1907.] MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF TEXERIFE. 987 



145-6 no. 284 (1907) 10 ; Wlsm. Fn. Hawaii. I. 652-3, 751 no. 330 

 (1907) u . 



//^,. EUROPE 1 "- 7 ' 11 . ASIA 11 . AFRICA 11 . Madeiras '"'- 9 

 MADEIRA*"'': Fimchal (Wottaston)'; San Antonio da Serra 

 (WoUaston) 5 . Canaries 1 " 1 TEXERIFE: La Laguna, 1. IV. 

 1904 (Eaton), 10. VI. 1907 (Wlsm.); Santa Cruz, 31. XII. 1906 

 (Wlsm.). ALEGRAxzA 4 ' 9 : 12. IX. lBW(Simony)\ AMERICA 8 . 

 HAWAIIA 11 . OCEANIA 11 . AUSTRALIA 10 . NEW ZEA- 

 LAND 1() . 



Abundant everywhere. 



53. (269) PORPE Hb. 

 = *CffOREiTis (Hb. p.) Stgr-Rbl. 

 Type Tinea bjerkandreUa Thnb. ( = vibrana Hb. 202) Hb. (1826). 



PORPE Hb. Verz. Schm. 373 no. 3579 (1826). *CHOKEUTIS Stgr- 

 Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 129 no. 269 (1901) ; Dyar Bull. US. Nat 

 Mus. 52. 493-4 (1902). 



Choreutis Hb. is a synonym of Hemerophila Hb., the type of 

 both being Phalaena (Tortrix) pariana Cl. ; Hiibner's geneonym 

 Porpe must therefore be used for bjerkandreUa and its allies 

 instead of Choreutis. 



108. (2311) PORPE BJERKAXDRELLA Thnbg. 



Tinea bjerkandreUa Thnbg. Diss. Ent. Ins. Suec. I. 24. PI. [1 

 24-5] (1784) l : Diss. Ac. Upsal. III. 36. PL 4' 24-5 (1801) 2 

 Xylopoda pretiosana Dp. HN. Lp. Fr. Sppl. IV. 182 no. 362. 

 PI. 65 9 (1842) 3 . Choreutis bjerkandreUa E. Wlstn. Ann-Mag. 

 NH. (5s.). III. 342 (1879) 4 : Lp. St. Helena 29-30 (1879) 4 ; 

 Wlsm. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1894. 537, 545 no. 36 (1894) 3 . 

 Choreutis pretiosana Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. VII. 266, 282 

 110. 43 (1892) 6 : XI. 122, 146 no. 173 (1896) 7 : XXI. 44 no. 202 

 (1906)\ Choreutis bjerkandreUa Thnbg. + pretiosana Stgr-Rbl. 

 Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 129 no. 2312 a (1901) 9 . Choreutis bjerkandreUa 

 Meyr. Pr. Lin. Soc. NSW. XXXII. 109 no. 203 (1907) 10 . 



JIab. ASIA 9 . EUROPE 9 . Madeiras 5 " G ' 9 MADEIRA * : 

 Fimchal (Wotta*ton) s . Canaries 3 " ! -TEXERIFE 5 : Santa Cruz, 

 10. 1-7. II. 1907, Inula viscosa, 18. I, excl. 9-13. II. 1907 

 (Wlsm), 3. V. 1895 (Hedemann) 7 , 9. VIII. 1889 (Simony) 6 ', 

 La Laguna, 15-16. III. 1902, 6. IV. 1904 (Eaton)', Guimar, 

 Giiaphdllum luteoalbum, 25. II, excl. 1 1-23. III. 1907 (\Vlsm) ; 

 IV. 1884 (Leech); Puerto Orotava, 1895 (Hedemann)\ 3. V. 

 1907, Thistle, 3. V. excl. 16. V. 1907 (Wlsm.). St. Helena 4 : 

 Plantation ; Cleugh's Plain ; West Lodge (E. Wollaston) *. 

 AUSTRALIA 10 . 



Taken and bred from Gnaphalium at Guimar, taken and bred 

 from Thistles at Puerto Orotava, and bred from Inula at Santa 

 Cruz : no difference can be found between the specimens. 



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