966 LOUD WALSINGHAM ON THE [Nov. 26, 



XII - 2, I. 1905 (Wlsm.); Runaway Bay, 17. II - 13. III. 1905 

 (Wlsm.) HAYTi 12 ' 10 : V 1 "; San Domingo lu [? PORTORICO 4 ~ ; 12 ] 

 ST. CROIX : Y 12 ST. VINCENT 7 ' 12 GRENADA : III-IV 12 St. 

 Helena*' 9> 1;! . Canaries 10 " 11 ' I3 - TENERIFE 10 * u : Guimar, 19. 

 Ill - 12. IV. 1907 (Wlsm.) ; Puerto Orotava, 1895 (Hedemann) 10 , 

 29. IV. 1895 (Hedemann)', 14. V. 1907 (Wlsm.) GRAN CA- 

 NARIA 10 ' u : Las Palmas, 7-9. V. 1895 (Hedemann) 10 . 



Professor Rebel (1. c. 10) records and discusses jtavofasciata 

 E. Wlstn., of which I have one of the examples (7244) collected 

 by von Hedemann in the Botanical Gardens at Puerto Orotava, 

 29. IV. 1895, and six taken by myself at Puerto Orotava, 14. V., 

 and Guimar, 19. Ill - 12. IV. 1907. I have now re-examined 

 Mrs. Wollaston's type from St. Helena, and am convinced that it 

 is the same as the species identified by Rebel under this name 

 from Tenerife, but the possession of more specimens has now 

 enabled me to correct the synonymy as follows : 

 attenuatella Wkr. (1864) ; =. flavofasciata E. "VVlstii. (1879); 

 = lespedezae Wlsm. (1882) thus proving that the species is 

 widely distributed. 



77. (3555) COSMOPTERYX TURBIDELLA Rbl. 



Cosmopteryx sp. Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. IX. 18, 91-2 no. 183 

 (1894) 1 . Cosmopteryx turbidella Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. XI. 

 135-6, 147 no. 209. PI. 3 14 $ (1896) 2 : XXI. 44 no. 231 

 1906 3 : Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 185 no. 3555 (1901 *. 



Hob. Canaries 1 ' 4 TENERIFE 1 ~ t : Guimar, 5. 11-17. III. 1907 

 '(Wising 20. III. 1904 (Eaton), Parietaria vulgaris, 5. II, 

 excl. 17-18. III. 1907 (Wlsm.); Puerto Orotava, Parietaria, 

 excl. 15-25. III. 1904 (Eaton], 16-30. IV. 1895 (Hedemann)' 2 ; 

 Forest de la Mina, 17. III. 1902 (Eaton) ; Cruz de Afur, 5. IV. 

 1904 (Eaton) ; Las Mercedes, 28. V. 1907 (Wlsm.), VI. (Cabrera) 1 ; 

 Barranco del Loro (nr. Realejo Alto), Parietaria arborea, 7. V, 

 excl. 11-12. VI. 1907 (TfZsw*.). 



Cosmopteryx turbidella feeds on Parietaria i'ulgaris, near 

 Guimar, in great abundance ; it was found there by Mr. Eaton, 

 who also observed the larvae where I have taken and bred it. 

 An intimate acquaintance with the form of the mine caused me 

 to suspect that a large, broad-leaved, shrub growing in the 

 Barranco del Loro, above Realejo Alto, was Parietaria arborea ; 

 and this turned out to be correct. 



C. turbidella Rbl. differs from piilcherrimeUa Chinb. in the 

 possession of a black dot, a little above the middle of the wing, 

 contiguous to the golden metallic band which precedes the yellow 

 fascia ; also in having the silver apical streak undivided, whereas 

 in pulcherrimella it is broken into two short lines ; moreover, the 

 outer golden fascia does not commence in a pure white costal 

 spot, as in the somewhat smaller American species. After re- 

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