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GELECHIA BRIZELLA. 



[Plate XV. Fig. 3. 



Description of the Larva. 

 Length 3 — 4". Olive-brown, with 

 greener dorsal line, and with small 

 whitish spots. Head brown ; se- 

 cond segment with a transverse 

 black plate. 



Geographical Distribution. 

 This species has occurred in 

 various parts of our coasts ; at 

 Southend, in Essex ; near Brighton ; 

 at Dawlish, in Devonshire, and at 

 Stockton-on-Tees. On the Con- 

 tinent it was. first noticed at Dresden, 

 and has since occurred at Glogau, at 

 Meseritz, at Frankfort-on-the-Oder, 

 at Frankfort-on-the-Main, and in 

 Mecklenburg. Also in Finland at 

 Kexholm. 



Synonymy. 



First described by Treitschke in 

 his u Schmetterlinge von Europa," 

 under the name of (Ecophora brizella ; 

 under this name it is also described 

 and figured by Duponchel in his 

 " Lepidopteres de France." Douglas 

 in the " Transactions of the Ento- 

 mological Society of London," vol. i. 

 N.S., described it under the name of 

 Gelechia brizella, under which desig- 

 nation it has since been described 

 by Stainton in his volume of the 

 " Insecta Britannica." Herrich- 

 Schaffer, who also figures it in 

 his " Schmetterlinge von Europa," 

 places it in his genus Anacampsis. 



Hence the synonymy will be as 

 follows : — 

 (Ecophora brizella — 



Treitschke, Schmett. v. Europa, 

 ix. 2, p. 173. 



Duponchel, Lep. de France, xi. p. 

 484, pi. 306, fig. 5. 



Description de la Chenille. 

 Longueur 3 — 4'". D'un brun- 

 olivatre, avec la ligne dorsale plus 

 verte et avec de petites taches 

 blanchatres ; la tete est brune ; le 

 second segment porte une plaque 

 noire transversale. 



La Distribution Geographique. 



Cette espece a ete trouvee en 

 plusieurs endroits de notre littoral ; 

 a Southend, en Essex ; pres de 

 Brighton ; a Dawlish, en Devon- 

 shire ; et a Stockton-on-Tees. Sur 

 le Continent elle fut observee d'abord 

 a Dresde, et depuis on l'a trouvee 

 a Glogau, a Meseritz, a Frankfort- 

 sur-1'Oder, a Frankfort-sur-le-Mein 

 et en Mecklembourg. Elle habite 

 aussi la Finlande a Kexholm. 



Synonymie. 



Decrite pour la premiere fois par 

 Treitschke dans ses "Schmetterlinge 

 von Europa" sous le nom d' (Ecophora 

 brizella ; Duponchel l'a decrite et 

 figuree sous le m&me nom dans ses 

 " Lepidopteres de France." Douglas 

 dans les " Transactions de la Societe 

 Entomologique de Londres," vol. i. 

 N. S., l'a decrite sous le nom de 

 Gelechia brizella, designation sous 

 laquelle elle a ete ensuite decrite 

 par Stainton dans son volume des "In- 

 secta Britannica." Herrich-S( hafter, 

 qui l'aaussi figuree, dans ses " Schmet- 

 terlinge von Europa" la place dans 

 son genre Anacampsis, 



D'ou la synonymie en sera comrae 

 suit : — 

 (Ecophora brizella — 



Treitschke, Schmett. v. Europa, 

 ix. 2, p. 173. 



Duponchel, Lep. de France, xi. 

 p. 481, pi. 306, fig. 5. 



