1018 LORD WALSINGHAM ON THE [Nov. 26, 



vannali^' "**' ■'^ — Jamaica: Moneague, 5.1. 1905 (TFZsm.); Runaway 

 Bay, 23. II. 1905 (Wlsm.). Qmaxies '''''''-''"'''"''''>'-''"*' '^-'— 

 Tenerife ^^' ''"^°' ''-'■ *"' '^--'' ''-' : Santa Cruz, XII. 1897 (ffmtz) "\ 

 8-31.1. 1907 (Wlsvi.); Guimar, 6. Ill- 18. lY. 1907 {Wlsm.); 

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

 12. TY. 1895 {Hedemann)'" ; Agua Mansa, 30. YII. 1889 

 {Simony) '\ AFRICA '-' '"-' , ^^ ■ i° . ^'^ . ^2 , 39 , 4i . -^ insectis {Base) '"' 

 — Sierra Leone : in moss, excl. 24. YIII- 13. IX. 1895 {demerits) 

 — Gold Coast : Accra (CWier)— Congo : Kasongo , "in mus- 

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

 excl. 18. IX. 1905 {Neiostead) — Caffraria^' " : Limpopo- 

 Gariep '"' ". ASIA "'• '"'"' ''-'' =°— India ''' ''' '" : Calcutta ''' ''' =°, 

 Aliwal '°, in blanketing, excl. 20-29. XII ""—Ceylon: " bred 

 from moths received from Ceylon," excl. 15. IX. 1899 {Burroios) 

 — Assam : Margherita, 1889 {Doherty) — Celebes i^- ^^ . g^leijer " ; 

 Makassar " ; Maros ^^ AUSTRALIA — Queensland : Toowong, 

 1896 {Dodd). 



Types S $ : rutella Z. c5' $ (Mus. Stockholm ; $ Mus. Wlsm.) ; 

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

 ruderella 7i. (S , and tnidtimaculella Chmb. S (Mus. Cambr-Mass.) ; 

 ■drijas 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 d" c5' 

 no difierence can be detected sufficient to separate the five supposed 

 species described from Cafiraria, 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. YIII - 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 Merton, from muscular fibre attached to 

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

 (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): Y. 201-2 (1903)J, 

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

 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 no J of corticinella Snln. (Celebes), but this has 

 been figured by Snellen and agrees with those already mentioned ; 

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

 rutella Z. Setomsr^yha tineoides Wlsm. [Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1886. 

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

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



