GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE GENUS COSMOPTERTX. 



as not to be fit for description), have 

 been received from Natal in South 

 Afiica, from Ceylon and from More- 

 ton Bay in Australia, so that the 

 genus seems to be extensively dis- 

 tributed throughout the world. 



The named species may be ar 

 ranged thus : — 



1. Lienigiella, Zeller, No. 1, pi. i. fig. 1. 



2. Scribaiella, ZeUer, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1850, p. 197 



assez mauvais etat (de sorte qu'on 

 ne pent pas les decrire bien) ont ete 

 re^ufi de Natal en Sud Afrique, de 

 Ceylan, et de Moreton Bay en Aus- 

 tralie, d'oii il parait que le genre est 

 bien repandu autour du monde. 



On pent classer les especes nom- 

 mees ainsi : — 



Near Vienna. 



3. Gemmiferella, Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1860, 



p. 10. Pennsylvania. 



4. Asiatica, Stainton, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, N. S., vol. v. p. 123. 



Near Calcutta. 



5. Clemensella, Stainton, Ent. Weekly InteU. ix. p. 31. Pennsylvania. 



6. Schmidiella, Frey, No. 3, pi. i. fig. 3. 



7. Orichalcea, Stainton, No. 2, pi. i. fig. 2. 



8. Hierochloce, Frey, MS. ; Druryella^ Zeller ; Stt. Trans. Ent. Soc. 



London, 3rd Series, vol. 1, p. Q66, Ratisbon, mountains of Silesia 

 and Polish Galicia. 



9. Eximia, Haw., Stph., Stt., Fologne, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, vi. p. 162, 



pi. ii. fig. 1. South England, Belgium, Rhenish Prussia. 



Of the five known larvae, three 

 feed on the GraminecB ; and of the 

 other two one is attached to one of 

 the LeguminoscB, the other to one 

 of the UrticacecB. 



Jusqu'a ce jour nous ne connais- 

 sons que cinq chenilles, dont trois 

 se nourrissent des Graminees, une 

 se nourrit d'une plante Legumi- 

 neusCf et I'autre d'une des Urti- 

 cacees. 



Natural Order Leguminos^. 

 Vicia sepium and pisiformis . . . . . . Schmidiella. 



Natural Order Urticace^. 

 Humulus lupulus . . . . . . . . Eximia, 



Natural Order Gramine^. 

 Hierocloe australis 

 Arundo phragmites 

 Festuca arundinacea 



Hierocloce. 



Lienigiella, 



Orichalcea. 



History of the Study of the Genus 

 Cosmopteryx. 

 Six years ago I gave in the 

 " Transactions of the Entomological 



Histoire de TEtude du Genre 



Cosmopteryx. 

 II y a six annees que j'ai donne 

 dans les ** Transactions de la So- 



