942 LORD WALSIXGUAM OX THE ] Nov. 26, 



{Wlsm.): MALAGA: Malaga, 2. I. 1901 {msm.). WC. ASIA. 

 N. AFRICA— Morocco : Tangier, 13. IV. 1901 (Wlsm.) — 

 Algeria: Biskra, 7. III. 1903 {Wlsm.). Canaries— Texerife : 

 Villa Orotava, 19. II. 1907 {Wlsm.); near Tacaronte, 29. IV. 

 1907 {Wlsm.). 



Two specimens : one taken at Villa Orotava, the other lietween 

 Villa Orotava and Taoai'onte. 



20, iSOO'D PHTHORIMAEA Meyr. 



Phthorimaea Meyr. Eiit. Mo. Mag. XXXVIII. 103-4 (1902) ^ 

 Busck Bull. US. Xat. Mns. 52. 502 (1902) ' : Pr. US. Nat. I\Ius. 

 XXV. 773, 821-3. PI. 30- 19 (1903)^'; Meyr. Pr. Lin. Soc. 

 NSW. XXIX. 259, 315-6 no. 20 (1904) \ 



'^Antennae i, in d simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten. 

 Labial Palpi long, recurved, second joint expanded with rough 

 projecting scales beneath, terminal joint as long as second, acute. 

 Forewings : 2 and 3 parallel, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. Hind- 

 wings 1, trapezoidal, apex pi^oduced, acute, termen bisinuate, 

 cilia If ; in S with long pencil of hairs lying along costa from 

 base beneath forewings ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 somew^iat approxi- 

 mated to 4, 6 and 7 remote, nearly parallel. 



'' A Noi'th American genus of several species, of which one has 

 been artificially introduced with its food-plant into widely sepa- 

 rated regions ;' it is a derivative of Gnorimoschema Busck. Imago 

 with forewings elongate, pointed." {Jleijrick, 1. c. 4.) 



42. (2509-1) Phthorimaea operculella Z. 



= § <e?Tf Wa Wkr. ; =solanella Bdv. ; =tahacella Rgt. ; =sedata 

 Bti. ; =*piscipellis Hwrd. (nee Z.). 



Gelechia terrella Wkr. Cat. Lp. BM. XXX. 1024 (1864)'. 

 Gelechia {^ Bryotropha) operculella Z. Verh. ZB. Ges. Wien 

 XXIII: 1873. Abh. 262-3. PL 3" 17 (1873)-. Bryotropha 

 <>olanella Bdv. J. B. Soc. Centr. Hort. (XI. 1874)1 Gelechia 

 tahacella Rgt. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. XLVIII (4 s. IX : 1879) 

 pp. cxlvi-vii (1880) ^ Gelechia sedata Btl. Cist. Ent. 11. 560 

 no 88 (1880)'. Litha solanella Alph. Mem. Lp. Rmhf. V. 231 

 no! 56 (1889)"; Holt AYhite B. cfe M. Ten. 95 no. 20 (1894) \ 

 Lita solanella Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. VII. 274-5, 282 no. 57 

 (1892)3- IX. 18, 89 no. 171 (1894) ^ XL 127, 146 no. 190 

 (1896)^": XIII. 381 no. 204 (1899)" : XXI. 44 no. 210 (1906) ^^ 

 Gelechia {Lita) solanella Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 146 no. 2636 

 (1901)'-'. Phthorimaea opercidella Meyr.Ent.Mo. Mag. XXXVIII. 

 103-4 (1902)"; Busck Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 52. 502 no. 5616 

 (190-'>) " : Pr. US. Nat. Mus. XXV. 821-2. PI. 30- 19 (1903) '" ; 

 Meyr. Pr. Lin. Soc. NSW. XXIX. 316 no. 94 (1904) " ; Wlsm. 

 Fn. Hawaii. L 483-5, 731, 745, 757, 758 no. 21. PI. 13- 27 

 (1907) ^\ 



