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PKAYS CDRTISELLUS. 



[Plate I. Fio. 1. 



Synonymy. 

 First described by Donovan in 

 1793 in the 2ud volume of his 

 "British Insects," p. 77 (plate 65, 

 fig. 4), under the name of P/ialceJio 

 CurtiscUa. Fabricius described it 

 in the following year in his " En- 

 tomologia Systematica," under the 

 name of Tinea maculella; and 

 Hiibner, after an interval of several 

 years, figured it in his " Sammlung 

 Europiiischer Schmetterlinge " as 

 Tinea ccenobitella. Ilaworth, in 

 the 4th part of his " Lej^idoptera 

 Britannica," has the typical form of 

 the insect as Erminea Curtisii, and 

 the dark variety as Recui-varia rus- 

 tica. Stephens, in his "Illustra- 

 tions," places the insect in his genus 

 Telea, with the specific name given 

 by Donovan. Duponchel, in the 

 10th volume of his " Lepidopteres 

 de France," has the species as 

 ^dia ccenobitella. Stainton, in his 

 volume of the "Insecta Britannica," 

 founded the separate genus Prays 

 for the reception of this species, 

 retaining Donovan's name ; and 

 Frey followed this example in his 

 " Tineen una Pterophoren der 

 Schweiz." Herrich-Schaffer, in the 

 5th volume of his " Schmetterlinge 

 von Europa," has the typical form 

 as (Ecophora Curtisella, and the 

 dark variety as Stvammerdamia 

 simpliceUa. Ileinemann, in the 

 " Breslau. Zcitsclirift fiir Entomo- 

 logie" for 1854, describes the dark 

 variety as CEcophora rnficeps, re- 

 marking that he had once bred the 

 iuiago from a pupa he had found, 

 and that he suspected tlie larva fed 

 on ash. 



Synonymie. 

 Cette espece fut d'abord decrite 

 par Donovan en 1793 dans le second 

 volume de ses "British Insects," p. 

 77 (pi. 65, f. 4), sous le nom de 

 Phalcena Curtisella. L'annee sui- 

 vante Fabricius I'a deci'ite dans son 

 " Entomologia Systematica," sous le 

 nom de Tinea maculella; et Hiibner, 

 quelques annees plus tard, I'a figuree 

 dans sa "Sammlung Europiiischer 

 Schmetterlinge," sous le nom de 

 Tinea ccenobitella. Haworth dans 

 la quatrieme partie de ses "Lepi- 

 doptera Britannica " a la forme 

 typique de I'insecte sous le nom d' Er- 

 minea Curtisii, et la variete foncee 

 sous celui de Recurvaria rustica. 

 Stephens dans ses "Illustrations" a 

 place I'insecte dans son genre Telea, 

 sous le nom specifique donne par Do- 

 novan. Duponchel iutroduit I'espece 

 dans le dixieme volume de ses "Lepi- 

 dopteres de France," sous le nom 

 d'jEdia ccenobitella. Stainton dans 

 son volume des "Insecta Britannica" 

 a constitue le genre Prays pour re- 

 cevoir cette espece, retenant pourelle 

 le nom specifique de Donovan, etFrey 

 a fait le meme dans ses "Tineen und 

 Pterophoren der Schweiz." Herrich- 

 Schiiffer, dans le cinquieme volume 

 de ses " Schmetterlinge von Europa," 

 a la forme typique sous le nom 

 d' (Ecophora Curtisella, et la variete 

 foncee sous celui de Sivammerda- 

 mia simpliceUa. Ileinemann dans 

 le "Breslauer Zeitschrift fur Ento- 

 mologie " \io\\v 1854 a deorit la 

 variete foncee sous le nom d'CEco- 

 j}/iora rujiceps, et il fait la remarque 

 qu'il avait nne fois eleve le papillon 

 d'une chrysalide qu'il avait tronvee, 

 et qu'il soup^onnait que la chenille 

 PC nourrissait du frCue. 



