1907.] MICROLEPIDOPTERA OF TENERIFE. 951 



della Rbl. Ann. IvK. Hofmus. YII. 276, 283 no. 60 (1892) \ 

 Blastohasis 'phycidella Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. IX. 18, 90 no. 176 

 (1894) '': XXI. 44 no. 220 (1906)"; Sblcl. Deutsche Ent. Zts. 

 Iris XI. 317 (1898)" ; Stgr-Rbl. Car. Lp. Pal. II. 163 no. 3054 

 (1901) ^^ 



Hah. WC. ASIA ^' '• ^^ S. EUROPE ^-^> ^' *'^' '■' — Ger- 

 many ^"'' ^■'' ^' — S. Austria -• ^" — Switzerland ^- — Italy " : San 

 Remo, 2. lY. 1893 {Wlsm); Rome, 10-25. lY. 1893 {Wlsm.)— 

 Sicily '' ^—Corsica : Ajaccio, 4-6. Y. 1896, 16. YI. 1899 {msm.) 

 — S. France': Cannes, 20. lY. 1890, 1. YI. 1892, ® Ruhia 

 perecjrina, excl. Y. 1881 {Wlsm.) ; Napoule, 24. Y. 1892 {msm.); 

 Thues-les-bains, 18-21. YI. 1900 (TF^sm.)— Spain " : granada : 

 Granada, 17. YI. 1901 {Wlsm.): Gibraltar, 3. YI. 1903 {Wlsm.). 

 X. AFRICA— Algeria '-'■^=: El-Biar, 21. lY. 1893 {Eaton); 

 Bone* 11. Y. 1896 {Eaton); Azazga, 2. IX. 1893 {Eaton)— 

 Morocco: Tangier, 2-4. Y. 1902 {Wlsm.). Canaries '■"• '-— 

 Tenerife'-": IY. 1885 {Leech)'; La Laguna, 23. Y - 9. YI. 

 1907 (THsm.)— Gran Canaria^"'" : {Richter)'-^\ 



Five tS S from La Laguna at the end of May and tlie beginning 

 of June : one of these specimens ( S 98233), with broader and 

 more pointed wings, taken on May 23rd, is abnormally large {exjJ. 

 al. 19*5 mm.) for a representative of this species, but it cannot 

 otherwise be separated. 



Rebel mentions a single worn 6 , with notched antennae and 

 hindwings similar to those of j)hycidella 7a., as taken at Orotava, 

 20. IY [Blastobasis sj). Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. XL 132 no. 20P 

 (1896)1. He apparently regarded it as distinct from both 

 phycidella and ruhiginosella. 



54. (3056) Blastobasis rubiginosella Rbl. 



= s^. 179 RbL 



Blastobasis sp. Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. IX. 18, 91 no. 179 (1894)^: 

 XXI. 44 no. 223 (1906)". Blastobasis rubiginosella Rbl. Ann. 

 KK. Hofmus. XI. 130-1, 147 no. 200, PI. 3- 12 (1896)': XXI. 

 44 no. 221 (1906)^: Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 163 no. 3056 

 (1901) \ 



Hah. Tenerife'-^ IY. 1885 {Leech) ^ ; Guimar, 4. Ill- 16. 

 IY. 1907 {Wlsm.) ; La Laguna, 8. IY. 1904 {Eaton), 7. YI. 1907 

 {Wlsm.); Puerto Orotava, 21. 1 Y. 1895 {Hedemann)\ 30. IY. 1907 

 {Wlsm'); Las Mercedes, 29. Y- 7. YI. 1907 {Wlsm.); Tacaronte, 

 31. Y. 1907 {Wlsm.). 



Twenty-eight specimens were taken at Guimar, Tacaronte, 

 Puerto Orotava, Las Mercedes, and La Laguna, from March 4th 

 to June 7th, but the larva remains unknow^n. 



The specimen mentioned by Rebel as Blastobasis sp. 179 {I. c. 1) 

 is in my collection ( S 61053); it is undoubtedly a worn S of rubi- 

 ginosella ; the type of the species, when subsequently described 

 having been a $ . 



