THE BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 81 



pour servir a FHistoire des Insectes," one of 



the most valuable entomological works ever 



published: died 1778. 

 VIRIDELLA, Sco., Viridel' la, viridis, green. 

 CUPRELLA, F., Cuprel'la, cupreus, coppery. 

 NEMATOIS, Zel., Nemat'ois, wjfjLaroei^ thread-like: 



referring to the long antennae. 

 SCABIOSELLUS, Sco., Scabiosel' lus, frequents the 



flowers of the Scabious (Scabiosa). 

 CUPRIACELLUS, Hub., Cupriaqel' lus, cupreus, coppery. 

 FASCIELLUS, F., Fasciel'lus, fascia, a band or bar. 

 MINIMELLUS, Mann, Minimel'lus, minimus, the 



least. 



HYPONOMEUTIDJE, Sta., Hyponomeu'tida, the family of 



which the genus Hyponomeu'ta is the type. 

 SWAMMERDAMMIA, Sta., Swammerdam'mia, in 

 honour of John Swammerdamm, the discoverer 

 of the true Metamorphoses of Insects, author 

 of " Allgemeene Verhandeling van de Bloodlose 

 Dierjens" (Utrecht, 1669), which was trans- 

 lated into Latin, French, and English; the 

 English version, by Lloyd, appeared under the 

 title of " The History of Insects" (London, 

 1758) : also of "Biblia Naturse, sive Hist. Ins. 

 in certas Classes redacta," &c. 



APICELLA, Don., Apicel'la, apex-, the apex of the 

 wing is bright ochreous. 



C.ESIELLA, Hub., fasiel'la, casius, bluish grey. 



GRISEOCAPITELLA, Sta., Griseocapitel'la, griseus, 

 grey, caput, the head. 



LUTAREA, Ha., Lutarea, luteus, yellow. 



PYRELLA, V., Pyrel'la, feeds on Pear (Pyrus), Apple, 



Hawthorn, &c. 



SCYTHROPIA, Sta., Sqythropia, <TKv0p6<i, sullen, &^, 

 the face. 



CRAT^GELLA, L., Crategel'la, feeds on Hawthorn 



(Crataqus Oxyacantha). 



HYPONOMEUTA, Lat., Hyponomeu'ta [ Yponomeuta] , 

 v7rovofjLvew, to undermine, to make underground 

 passages or mines. 



VIGINTIPUNCTATUS, Retz, Vlgmtipunctatus, viginti, 

 twenty, punctatus, spotted. 



PLUMBELLUS, W. V., Plumbel'lus, plumbum, lead : 

 lead -coloured. 



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