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Tin; (IKNLS .MicuorxKuvx. 



tliu Ijiiiisli Spot'ies tif tlic (iemis 

 Mlcroptvri/x of ZcUci'," in which 

 1 1 species are enumerated, inehiding 

 Si(li<tniin(UnU(t (now referred to 

 TliKd), MdiisiKtilla (which iiad 

 heen descriljed in 1844 hy Zeller in 

 the " Fiiufter Ik-rieiit dcs Schle- 

 sisclieu Taii3chvereius") and Cni- 

 mavuhlla (described by Zcttcrstedt 

 in 1840, iu his "Insccta Laiipouica"). 



In 18ol api)carcd Zeller'.s ^lono- 

 graph of the group in the oth volume 

 of the " Liuna3a Entomologica," iu 

 which 16 species are enumerated, iu- 

 cluding the newly discovered Myrte- 

 tcUa from Tuscany and Chryso- 

 Icp'uhUa from Vienna. Staintou 

 in his volume of the "Insecta Britau- 

 nica" has 12 species, including Salo- 

 piella, then first described. Frey 

 in his " Tincen und Pterophoreu der 

 Sclnveiz" introduces another new 

 species, liothetibachii. 



Ilerrich-Schiifrer, in his " Schmet- 

 terlinge von Europa," removes Mi- 

 cropteryx entirely from the position 

 it had hitherto held amongst the 

 TiNEiNA, and placed the genus as a 

 distinct group, Micropterygina, at 

 the very end of the Lepidoptera, after 

 the Ptekoi'iiokina and the Aluci- 



TINA. 



Since then the following species 

 have been separately described, viz. 

 IinpcrfictcUd, from the South of 

 Spain, ]>y Staudingcr in the "Stettin, 

 eut. Zeitung" for 1859; Elcgans, 

 from Palestine, by Staintou in 1867, 

 in the "Tineinaof Syria and Asia 

 INIiuor;" liahlcnsis, from Carinthia, 

 by Zeller in the " Stettin, ent. Zeit- 

 ung" for 1868; Isohasclitt and 



Especcs liritauuiques du Genre Mi- 

 croptcryx de Zeller," dans lequel il 

 y a onze cspece4>, parmi lesfpielles la 

 SiilxtmitKinilla (rapportec mainte- 

 iiaiit au genre Tinea), la Mcnisuc- 

 tvlla (que Zeller avait decrite en 1 844 

 dans le " Fiiufter Berichtdes Schle- 

 sischen Tauschvereins") et 1' Utriina- 

 cuh'lla (decrite par Zetterstedt en 

 1840, dans ses "Insecta Lappouica"). 



En 1851 a paru la Monographic 

 de cc groupe par Zeller dans le cin- 

 quieme volume de la "Liunaia Ento- 

 mologica," oil il enumere 16especes, 

 parmi lesquelles les espcces nouvelles 

 Myrtetella de laToscaue et Chryso- 

 Icpiclclla de Vienne. Stainton dans 

 son volume des "Insecta Britanuica" 

 a 12 especes, parmi lesquelles la 

 Salopiella est nouvelle. Frey dans 

 ses " Tineeu und Pterophoren der 

 Schwciz" introduit ime autre espece 

 nouvelle, la Rothc7ihachii. 



Herrich - Schuffer, dans ses 

 " Schmetterliuge von Europa," en- 

 leve Micropteryx tout-a-fait de la 

 place que ce genre avait occupee 

 jusqu'alors parmi les Tineixa, et en 

 forme un groupe distinct, les Mi- 

 cropterygina — les pL^ant a la fin 

 memo des Lepidopteres, apriis les 

 PxEROPiiORiNA et les All'Citina. 



Depnis lors les especes suivantes 

 out ete decrites isolement, savoir; 

 Vlmperfectella, du midi de I'Es- 

 jiagne, 2)ar Staudingcr dans le 

 Stettin, cut. Zeitung de 1859 ; 

 V Elcrpnis, de la Palestine, par 

 Stainton en 1867 dans les " Tineina 

 of Syria and Asia Minor;" la Rub- 

 Icnsis, de la Carinthie, par Zeller dans 

 le " Stett. eut. Zeit." de 1868; VIso- 



