976 LORD WALSINGHAM ON THE [Nov. 26, 



only as an aberration in Tenerife. It may be convenient to name 

 the spotless form innotata, var. n., and then to enumerate in 

 series each variety as represented in my collection. 



I have 129 (=gigas 93-f-36 innotata) specimens, of which 103 

 (^=gigas 91 + 12 innotata) are from Teneiife, and 26 [ = gigas 2 + 

 24 innotata) are from Gran Canaria. The series of 103 specimens 

 from Tenerife is composed of 91 ( = 66d' JH-25 5 $) gigas, of 

 which 55( = 42 ^ (^+13 $ $) were bred from Pojmlus alba, and 

 36 ( = 24 S c?+12 2 $) were bred from 8alix canariensis ; and 

 12 (6 d J +6 $ $ ) innotata, 8(=4 6 c5'+4 ? $)of which were 

 bred from Popiblus and 4( = 2 cj" c?4-2 $ 5) from Salix. 

 . The 26 ( = 9 S c7+17 5 5 ) sjiecimens from Gran Canaria were 

 bred by Dr. Lowe from Ocotea foetens ; 24 (9 c5' (54-15$ 5) ^'^^ 

 innotata, while 2 ( $ $ ) are gigas. 



46. (424) PHYLLONORYCTER Hb. 



=LiTHOCOLLETis Hb.; =EucESTisIIb.; =ELACHiSTATr. (nec*Z.). 



[(j)vXXoy = 'A, leaf; (jpvK-t)p=Si miner.) 



Type Phalaena Tinea rayella L., Hb. 200. 



PHYLLONORYCTER Hb. Tent. p. [2] (1806). LiTHOCOLLETLS Hb. 



Yerz. Schm. 423 no. 4117-20 (1826) ; St^r-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 

 210-16 (1901); Dyar Bull. US. Nat. Mus. 52. 549-57 (1902); 

 Meyr. Pr. Lin. Soc. NSW. XXXII. 49, 51-2 (1907) ; etc. 



Lithocolletis Hb. is a synonym of Phylloi\orycter Hb., the type 

 of both being rajella Hb. Tin. PI. 29- 200. 



90. (4113) PHYLLONORYCTER HELIANTHEMELLUS HS. 



Lithocolletis helianthemella HS. Neue Schm. 20 no. 89, PI. 18 • 

 115 (1860)^ ; Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 211 no. 4113 (1901) ^ 



Hah. WC. ASIA \ C-S. EUROPE : inf. Helianthemum 

 vulgare, gtottattmi ^"-. Canaries — Tenerife : Guimar, 25. II - 



10. IV. 1907 {Wlsvi.). 



Taken at Guimar : the larvae observed on Cistus monsjieliensis . 



91. (4165) PHYLLONORYCTER MESSANIELLUS Z. 



Lithocolletis messaniella Z. Lin. Ent. I. 221-2 no. 21. PL 1- 23 

 (1846) ^; Wlsm. Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1894. 538, 555 no. 65 (1894)-; 

 Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. II. 214 no. 4165 (1901) \ 



Hah. WC. ASIA^ WC-S. EUROPE ^"^ ; ©inf. Quercus, 

 Castanea, Carpimis'^ — Italy: Rome, 10-25, TV. 1893 {IHsni.) — 

 Spain: malaga : Malaga, 17. III. 1901 (msm.). N. AFRICA— 

 Morocco : Tangier, inf. Quercus suher, XII, excl. 25. I - 



11. III. 1902 (msm.). Madeiras '—Madeira - : {WoUaston)\ 

 Canaries — Tenerife: La Laguna, inf. Quercus suher, 13. I, 

 excl. 17-30. I. 1907 (Wlsm.), 14. III. 1902 (Laton), inf. Quer- 

 cus sj). (decid.), 23. V, excl. 4. YI. 1907 (msm.) ; Guimar, 25. II. 

 1907 (Wlsm.). 



