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THE GENUS ANTISril.A. 



" Insecta Britanuica," placed these 

 two species together at the bcgimiiiig 

 of his genus Klachista. Ilenir-h- 

 Schiiffer, in his " Schmctterlingc 

 von Europa," more correctly places 

 them as a distinct genus, Antispila, 

 immediately Ijefore Heliozela. 



Frey, in his " Tineen und Ptero- 

 phoren der Sclnveiz," retains the 

 new genus Antispila, but also places 

 in it the sj^ecies "we now know as 

 Stepheiisia Brunnichella. 



In 1854 we first reared Trcitschhi- 

 ella from the larvae collected the 

 previous year, and I then, in a paper 

 read before the Entomological So- 

 ciety of London, " On some of the 

 difficulties of Entomological Stu- 

 dents, as exemplified by recent ex- 

 perience in the Genus Elachista" 

 vol. iii. New Series, p. 84, called 

 attention to the generic identity of 

 the Maltese vine-feeder with our 

 Treitschhiclla, and proposed for it 

 the specific name of Rivillei, in 

 honour of its discoverer. The larva 

 of Pfeifferella was soon after de- 

 tected by Professor Frey. 



In 1860 Clemens described, in the 

 " Proceedings of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia," 

 p. 11, the two American species, 

 Nysscefoliella and Cornifoliella ; 

 and in the same volume, at p. 209, 

 he described the two vine-feeding 

 species, Isabella and Viticordifoli- 

 ella (of the latter, indeed, he gives 

 only the description of the larva, 

 not having succeeded in rearing Iho 



des "Insecta Britannica" pla(;a en- 

 semble les deux especes au com- 

 mencement de son genre Elachista. 

 Ilerrich-Schiiffer dans ses " Schmet- 

 terlinge von Europa" les a placees 

 plus justement comme genre dis- 

 tincte, Aiitispila, immediatement 

 avant Heliozela. 



Frey dans ses " Tineen und Ptero- 

 phoren der Schweiz" retient le nou- 

 vcau genre Antispila, mais il y 

 place aussi I'espece que nous con- 

 naissons aujourd'hui sous le nom do 

 Stephensia Brunnichella. 



En 1854 nous avons pour la pre- 

 miere fois eleve la Treitsclikiella 

 des chenilles recueillies I'annee au- 

 paravant, et alors dans un mcmoire 

 que j'ai lu devaut la Societe Entomo- 

 logique de Londres, " Sur quelques 

 difficultes des Etudiants Eutomolo- 

 giques, exemplifiees par nosdernieres 

 exj)erienccs chez le Genre Ela- 

 chista" vol. iii. N. S. p. 84, j'ai tire 

 I'attention a I'identite generique de 

 I'espece qui mine les vignes a Malthe 

 avec notre Treitsclikiella, et j'ai pro- 

 pose pour la premiere espece le nom 

 specifique de liivillei, pour honorer 

 celui qui I'a decouverte. Le Pro- 

 fesseur Frey pen apres a trouve la 

 chenille de la Pfeifferella. 



En 1860 Clemens a decrit dans les 

 " Proceedings of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia," 

 a p. 11, les deux especes Ameri- 

 caincs, la Ni/sstrfoliella et la CoV' 

 nifoliella; et dans le mcme volume, 

 a p. 209, il a decrit les deux especes 

 qui se nourrissent des vignes. Visa- 

 bell a et la Viticordifoliella (mais 

 de cette derniere il ne decrit que la 

 chenille, u'ayant pu obtenir des cdo- 



