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PRAYS OLEELLUS. 



[Plate I. Fig. 2. 



that the figures which accompany 

 Boyer de Fonscolomhe's memoir in 

 1837, and which were drawn by 

 Dupouchel, hliow no diftercuce of 

 form, and might readily pass for 

 two phases of the same insect. In 

 the " Annales de la Societe Ento- 

 mologique do France, I8ol," Bull, 

 p. xvii., is a note from M. Boyer 

 de Fonscolombe, pointing out that 

 liaving bred these insects in consi- 

 derable numbers since tbe publica- 

 tion of his memoir, he Avas now con- 

 vinced of their perfect identity, and 

 he pointed out some eirors in the 

 figures of Dnponchel ; be suggested 

 that it were best referred to the 

 genus CEcophora, 



In 1850 this species was described 

 by Zeller, in the " Stettiner Ento- 

 mologische Zeitung," p. 148, under 

 the name of CEcophora oleella. In 

 18.52 Ghihani published at Turin 

 his '* Materiali per servire alia com- 

 pilazione della Fauna Entomologica 

 Italiaua," in the " Memorie della 

 Iveale Accademia delle Scienze di 

 Torino, scrie ii. torn, xiv.," and in 

 his note at p. il7 (of the separate 

 reprint) he calls attention to the 

 identity of Duponchel's Elachista 

 olcfBlla and CEcophora olivclla, 

 having been led to this conclusion 

 by tlie study of a paper by Baldas- 

 fiare Romano, of Palermo, imblished 

 in 1844, entitled "Memorie degl' 

 Insetti che danueggiano gli ulivi in 

 Sicilia." 



Herrich-SchiifTer, iu the olh 



Ics differences eutre ses deux figures 

 ont beaucoup confirme I'idee qu'il y 

 avait ici deux especes distiuctes ; 

 mais il faut ajouter que les figures 

 qui accomj)agnent le memoire de 

 Boyer de Fonscolombe en 1837, et 

 qui etaient dpssinees par Dupou- 

 chel, ue montrent point de difference 

 quant a la forme, et on pourrait bien 

 les supposer ne representer que deux 

 phases d'une seule espece. Dans les 

 " Annales de la Societe Entomolo- 

 gique de France, 1851," Bull. p. xvii., 

 il y a une note par M. Boyer de 

 Fonscolombe, oil il fait la remarque, 

 qu'ayant eleve ces iusectes en assez 

 grande quantite depuis la publication 

 de son memoix*e, il s'etait conA*aincu 

 qu'ils etaient parfaitementidentiques, 

 et il indique qvielques erreurs dans 

 les figures de Dnponchel — il a pro- 

 jiose de rapporter I'espece au genre 

 CEcophora. 



En 1850 Zeller decrivit cette es- 

 pece dans la " Stettin. Entomolo- 

 gische Zeitung," p. 148, sous le 

 liom. (V CEcophora oleella. En 1852 

 Ghiliani publia ses "Materiali per 

 servire alia comj^ilazione della Fauna 

 Entomologica Italiana," dans les 

 "Memorie della Reale Accademia 

 delle Scienze di Torino, serie ii. 

 tom. xiv.," et dans sa note a p. 117 

 (de r impression tiree a part) il parle 

 de I'identite de VElachista olccella 

 avec V CEcophora olivclla de Du- 

 ponchei, etant arrive a cette idee 

 par I'etude d'un memoire par Bal- 

 dassare Romano de Palermo, public 

 en 1844 sous le titre "Memorie degl' 

 Insetti che danueggiano gli lUivi in 

 Sicilia." 



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