1028 ON THE MICROLEPIDOFTERA OF TENERIFE. [Nov. 26. 



!V. PSYCH I NA. 



I. PSYCHIDAE. 



84. (733) AMICTA Heyl. 



173. (4453) Amicta cabrerai Rbl. 



Psyche cahrerdi Rbl. Ann. KK. Hofmus. IX. 10, 46-8 no. 39 

 (1894) ' : XI. 105-6, 144 no. 39. PI. 3 • la-c (1896) ^ : XIII. 364, 

 378 no. 39 (1899)^' : XXI. 42 no. 121 (1906) \ Amicta cahrerdi 

 StgT-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal I. 394 no. 4453 (1901) '. 



Hah. Tenerife ^'' : Montana de Guerra, Ewphorhia {Ca- 

 hrera) ^ ; IV. 1894 (Kraepelin) - ; Bitbics idaeus, 1898 {Kilian) ^ ; 

 Santa Cruz, 15. YI. 1898 (Hintz)'; La Laguna, 1600-1700 ft., 

 Buhics, Ci/tisics, 8. Ill, excl. 24. VIII. 1904 (Uato^i) ; Guimar, 

 Euphorbia, Rmnex canariensis, etc., 1-13. IV, excl. 25. VTII 

 - 5.x. 1907 (Wlsm.). 



Larva common everywhere, on various plants. Euphorbia, 

 Rumex, etc., etc. ; two specimens, one bred at the end of August, 

 the other in the bes-innine- of October. 



Of the 1 73 species above noticed as occurring in Tenerife I have 

 been able to observe the life-histories of 96, of which number 

 40 only were previously known ; the larvae of 28 others having been 

 already recorded elsewhei-e, 49 now remain to be discovered. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES LL, LIL, & LIII. 

 (See Description facing the Plates.) 



