1907.] MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF TEXERIFE. 1005 



the termen, as well as the base of the cilia about the tornus, are 

 touched with shining white, some steely grey scales appearing on 

 the dark patch and before the apex of the wing. Exp. al. 1 3-21 mm. 

 l/i n<l trinys greyish fuscous ; cilia paler, with a shade-line running 

 through them. Abdomen greyish fuscous, anal tuft and Legs 

 inclining to ochreous ; hind tarsi faintly barred. 



'/'///* rf (99114); $ (99112); var. PT. (99113) Mus. Wlsm. 



Ihib. TKXERIFE : Las Mercedes, 30. III. 1904 (Eaton), 19-29. V. 

 1907 (Wlsm.); La Laguiia, Rhamnus glandulosa, 19. V, excl. 

 <> -23. VI. 1907(JFZsm.). Thirty specimens. 



The larva rolls the leaves of Rhamnus glandulosa and is com- 

 mon between La Laguna and Tegeste, and in the Mercedes 

 Forest. It is an extremely variable species allied to signatana 

 Dgl. 



68. (261) LASPEYRESIA Hb. 

 = GRAPHOLITHA Tr., Stgr-Rbl. (nee Hb.). 



134. (2168) LASPEYRESIA ADEXOC'ARPI Rgt. 



Grapholitha adenocarpi Rgt. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. XLIY. (5 s. Y : 

 1875). p. Ixxiii no. 5 (1875) L : Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. XLY. (5 s. 

 YI : 1876). 406-8 no. 4. PI. 6 4 (1876 2 ); Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. 

 II. 121 no. 2168 (1901) 3 . 



Hob. WC. ASIA HALEB : Shar Devesy, 1893 (Nat. Coll. : 

 Leech). S. EUROPE SW. FRANCE: Dax, Adenocarpus 

 parvifolius'*' 2 , Sarrothamnus scoparius 2 , excl. YI IX 2 S. SPAIN : 

 CADIZ: Chiclana, 25. II. 1901 : MALAGA: Malaga, 13. III. 1901 : 

 GRAXADA : Granada, 5. Y - 14. YI. 1901 (Wlsm.). Canaries - 

 TEXERIFE: IV. 1884 (Leech). 



Two specimens were taken in Tenerife, in April 1884, by the 

 late Mr. J. H. Leech, who gave them to me the following year. 

 I did not meet with this species. 



135. (2188) LASPEYRESIA XEGATAXA Rbl. 

 *salvana Rbl. (nee Stgr.). 



Grapholitha (Phthoroblastis) ? *salvana Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. 

 IX. 17, 88 no. 155 (1894) 1 . Grapholitha negatana Rbl. Ann. KK. 

 Hofmus. XL 121-2, 146 no. 171, PI. 3 8 3 (1896) 2 : XXI. 43 

 no. 199 (1906) 3 : Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 122 no. 2188 

 {1901) 4 . 



Hob. TEXERIFE 1 " 4 : La Laguna, 16. III. 1902 (Eaton), 30. Y - 

 9. VI. 1907 (Wlsm.); Las Mercedes, 29. III. 1904 (Eaton); IV. 

 1884 (Leech) 1 ; Guimar, 6. IV. 1907 (Wlsm.) ; Puerto Orotava, 

 14. IV. 1895 (Hedemann)' 2 . 



Found flying somewhat plentifully, on one occasion only, about 

 Adenocarpus foliolosus, above Guimar, in the direction of the 

 BaiTsmco del Rio, on April 6th; found again sparingly at La 

 Liiguna, at the end of May and the beginning of June. 



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