1907. ] MICROLKPIDOPTERA OF TBNEUFE. 951 



deUa Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. VII. 276, 283 no. 60 (1892)*. 

 Blastobasia phyciddla Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. IX. 18, 90 no. 176 

 (1894) 9 : XXI. 44 no. 220 (190r>)" ; Sbld. Deutsche Ent. Zts. 

 Iris XI. 317 (1898) " ; Stgr-Rbl. Gas. Lp. Pal. II. 163 no. 3054 

 (1901) ls . 



//&. WC. ASIA 2 > ". S. EUROPE 1 - 4 >- - *'*> 12 GER- 

 MAN v 1 " 2> 4 " S. AUSTRIA 2> 12 SWITZERLAND L - ITALY ' 2 : San 

 Remo, 2. IY. 1893 (Wlsm.) ; Rome, 10-25. IV. 1893 (TPfom.) 

 SICILY l ' "CORSICA : Ajaccio, 4-6. V. 1896, 16. VI. 1899 (Wlsm.) 

 S. FRANCE*: Cannes, 20. IV. 1890, 1. VI. 1892, Rubia 

 peregrina, excl. V. 1881 (Wlsm.) ; Napoule, 24. V. 1892 (Wlsm.); 

 Thues-les-baius. 18-21. VI. 1900 (Wlsm.) SPAIN u : GRAXADA : 

 Granada, 17. VI. 1901 (Wlsm.) : GIBRALTAR, 3. VI. 1903 (Wlsm.). 

 X. AFRICA ALGERIA 7 ' 9 ' 12 : El-Biar, 21. IV. 1893 (Eaton); 

 Bone, 11. V. 1896 (Eaton); Azazga, 2. IX. 1893 (Eaton) 

 MOROCCO: Tangier, 2-4. V. 1902 (Wlsm.). Canaries ^ 10 - 12 - 

 TEXERIFE 9 - 1() : IV. 1885 (Leech)*; La Laguna, 23. V - 9. VI. 

 1907 (Wlsm.) GRAN CANARiA 8 ' 10 : (Richter) s ' 10 . 



Five <3 (5 1 from La Laguna at the end of May and the beginning 

 of June : one of these specimens ( tf 98233), with broader and 

 more pointed wings, taken on May 23rd, is abnormally large (exp. 

 al. 19*5 nun.) for a representative of this species, but it cannot 

 otherwise be separated. 



Rebel mentions a single worn $ , with notched antennae and 

 hindwings similar to those of phyddeUa Z., as taken at Orotava, 

 20. IV [Blastobasis sp. Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. XI. 132 no. 201 b 

 (1896)]. He apparently regarded it as distinct from both 

 phyciddla and rubiginosella. 



54. (3056) BLASTOBASIS RUBIGIXOSELLA Rbl. 

 **sp. 179 Rbl. 



Blastobasis sp. Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. IX. 18, 91 no. 179 (1894) 1 : 

 XXI. 44 no. 223 (1906)-. Blastobasis rubiginosella Rbl. Ann. 

 KK. Hofmus. XL 130-1, 147 no. 200, PI. 3' 12 (1896) 3 : XXL 

 44 no. 221 (1906) 4 : Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 163 no 3056 

 (1901) \ 



Hub. TENERiFE 1 -"': IV. 1885 (Leech) 1 ; Guimar, 4. Ill -16. 

 IV. 1907 (Wlsm.) ; La Laguna, 8. IV. 1904 (Eaton), 7. VI. 1907 

 ( HV.y/y*.); Puerto Orotava, 21. IV. 1895 (ffedemann)*, 30. IV. 1907 

 (W1*m.)\ Las Mercedes, 29. V- 7. VI. 1907 (TPfewi.); Tacaronte 

 31. V. 1907 (Wlsm.). 



Twenty-eight specimens were taken at Guimar, Tacaronte, 

 Puerto Orotava, Las Mercedes, and La Laguna, from March 4th 

 to June 7th, but the larva remains unknown. 



The specimen mentioned by Rebel as Blastobasis sp. 179 (I. c. 1) 

 is in my collection ( ^ 61053); it is undoubtedly a worn c? of rubi- 

 ginosella ; the type of the species, when subsequently described, 

 having been a $ . 



