1907.] MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF TENERIFE. 1009 



synonym, overlooking that Westwood [Syn. Gen. Br. Ins. 112 

 (1840)] had cited as the type of Microsetia Stph., stipella (Hb. 

 20-138) Stph. 111. IY. 265, Wd. 1347 (=Wstwd. II. 212 no. 5. 

 PI. 112 ' 34) apparently an Aphelosetia : but in any case micro- 

 theriella Stn. cannot be the type of Microsetia Stph. 



(^ 139. (4303-1) STIGMELLA RUBICURRENS, sp. n. 



Antennae steel-grey ; eye-caps, steely yellowish. Head black 

 above. Thorax bronzy greyish. Fore wings pale greenish bronzy 

 greyish, a broad copper patch preceding the paler shining grey 

 cilia. Exp. al. 4 mm. Hindwings and cilia steely grey- 

 Abdomen fuscous. Legs steely grey. 



Type (14160) Mus. Wlsm. 



Hal). TENERIFE : La Laguna, Rubus, 8. Ill, excl. 26. III. 

 1904 (Eaton). Unique. 



This differs from fletcheri Tutt in the distinctly copper, not 

 purplish, patch at the apex. 



Mr. Eaton bred a single specimen from a larva found mining a 

 bramble leaf in the barranco below La Laguna, at about 1700- 

 1600 ft., on March 8th. Mines, obviously narrower than those of 

 aurella F., occurred on Bramble at Puerto Orotava, but I failed to 

 breed the species. This is probably the same as the larva found by 

 von Hedemaim at Orotava, mining Bramble, in April 1895, and 

 recorded by Rebel as Nepticula sp. [Ann. KK. Hofmus. XI. 143, 

 147 no. 220 (1896) : XXI. 44 no. 245 (1906)]. A single specimen 

 (99173), taken at Puerto Orotava, 14. Y. 1907 (Wlsm.), is pos- 

 sibly a worn example of this species, but it shows only a slight 

 coppery tint, instead of the distinct copper patch of the bred 

 specimen. 



140. (4333) STIGMELLA AURELLA F. 



Tinea aurella F. Syst. Ent. 666 no. 65 (1775) 1 . Nepticula 

 aurella Tutt NH. Br. Lp. I. 228-33 (1899) 2 ; Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. 

 Pal. II. 223 no. 4333 (1901) 3 . 



Hal). EUROPE 1 - 3 : Rubus fruticosus - 3 . N. AFRICA 2 ' 3 

 MOROCCO : Tangier, 10. IY. 1902 (Wlsm.). Canaries TENERIFE : 

 Guimar, 1. Ill- 14. IY. 1907 (Wlsm.); La Laguna, 7-8. III. 

 1904 (Eaton); Yilla Orotava, Rubus fruticosus, 19. II, excl. 

 17-30. III. 1907 (Wlsm.). 



First received from Mr. Eaton, who met with it at La Laguna ; 

 I took it at Guimar, and bred it from Rubus fruticosus at Yilla 

 Orotava, where the larvae were abundunt. 



.^ 141. (4368-1) STIGMELLA STATICIS, sp. n. 



Antennae blackish ; eye-caps pale ochraceous. Head rust- 

 brown. Thorax and Forewings black, minutely irrorated with 

 pale leaden grey ; cilia pale leaden grey, with black speckling. 



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