quadrella, No. 

 51, p. 298 ; la Viduella, No. 53, p. 

 299 ; la Lugubrella, No. 54, p. 299, 

 et X Aleella, No. 136, p. 317, que 

 Scopoli avait deja decrite sous le 

 nom de Scalella. 



Schrank dans la " Fauna Boica" a 



