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(Wlsm.): MALAGA: Malaga, 2. I. 1901 (Wlsm.). WC. ASIA. 

 N. AFRICA MOROCCO : Tangier, 13. IV. 1901 (Wlsm.) - 

 ALGERIA: Biskra, 7. III. 1903 (Wlsm.). Canaries TENERIFE : 

 Villa Orotava, 19. II. 1907 (Wlsm.)', near Tacaronte, 29. IV. 

 1907 (Wlsm.). 



Two specimens : one taken at Villa Orotava, the other between 

 Villa Orotava and Tacaronte. 



20. (300'D PHTHORIMAEA Meyr. 



PHTHORIMAEA Meyr. Ent. Mo. Mag. XXXVIII. 103-4 (1902) *; 

 Busck Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 52. 502 (1902) 2 : Pr. US. Nat. Mus. 

 XXV. 773, 821-3. PI. 30' 19 (1903) 3 ; Meyr. Pr. Lin. Soc. 

 NSW. XXIX. 259, 315-6 no. 20 (1904) \ 



"Antennae i, in <3 simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten. 

 Labial Palpi long, recurved, second joint expanded with rough 

 projecting scales beneath, terminal joint as long as second, acute. 

 Forewings : 2 and 3 parallel, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. Hind- 

 wings 1, trapezoidal, apex produced, acute, termeii bisinuate, 

 cilia 1-J ; in $ with long pencil of hairs lying along costa from 

 base beneath forewings ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 somewhat approxi- 

 mated to 4, 6 and 7 remote, nearly parallel. 



" A North American genus of several species, of which one has 

 been artificially introduced with its food-plant into widely sepa- 

 rated regions ; it is a derivative of Gnorimoschema Busck. Imago 

 with forewings elongate, pointed." (Meyrick, 1. c. 4.) 



42. (2509-1) PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA Z. 



= terreUa "Wkr. ; =solanella Bdv. ; =tabacella Rgt.; =sedata 

 Btl. ; =.*piscipellis Hwrd. (nee Z.). 



Gelechia terrella Wkr. Cat. Lp. BM. XXX. 1024 (1864) \ 

 Gelechia (? Bryotropha) operculella Z. Verh. ZB. Ges. Wieii 

 XXIII: 1873. Abh. 262-3. PI. 3' 17 (1873) \ Bryotropha 

 solanella Bdv. J. B. Soc. Centr. Hort. (XI. 1874) 3 . Gelechia 

 tabacella Rgt. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. XLVIII (4 s. IX: 1879) 

 pp. cxlvi-vii (1880) 4 . Gelechia sedata Btl. Cist. Ent. II. 560 

 no. 88 (1880) 5 . Litha solanella Alph. Mem. Lp. Rmhf. V. 231 

 no. 56 (1889) 6 ; Holt White B. & M. Ten. 95 no. 20 (1894) 7 . 

 Lita solanella Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. VII. 274-5, 282 no. 57 

 (1892) 8 : IX. 18, 89 no. 171(1894) 9 : XI. 127, 146 no. 190 

 (1896) 10 : XIII. 381 no. 204 (1899) u : XXI. 44 no. 210 (1906) 12 . 

 Gelechia (Lita) solanella Stgr-Rbl. Cat. ,Lp. Pal. II. 146 no. 2636 

 (1901) 13 . Phthorimaea operculella Meyr. Ent. Mo. Mag. XXXVIII. 

 103-4 (1902) u ; Busck Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 52. 502 no. 5616 

 (1902) 1S : Pr. US. Nat. Mus. XXV. 821-2. PI. 30 19 (1903) 1(i ; 

 Meyr. Pr. Lin. Soc. NSW. XXIX. 316 no. 94 (1904) 1T ; Wlsm. 

 Fn. Hawaii. I. 483-5, 731, 745, 757, 758 no. 21. PI. 13' 27 

 (1907)". 



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