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NKMoruIS SCABIOSKLLUS. 



[Pi.ATK V. Fig. 1. 



Synonymy. 

 First (lescrihed by Scopoli in his 

 "EutomologiaCarniolica," under the 

 name of Plalcena scabiosella. Sco- 

 poli quotes as a synonym Poda's 

 Phnlo'iia mctallica, but Poda's de- 

 scription is not so precise as to 

 warrant our upsetting Scopoli's 

 appropriate name, wliich has been 

 so long in use. Poda's Mefallica 

 niav have been Viridella. 



Ilaworth in his ''LcpidopteraBri- 

 tannica" briefly notices this insect 

 under the name of Capillaria cuprea; 

 though he makes no reference to 

 ScopoH, he notices its partiahty for 

 the flowers of scabious, and gives it 

 the English name of " the Scabious 

 Long-horn." Illibncr's Tinea viri- 

 della is such a bad representation 

 of this insect, that one would scarcely 

 have supposed it was meant for it ; 

 but from his text, where he calls it 

 Sphingiella, it appears clearly that 

 he did intend it for Scabiosellus. 

 Curtis describes and figures this insect 

 in his "British Entomology," under 

 the name ofAdela Frischella, saying 

 nothing of its partiality for scabious, 

 and enumerating the Scabiosella of 

 Scopoli and Cnprca of Haworth as 

 a distinct species ; his description of 

 theantennajofthemale — "with some 

 short black pile at the basal por- 

 tion" — proves however incontestably 

 that he had this species in view, and 

 his figure is by no means a bad re- 

 presentation of the female. Stephens 

 also describes it in his "Illustra- 

 tions" under the same name. 



Treitschke in his " Schraetterlinge 



Synonymie. 



Decrite pour la premiere fois par 

 Scopoli, dans son " Entomologia 

 Carniolica," sous le nom de Plialccna 

 scabiosella. Scopoli cite comme 

 synonyme la Phalccna mctallica dc 

 Poda, mais la description donnec par 

 cet auteur n'a pas assez de precision 

 pour nous permcttre de changer le 

 nom Scopolien, qui est tres a jiropos 

 et dont les entomologistes se sont 

 servi si long-temps. La Mctallica 

 de Poda a pu avoir ete la Viridella. 



Ilaworth dans ses " Lcpidoptcra 

 Britauuica" donue uue courte notice 

 de I'insecte sous le nom de Capil- 

 laria cuprea ; quoiqu'il ne fasse au- 

 cune allusion a Scopoli, il parle de 

 sa predilection pour les fleurs des 

 scabieuses, et lui donne pour nom 

 Anglais "the Scabious Long-horn." 

 La Tinea viridella de Iliibner est 

 une si mauvaise representation de 

 cet insecte qu'on aurait pu supposer 

 elle etait quclque autre espece; mais 

 le texte, oii il I'appelle Sphingiella, 

 fait voir que son intention etait 

 vraiment de figurer uotre Scabiosel- 

 lus. Curtis decrit et figure I'insecte 

 dans son " British Entomology," 

 sous le nom iVAdela Frischella, ne 

 disant rien de sa partialite pour les 

 scabieuses, et donne comme espece 

 distincte la Scabiosella, Scopoli, 

 Cnprca, Haw. ; la description des 

 antenncs du male — "avec quelque 

 court poil noir a la partie basilaire" — 

 nous assure qu'il avait sans doute 

 cette espece sous les yeux, et sa 

 figure represente assez bien la fe- 

 melle. Stephens I'a aussi decrit dans 

 ses "Illustrations" sous le meme 

 nom. 



Treitschke dans ses " Scbmetter- 



