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spccimcus iu which the back of the 

 head was unusually rufous), under 

 the name of PhaUcua rvfimitriUa. 

 (In my series arc only twospcciuiens 

 to which his words, "Caput lana rufa 

 vestituni," would apply.) Iliibuer 

 appears to have litrurcd this species 

 as Tinea FrischcUa, in his " Samm- 

 lung Enropiiischer Schraetterlinj^e." 

 The Adeld licaumurella, described 

 by Stephens in his " Illustrations," 

 may liave been intended for this in- 

 sect, but the word " glossy," applied 

 to the anterior wings, and the "head 

 large, black," would imply some con- 

 fusion with Viridella. Tieitscbke 

 in his " Schmetterlinge vou Europa" 

 described this species under the name 

 of Adda Frisc/iella, and this name 

 is retained by Duponchel, who de- 

 scribed and figured it in liis *• Lepi- 

 dopteres de France," and by Zeller 

 in the " Isis " of 1839, where he 

 describes a spotted variety of the 

 insect, and notices its partiality for 

 Cardamine pratcnsis. This author, 

 however, in the 8th volume of the 

 " Linnaja Entomologica," adopts the 

 name ' of Adela rvfimitrella (tbe 

 Frischella of Linne, for which this 

 insect had hitherto been taken, 

 having been ascertained, by the aid 

 of the Liunean Collection, to be a 

 Colcophora), and this is tbe name 

 used by Stainton in his volume of the 

 "Insecta Britannica," by Frey in 

 his " Tinccn und Pterophoren der 

 Schweiz," and by von Ilcincmann in 

 his " Schmetterlinge Deutschlauds 

 und der Schweiz." Herrich-Schaffer 

 was unwilling to drop the name of 

 Frisc/iclld, which had been so long 

 in use, the more especially as " the 

 head, being oftener quite black, and 

 only rarely reddish-yellow behind, 



Carniolica" (aprus des iudividus dont 

 le derriere de la tete etait plus rouge 

 qn'ii I'ordinaire), sous le nom de 

 PlidUeiui riijimitrclla. (Dans ma 

 collection je n'ai que deux iudividus 

 auxcjuels ses mots, "Caput lana rufti 

 vestitum,"s'appliqueraicnt.) Iliibuer 

 parait avoir figure cette espece, sous 

 le nom de Tinea Frischella, dans sa 

 " Sammlung Enropiiischer Schmet- 

 terlinge." UAdcla licaumnrella, 

 decrite par Stephens dans ses "Illus- 

 trations," peut avoir voulu indiquer 

 cet insecte, mais le mot " luisant," 

 ajiplique aux ailcs anterieures, et la 

 "tete grande, noire," nous fait penser 

 qu'il y a eu ici quelque confusion 

 avec la Viridella. Treitschke daus 

 ses "Schmetterlinge \on Europa" 

 decrivit cette espece sous le nom 

 di' Adela Frischella, et ce nom est 

 retenu par Dnponchel, qui I'a decrite 

 et figuree, dans ses " Lepidopteres de 

 France," et par Zeller daus 1' " Isis" 

 de 1839, oil il decrit ime variete 

 tachee de I'insecte, et parle de sa 

 predilection pour la Cardamine pra- 

 tensis. Cependaut, dans le huitieme 

 volume de la "Linncea Entomo- 

 logica" cet auteur adopte le nom 

 d'Adcla riijimitrella (parcequ'on 

 avait appris, avec I'aide de la Col- 

 lection Linueenne, que la Frischella 

 de Linuc, qu'on avait cru aupara- 

 vant etre cette espece, etait une 

 Coleophora), et c'est le nom dont se 

 sont servi Stainton dans son volume 

 des " Insecta Britannica," Frey dans 

 ses " Tineen und Pterophoren der 

 Schweiz," und von Heinemann dans 

 ses " Schmetterlinge Deutschlauds 

 und der Schweiz." Ilerrich-Schaffer 

 n'a pas voulu abandouner le nom de 

 Frischella, sous lequel on avait 

 long-temps connu I'espece, surtout 



