1907.] MICROLKIMDOI'TKKA OF TENKU1FK. 925 



15. (1428) AGDISTIS (HERBERTIA Tutt) TAMARICIS Z. 



Adactylo. t<(n><trtci* Z. Isis 1847. HDD no. 438' 1 '. Aydistis tama- 

 ricis /. Lin. Ent. VI. 325-6 no. 7 (1852) - ; Meyr. Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 XXII. 106 (1885) ! ; B-Bkr. Tr. Ent. Soc. Land. 1894. 50 4 ; Rbl. 

 Ann. KK. Hofmus. XI. 115 (1896)"': XIII. 376, 380 no. 162 

 (1898) ": XXI. 43 no. 182 (1906) T : Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 

 78 no. 1428 (1901) 8 . Jferbertid lanmricis Chpm. & Tutt Br. Lp. 

 V. 129-30, 132. 135, 253 (1906) '. Aydistis tamaricisWlsm. Ent. 

 Bee. XIX. 54. 55 (1907) 1() . 



/fab. S. EUROPE 1 '-'. WC. ASIA 8 . AFRICA EGYPT : 

 Alexandria 1 ALGERIA 10 : Biskra, Hammam-es-Salahin, 6. Ill 

 - 28. IV. 1903, 3. IV. 1904, Tamarix, 9. Ill, excl. 10. IV. 1904 

 (Wlsm.). Canaries ""< TEXERIFE : Santa Cruz, 30. IV. 1898 

 (HintzY', Tamarix yallica, 14. I, excl. 27. II - 8. IV. 1907, 

 24. V, excl. 13-15. VI. 1907 (Wlsm.). Cape de Verdes : St. 

 Vincent 3 ' 5 - ' 10 . 



Abundant in many parts of the Island, and no doubt thus 

 widely distributed owing to the prevailing custom of planting 

 Tamarix along the sides of the main roads so far as these extend. 

 Preserved larvae compared with European and Algerian speci- 

 mens show a curious modification in form, the tuberculous excres- 

 cences on the prothorax and mesothorax, and on the second, fifth, 

 and ninth abdominal somites, although similarly placed, are dis- 

 tinctly exaggerated, being at least one-third longer than in 

 European specimens, a peculiarity in which they are at least closely 

 approached by larvae from Algeria. I am unable to find any 

 difference in the imago. 



C. 16. (1430) AGDISTIS (ADACTYLUS Crt.) STATICIS Mill. 



Aydistis staticis Mill. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. XLIV. (5 s. V : 1875). 

 p. clxvii (1875) l : Cat. Lp. Alp-Mar. 375-6. PL 2 4-8 (1875) 2 : 

 \Vlsm. Ent. Mo. Mag. XXVII. 141 (1891) 3 ; Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. 

 Pal. II. 78 no. 1430 (1901) 4 . Adactylus staticis Chpm. & Tutt 

 Br. Lp. V. 128-30 (1906) \ Aydistis staticis Wlsm. Ent. Rec. 

 XIX. 53-4 (1907) ". 



Hab. S. FRANCE 1 ' ti : He Ste Marguerite M ; Beaulieu 3 ; Sta- 

 tice cordata, III, excl. 15. V. 1890 3 "; 0V, excl. VIII 1 ' 2 . ALGE- 

 RIA |; : Ain-Oumash ", Biskra 1 ', Hammam-es-Salahin ", Statice 

 limonium , 2. Ill - 5. IV, excl. 28. IV. 1903, 23. Ill - 13. VI. 

 1906 (}\lsm.). Canaries TEXERIFE : Puerto Orotava, QStatice 

 pectinate, 8. V, excl. 29. V - 13. VI. 1907 (Wlsm.). 



The moths bred at Puerto Orotava from larvae on Statice pecti- 

 nata are of a distinctly darker shade than those from Cannes and 

 Biskra, but perhaps this may be partially due to fading in the 

 older specimens ; the larvae are similar. 



The larvae of lerinensis Mill, could not be found among those 

 of static!* as Miey were at Cannes and Biskra. 



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