1018 LORD WALSINGIIAM ON THE [Nov. 26,. 



vannah 4 ' 2S) 41 JAMAICA: Moneague, 5. 1. 1905 (Wlsm.); Runaway 

 Bay, 23. II. 1905 (Wlsm.). Canaries 21 > 2 - 30 > 35 ' 8 ' 40 ' 42 ~ 4 ' 54 - 5 

 TENERIFE 21 - 29 ~ 30 ' * 6 "*' 40 ' 42 ~ 4 ' 54 " 5 : Santa Cruz, XII. 1897 (Hintz) 12 , 

 8-31.1. 1907 (Wlsm.); Guimar, 6. Ill- 18. IV. 1907 (Wlsm.); 

 Puerto Orotava, 1896 (Douglas- Crompton), 11. III. 1904 (Eaton), 

 12. IV. 1895 (Hedemann) ; Agua Mansa, 30. VII. 1889 

 (Simony) 29 . AFRICA I - 3 - 8 ' 10 > 20 > S2 ' 39 < 4l : in Insectis f&w?) 1-a 

 SIERRA LEONE : in moss, excl. 24. VIII- 13. IX. 1895 (Clements) 

 GOLD COAST : Accra (Carter) CONGO : Kasongo , "in mus- 

 cular fibre, on skull of Hippopotamus collected by Dr. Todd," 

 excl. 18. IX. 1905 (Newstead) CAFFRARiA 3 ' n : Limpopo- 

 Gaiiep 3 ' ". ASIA 10 > 2:3 ' 33 ~ 4 ' 50 INDIA 23 > 34 > 50 : Calcutta 23> 34 > 50 , 

 Aliwal 50 , in blanketing, excl. 20-29. XII 50 CEYLON: "bred 

 from moths received from Ceylon," excl. 15. IX. 1899 (Burrows) 

 ASSAM : Margherita, 1889 (Dotierty) CELEBES 19 ' 33 : Saleijer 10 ; 

 Makassar 19 ; Maros 19 . AUSTRALIA QUEENSLAND : Toowong, 

 1896 (Dodd). 



Types d 1 $ : rutella Z. rf $ (Mus. Stockholm ; $ Mus. Wlsm.) ; 

 rupicella Z. $ (Mus. Wlsm.) ; operosella Z. 5 , inamoenella Z. $ , 

 ruderella Z. $ , and multimaculella Chmb. $ (Mus. Cambr- Mass.) ; 

 dryas Btlr. $ (Mus. Br.). 



A careful comparison of the type of rutella Z., with all the 

 specimens of /Setomorpha in my possession, shows that in the c? J 

 no difference can be detected sufficient to separate the five supposed 

 species described from Caffraria, Cuba, the United States, Celebes, 

 and Tenerife respectively. 



Busck [Pr. U-S. Nat. Mus. XXX. 734-5 (1906)] has published 

 the synonymy of the North American form, and this must now be 

 combined with that of our Tenerife insect. I possess a long series 

 of rutella Z. from Sierra Leone, bred from " moss," 24. VIII - 13. 

 IX. 1895, by Dr. W. G. Clements (to whom I am indebted for this 

 and other valuable material) ; there is absolutely no difference 

 between these and the Tenerife specimens. I have also specimens 

 bred, in Liverpool and at Morton, from muscular fibre attached to 

 the skull of a Hippopotamus obtained by Dr. Todd at Kasorigo 

 (Congo : 5 S.) for these I am indebted to Mr. R. Newstead. 

 In India the larva has been found destructive to bales of country 

 blanketing [Ind. Mus. Notes II. 9-10 (1891): V. 201-2 (1903) J, 

 and I have a specimen bred in England, by the Rev. C. R. Ni 

 Burrows, " from moths received from Ceylon." Dr. Clements' 

 experience seems somewhat inconsistent with these records, but it 

 is possible that the " moss " referred to by him may have been 

 used for packing woollen goods, or skins, or may have contained an 

 admixture of woollen rubbish ; I am however without data on this 

 subject. I have 110 <$ of corticinella Snln. (Celebes), but this has 

 been figured by Snellen and agrees with those already mentioned ; 

 I cannot regard this or rupicella Z. (Cuba) as distinct from 

 mtella Z. Setomorpha tineoides Wlsm. [Pr. Z. Soc. Loud. 1886. 

 465. PL 41' 8 (1886)], having forewings 12 veins, all sepa- 

 rate, and hiiidwings 8 veins, all separate, must be removed from 

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