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GELECHIA TRICOLORELLA. 



has been very little observed ; in 

 Germany it occurs near Vienna and 

 Frankfort-on-the-Main ; in Belgium 

 it occurs near Brussels ; in France I 

 have myself observed the larvae near 

 Paris, in April, 1855. 



Synonymy. 

 First described, in 1812, by 

 Haworth, in the Transactions of 

 the old Entomological Society, un- 

 der the name of Tinea tricolorella; 

 Haworth had previously written in 

 the 4th part of his " Lepidoptera 

 Britannica " (which was not pub- 

 lished till 1829) a description of the 

 same insect under the name of Con- 

 tigua ; this, however, seems to have 

 been made from a more worn speci- 

 men, of which the contrast of colours 

 was not so decided. Stephens, in 

 his " Illustrations," describes it well 

 as Anacampsis tricolorella, but his 

 Anacampsis contigua, though perhaps 

 intended for this species, cannot be 

 cited with certainty, especially as he 

 says " head white." Douglas, in the 

 " Transactions of the Entomological 

 Society of London," vol. ii. N. S., 

 describes and illustrates the trans- 

 formations under the name of Ge- 

 lechia contigua. Stainton, in his vo- 

 lume of the " Insecta Britannica," 

 describes it under the name of 

 Gelechia tricolorella, and Herrich- 

 Schaffer describes and figures it in 

 his ** Schmetterlinge von Europa," 

 under the name of Gelechia acernella. 



Hence the synonymy will be as 

 follows : — 

 Tinea tricolorella — 



Haworth, Trans. Ent. Soc. (1812), 



. p. 338. 



[Plate X. Fig. 2. 



Sur le Continent on ne l'a observee 

 que tres-peu ; en Allemagne elle se 

 trouve a Vienne, et a Frankfort-sur- 

 le-Mein ; en Belgique elle se trouve 

 pres de Bruxelles ; et en France j'ai 

 moi-meme rencontre les chenilles 

 pres de Paris en Avril, 1855. 



Synonymie. 



Decrite pour la premiere fois par 

 Haworth en 1812, dans les Trans- 

 actions de l'ancienne SocieteEntomo- 

 logique de Londres, sous le nom 

 de Tinea tricolorella. Haworth avait 

 deja fait une description de la meme 

 espece dans la quatrieme partie de 

 ses "Lepidoptera Britannica" (qui 

 ne fut publiee qu'en 1829), sous le 

 nom de Contigua, mais cette descrip- 

 tion parait avoir ete faite d'apres un 

 individu plus use, chez lequel les 

 ailes anterieures n'offraient point les 

 nuances tranchees de l'etat normal. 

 Stephens, dans ses " Illustrations," 

 l'a bien decrite sous le nom R Ana- 

 campsis tricolorella, mais on ne peut 

 citer ici avec aucune certitude son 

 Anacampsis contigua, car bien qu'il ait 

 pu avoir eu en vue notre espece, il 

 dit " la tete blanche." Douglas dans 

 les u Transactions of the Entomolo- 

 gical Society of London" en d6crit 

 et figure les transformations sous le 

 nom de Gelechia contigua, Stainton 

 dans son volume des " Insecta Bri- 

 tannica" la decrit sous le nom de Ge- 

 lechia tricolorella. Herrich-Schaffer 

 l'a decrite et figuree dans ses 

 " Schmetterlinge von Europa," sous 

 le nom de Gelechia acernella. 



D'oii la synonymie sera comme 

 suit: — 

 Tinea tricolorella — 



Haworth, Trans. Ent. Soc. (1812), 

 p. 338. 



