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GLTPHIPTERTX EQUITELLA. [PlATE VII. FiG. 2, 



from Iliibncr's figure of Sop/tronia 

 humerclla and the Fabrician tle- 

 scription of Tinea Forstcrella 

 Stainton, in his volume of the 

 " Insecta Britannica," describes the 

 insect under the name of Gly- 

 phipteryx equitella ; and under 

 the same name it has since been 

 described by Frey in his " Tineen 

 und Ptcrophoren dcr Schweiz." 

 Herrich-SchiifFer, in his " Schmet- 

 terlinge von Europa," describes it 

 under the name of JEchniia equi- 

 tella. 



In the Appendix to my " Supple- 

 mentary Catalogue of British Ti- 

 neida?," I noticed under the name 

 of ^chmia majorella a large form 

 of this insect (as large as Haworth- 

 ana), received from Vienna, Avhich 

 I thought might probably prove to 

 be a distinct species ; but Herrich- 

 Schiiifer quotes it unhesitatingly as 

 a variety, and Frey, speaking of his 

 Engadiue captures of Equitella, 

 says, " the specimens collected 

 showed unmistakeable connecting 

 links with the variety Majorella, 

 which occurred along with them." 

 In England we have seen nothing 

 at all analogous to this Majorella 

 variety. 



de la figure Hiibnerienne de la So- 

 phronia humerella et de la descrip- 

 tion Fabricienne de la Tinea Fors- 

 terella. Stainton dans son volume 

 des " Insecta Britannica" decrit 

 I'espece sous le nom de Glyphi- 

 ptcryx equitella, sous lequel nom 

 Frey I'a aussi decrite dans ses " Ti- 

 neen und Pterophoren der Schweiz." 

 Herrich-Schiiffer dans ses " Schmet- 

 terlinge von Ei;ropa" la decrit sous 

 le nom d'jEchmia equitella. 



Dans I'Appendice de mon Cata- 

 logue Supplementaire des Tineites 

 Britanniques j'ai parle, sous le nom 

 (TJEchmia majorella, d'une forme 

 plus graude de cet insecte (aussi 

 grande que VHaworthajia) re^ue 

 de Vienne, que je pensais devoir 

 peut-etre se prouver une espece dis- 

 tincte; mais Herri ch-Schiiffer la cite 

 sans aucune hesitation comme variete, 

 et Frey, en traitant des individus de 

 V Equitella recueillis dans I'Engadin, 

 dit " ces individus ont montre des 

 liens incontestables avec la variete 

 Majorella, qui se trouvait parmi 

 les Equitella." En Angleterre nous 

 n'avons rien d'analogue a cette 

 variete Majorella, 



Mais laissant pour le present la 

 considei'ation de cette Majorella 

 variete, la synonymic sera comme 

 suit : — 



Leaving for the present this 3Ia- 

 jorella variety out of consideration, 

 the synonymy will stand as fol- 

 lows : — 

 Phalccna equitella — 



Scopoli, Insecta Caruiolica, p. 254. 

 JEchmia equitella — 



Treitschke, Schmett. v. Europa, ix. 2, p. 71. 



Zeller, Isis, 1839, p. 203. 



Fischer v. Roslerstamm, Abbildungen, etc., p. 240, pi. 82, fig. 2, 



