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ADELA FIUULELLA. 



[Plate IV. Fig. 1. 



mciit piirplisli-lnowu al)ove ; the 

 third sc>j;ment pale greyish-purple 

 above, and the fourth segment with 

 two pale grey spot.s above. 



N.B. — Tiie larva above descrilied 

 had probably uot attained its iiill 

 size. 



Geographical Distribution. 

 This sjjecies seems generally dis- 

 tributed in England, and is coni- 

 mou in the South of Scotland, but I 

 am not aware that it has been noticed 

 in Ireland. On the Continent its 

 distribution seems also very general 

 from Sweden to Italy, and from 

 France to Russia. 



Synonymy. 

 First named by the authors of 

 the Vienna Catalogue Tinea Jihii- 

 lella in 1776. Wocke in the new 

 Catalogue is disposed to sink this 

 name (as a Catalogue name), aiid 

 to i>refcr the authority of Fabricius, 

 who describes a Fibulclla in his 

 " Mantissa Insectorum," which he 

 reputed to be the Fibulclla of the 

 Vienna Catalogue, but to the de- 

 scription given by the '* There- 

 sianer," which, short as it is, applies 

 well to our insect, Fabricius adds 

 the words, " caput cum antennis 

 brevibup, nigrum," clearly showing 

 that he had no " long-horn " in view; 

 of course it may be said that the 

 antennae in his specimen had been 

 broken off; but surely it is better to 

 cite an autlior whose description, 

 however short, does agree, than to 

 prefer that of another autlior, which. 



segment d'un brun-puipurin en- 

 dessus ; le troisieme segment d'un 

 poui pre-grisatre pt'de en dessus, et le 

 (juatrieme segment j)orte en-dessus 

 tleux taches d'un gris j)ak'. 



N.B.— II est assez probable que la 

 chenille que j'ai ici decrite n'avait 

 pas atteint sa grandeur complete. 



La Distribution Geographique. 



Cette espece parait etre assez re- 

 pandue dans I'Angletorre et est com- 

 mune dans le midi de I'Ecosse, mais 

 je ne sais pas si on I'a remarquee en 

 Irlande. Sur le Continent sa dis- 

 tribution parait de meme bien re- 

 pandue, de la Suede a. I'ltalie et de 

 la France a la Russie. 



Synonymie. 

 Nommee d'abord Tinea Jibulella 

 en 1776 par les auteurs du "Wiener 

 Verzeichniss." Wocke dans son 

 dernier Catalogue a I'idee de laisser 

 tomber ce nom (comme nom de 

 Catalogue), et de choisir en pre- 

 ference I'autorite de Fabricius, qui a 

 decrit une Fibulella dans sa "Man- 

 tissa Insectorum," qu'il a crue etre 

 identique avec la Fibulclla du Cata- 

 logue Viennois, mais a la descrip- 

 tion donnee par les " Theresiauer," 

 qui, courte qu'elle soit, s'applique 

 bien a notre insccte, Fabricius ajouta 

 les mots, " la tete avec les antennes 

 courtes, noires," ce qui nous donne 

 I'assurance qu'il ne pensait pas a 

 " une phalene a antennes longues;" 

 on pout dire, il est vrai, que chez 

 son iudividu les antennes avaient ete 

 rompues ; mais assureraent il vaut 

 mieux citer uu auteur, dont la de- 



