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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE GENUS CHAULIODUS. 



3. Pontificellus, Hiibner. Central and Southern Germany, Switzer- 



land and Italy. 



4. OchreomaculelluSf Milliere, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1854, p. 63. 



Near Lyons. 



5. Iniquellus, Wocke, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 208. Breslau. 



6. Insecurellus, Stainton; Dentosella, H.-S. South of England and 



Germany. 



7. ChcBrophyllellus, Q^oezQ I Testaceella^Hh.; Fasciculellus, Stph, 



8. Strictellus, Wocke, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 209. Breslau. 



9. JEquidentellus, E. Hofmann, Stett. E. Z. 1867, p. 206. Bavarian 



Alps. 



10. Daucellus, PeyerimhofF, No. 1, pi. iii. fig. 1. ^ 



11. Staintonellus, Milliere, No. 2, pi. iii. fig. 2. 



With the exception of the last- 

 named species, all the known larvaj 

 occur on Umbelliferce. 



A I'exception de la derniere espece 

 toutes les chenilles qui nous sont 

 connues se nourrissent des Otnbelli- 

 I feres. 



Natural Older Umbellifer^. 



Sison amomum , . 

 ^gopodiu7n podagraria 

 Meum athamanticum . 

 Angelica sylvestris 

 Heracleum sphoiidylium 

 Pastinaca sativa 

 Daucus carota . . 

 Torilis anthriscus 

 A7ithriscus sylvestris 



Cheer ophyllellus. 



Illigerellus. 



jEquidentellus, 



\ Cheer ophyllellus. 



Chcerophyllellus and Daucellus. 

 \ Cheer ophyllellus. 



Natural Order Santalace^. 

 Osyris alba . . . . . . . . Staintonellus, 



It is not a little curious that the 

 only other larva of one of the Ela- 

 chistidcB known to feed on one of the 

 SantalacecB, Thesium montanum, 

 should produce an imago, Ochromo- 

 lopis ictella, which has a few pro- 

 jecting scales on the inner margin 

 of the anterior wings. When I first 

 received the larvae on the Osyris, I 



II est assez singulier que la seule 

 autre chenille, d'une des Elachis- 

 tides, qu'on sait se nourrir d'une des 

 Santalacees, le Thesium montanum, 

 produit un papillon, V Ochromolopis 

 ictella, qui a quelques ecailles sail- 

 lantes du bord interne des ailes an- 

 terieures. La premiere fois queje 

 re9us ces chenilles de I'O^yW*, j'at- 



