1907.] OX THE MICltOLEl'IDOPTEKA OF TEXEEIFE. 911 



[From the PHOCBEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 



1007.] 

 [Published May 1908,] 



Microlepidoptera of Tenerife. By the Right Hon. 

 I^OUD WAI.SINGHAM, M.A., LL,.D., F.R.S., F,Z.S. 



(Plates U-LHI, and Text-figures 241-243.) 



In the Annalen of the K,-k. Naturhistorische Hofmuseum 

 (Vienna) Professor Dr. H. Rebel has published a series of very 

 interesting and instructive papers on the Liepidopterous Fauna 

 of the Canary Islands ; I desire now to record the result of 

 a short visit to Tenerife, during which I was able to devote a 

 good deal of attention to the Micr-olepidoptera of the island : 

 a large proportion of these having been bred, it is satisfactory 

 to be able to add some information upon their food plants and 

 larval habits, In the last of the papers above referred to, published 

 in Vienna in 1906, Prof, Rebel gives a revised systematic cata- 

 logue and enumerates 87 species of Microlepi$optera (10 of which 

 are merely indicated without special names under the genera to 

 which they belong), 4 out of the remaining 77 not being recorded 

 from Tenerife; w@ have therefore a residue of 73 species, to which 

 the additions following in this papej- may now be made, raising 

 the totaj to 173 species (of which 70 are here described) distri- 

 buted among 84 genera (seven of which are new), It is proposed 

 to add some critical notes upon Rebel's Lfist, where these seem to 

 be required through the acquisition of additional information : the 

 sp.-i-ies not met with are merely inserted to facilitate reference. 



I desire to express my very grateful thanks to DP, George 

 Perez, and to Dr. O. Burchard, for the great assistance they gave 

 me in naming many plants which I should otherwise have been 

 at a loss to determine ; as also to the Rev. A. E, Baton for 

 numerous additions to my cabinet included in this paper. 



I had moreover the great advantage of being allowed to examine 

 M r. W. W, White's collection at Guimar, enabling me more fully 

 to appreciate the value of Dr. Rebel's work ; nor can I forget that 

 that author had already most kindly dealt with some material 



orii^innllv submitted to liini from my collection. Without tin- 

 r:) "vintMif olt'i'ivd bv tli<> complete and systematic manner in 



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