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ELACHISTIDJE, Sta., Elachis'tidte, the family of which the 

 genus Elachis'ta is the type. 



BEDELLIA, Sta., Bedel' Ha, in honour of Mr. George 

 Bedell, of London. 



SOMNULENTELLA, Zel., Somnulentel 'la, somnulentus, 



sluggish. 



STATHMOPODA, Zel., Stathmop' oda, o-raOpos, a 

 balance, TTOVS, the foot : the insect in repose ex- 

 tends its hind legs in a horizontal position. 



PEDELLA, L., Pedel'la, pes, the foot : referring to 



the same peculiarity. 



COSMOPTERYX, Sta., Cosmop'teryx, Kooyio?, an orna- 

 ment, Trrepvj;, a wing. 



DRURIELLA, F., Druriel'la [Drurella], in honour of 

 D. Drury, author of " Illustrations of Natural 

 History/' published in 1770. 



LIENIGIELLA, Zel., Lienigiel' la , in honour of Madame 

 Lienig, late Hon. Mem. of the Entom. Soc. of 

 Stettin: died 1856. In the "Isis" of 1846 

 will be found some valuable papers by this lady. 

 BATRACHEDRA, Sta., Batrached'ra, ftarpa^o^, a frog, 

 eSpa, a seat : alluding to the insect's habit of 

 sitting " with the anterior feet put back, and 

 the head raised," thus giving it a somewhat 

 frog-like appearance. 



PR.EAXGUSTA, Ha., Prceangus'ta, pr&angustus, very 

 narrow (wings). 



PINICOLELLA, Zel., Pimcolel'la, pinus, a fir-tree, 



colere, to frequent. 



GENOPHILA, Ste., (Enoptiila [Oinophila] , ol'vo?, wine, 

 </>t\o?, loving : found in wine-cellars, the larva 

 feeding on the corks. 



V-FLAVA, Ha., V-flava, flavus, yellow : the marks 



taking the form of the letter V. 



CHAULIODUS, Tr., Chauliodus, ^auXtoSou?, with out- 

 standing teeth : the wings having " tooth-like 

 projections of scales on the inner margin." 



INSECURELLUS, Sta., Insecurel'lus, insecurus, in- 

 secure. 



ILLIGERELLUS, Hub., Illigerel'lus, in honour of 

 C. Illiger, author of a second edition of the 

 Vienna Catalogue, published in 1801, and a 

 writer in the " Magazin fur Insectenkunde," 

 1802-1806, &c. 



CH^EROPHYLLELLUS, Goe., Cheer ophyllel'lus, frequents 

 Charophyllum and other Umbelliferous plants. 



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