SPECIES COLLECTED BY PROFESSOR ZELLER 



Species collected by Professor Zeller in Italy and Sicily in 1844, 

 enumerated in the ' Isis ' for 1847, pp. 801-859, 881-898. 



Talceporia ? One case on an oak tree near Trieste. 



T. lapidicetta, Z. Two cases on the walls of the dome of St. Peter's 

 at Rome on the 2nd of September. 



Tinea imella, Hb. [a variety noticed p. 15]. Two males taken in 

 dull weather at sunset on the 29th of April on a grassy place of the 

 ancient Neapolis near Syracuse. 



T. granella, L. One male taken on the 14th of August in the wood 

 of Camaldoli, near Naples, far removed from human dwellings. 



T. pellionella, L. Occurred but rarely ; a pair were taken on the 

 4th and 8th of May near Syracuse which differed slightly. 



T. crassicorneUa. n. sp. [Described, see p. 15.] Two males on the 19th 

 of May and two on the 7th of June towards evening amongst grass 

 and flowers on a grassy footpath near the Temple of Jupiter at 

 Syracuse near the Anapo. 



Calantica dealbatella, n. sp. [Described, see p. 16.] I found this spe- 

 cies in great plenty in the oak-woods to the south of the Lake of Ag- 

 nano near Naples. I beat it from the leaves of low oaks (Quercus 

 robur fructu sessili) on the 15th and 19th of August, most freely 

 towards sunset. It flies rather restlessly, first downwards and then 

 again gradually upwards to reach an oak-leaf or a chestnut-leaf, 

 ,along which it runs quickly, seeks the underside and there settles 

 to repose. Sometimes it settles at once on the underside of a 

 leaf. I also saw them sit on the upperside of leaves, which had a 

 slanting position. Sometimes, from the force of the wind, they 

 were obliged to seek shelter on the trunk of a tree ; and in the 

 evening, when beaten out, many settled on my clothes. When at 

 rest it seemed to me to have some resemblance to Argyresihia 

 Goedartella. Its anterior legs are stretched out obliquely in front, 

 and from its tibiae being so thick it has a peculiar appearence ; the 

 middle legs are directed obliquely backwards under the wings ; 

 the hind legs are not visible. The wings are roof-shaped and 

 raised posteriorly ; the head is kept low down. I also beat out 

 two pair in copula ; they flew obliquely to the ground : the wings 

 of the male were half covered by those of the female. 



Eriocottis fuscanella, n. sp. [Described, see p. 18.] This flies in April 

 at Messina and Syracuse. I took the first specimens on the 2nd of 

 April on the eastern slope of a mountain by the Palermitane 

 Strasse at Messina ; on the subsequent days it was very plentiful 

 amongst Arbutus and heath higher up the hill. It flew principally 

 in the morning, was easily started, and settled, after a compara- 

 tively short flight, on all sorts of bushes and grass. In repose the 

 wings form a steep roof, and the cilia of the hind margin stick up. 

 On the 5th of April I took it high up the Peloro Mountains, on a 



