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Ehodoph^a consociella var. sodalella, Zell. 



BRIT. REF. ; — 



Acrobasis consocislla var. sodalella, Barrett, Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 xix. p. 111. 



Rhodophcea consociella var. sodalella, South, Syn. List, p. 21. 



Acrobasis sodalella, Ragonot, E. M. M. xxii. p. 26. 



Sodalella differs from typical consociella in several respects: — 

 "In the larger size, equalling suavella ; in the more richly 

 crimson-grey central band ; and in the form of the first line in 

 the fore wings, which bounds the basal pale patch." — (Barrett.) 



Introduced by Mr. C. G. Barrett, October, 1882. 



Note. — M. Ragonot is not sure that sodalella is a variety of 

 consociella. He says there is considerable dissimilarity in the 

 larvae of the two insects, and adds that " until we can obtain 

 more positive information about sodalella, Z., I must consider it 

 distinct from consociella, Hb." 



Rhodophcea rubrotibiella, Fisch. 



BEIT. REF. : — 



Acrobasis rubrotibiella, M'Lachlan, Proc. Ent. Soc, Sept., 

 1858; Stainton, Ent. Ann. 1859, p. 149; Ragonot, 

 E. M. M. xxii. p. 27. 



Rhodophcea rubrotibiella, South, Syn. List, p. 21 ; Leech, 

 Brit. Pyral. p. 108, pi. xii. fig. 16. 



Closely allied to A. tumidella, but differs from it as follows : — 

 " 1. The basal portion of the wing, instead of being orange, is 

 a pale grey, with a red streak along the costa. 2. Instead of the 

 broad orange band beyond the first line, there is only a slender 

 red band. 3. The hind margin of the wing is straighter and less 

 oblique." — (Stainton.) 



Introduced by Mr. Robert M'Lachlan, September, 1858. 



Note. — Mr. M'Lachlan took two specimens in 1858, flying 

 round an oak tree near Forest Hill. The species does not 

 appear to be very well known by British entomologists ; and, as 

 M. Ragonot says, its synonomy is very .perplexing. 



Melissoblaptes cephalonica. (PI. IV. fig. 3.) 



BRIT. REF. I — 



Melissoblaptes cephalonica, Stainton and Knaggs, Ent. Ann. 



1866, p. 147; Pryer, Ent. Mo. Mag. vii. p. 112; Barrett, 



op. cit. x. p. 272 ; Doubl. List, Suppl. p. 2 ; South, Syn. 



List, p. 21; Leech, Brit. Pyral. p. 110, pi. xii. fig. 5; 



Ragonot, E. M. M. xxii. p. 23. 



Corcyra cephalonica, Ragonot, I. c. p. 58. 



Exp. al., dT , 9 lines ; ? , 9| lines. " Head white, the frontal 



tuft protruding, as in Melissoblaptes, and concealing the short 



palpi of the male ; the palpi of the female are short, drooping, 



the second joint being densely clothed with long scales, leaving 



