302 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



mann and Wocke), Kiel (Boie), Frankfort-on-the-Main (Heyden), 

 Freiburg (Eeutti), Frankfort-on-Oder, Finkenkrug, Hamburg, Stettin 

 (Sorbagen), Misdroy, Alt Damm, Hohenleese (Hering). Netherlands: 

 Arnhem, Gravenhage (Snellen). Scandinavia : Scania (Wallengren). 

 Switzerland : Bremgarten (Boll), Zurich (Frey). 



NEPTICULA CASTANELLA, Stainton. 



Synonymy. — Species: Castanella, Stainton, "Ent. Wk. Intell.," v., p. 123 

 (1859); "Ent. Ann.," 1860, p. 135; Staud. and Wocke, " Cat.," p. 339(1871; ; 

 Meyr., "Handbook," etc., p. 722 (1895). 



Original description.— Mr. Edleston lately sent for determination 

 two specimens of a Nepticula, taken among Spanish chestnut, for 

 which he proposed the name castanella. This appears to be a distinct 

 species, something allied to N. tityrella, but the fascia straighter and 

 placed nearer the hind margin " (Stainton, Ent. Weekly Intelliyencer, 

 v., p. 123). 



Larva.— Yellow (Threlfall). 



Food-plant. — Fayus castanea ( Stainton) = Castanea vesica (Wocke). 



Time of appearance. — Threlfall obtained larvae October 2nd, 1880, 

 on Spanish chestnut, at Dunham Park, but failed to rear imagines. 



Localities. — Cheshire: Bowdon (Edleston). Lancashire: Dunham Park, 

 nr. Manchester (Threlfall). 



Distribution. — Staudinger and Wocke give : " Italy, Southern 

 France, Tyrol (southern valleys)." 



nepticula malella, Stainton. 



Synonymy.— Species: Malella, Sta., "Ins. Brit.," p. 304 (1854) ; "Nat Hist. 

 Tin.," L, p. 208, pi. v., fig. 3 (1855) ; "Man.," ii., p. 436 (1859) ; ? H.-Sch., " Sys. 

 Bearb.," fig. 831 (1853), v., p. 351 (1855) ; Frey, "Die Tineen," etc., p. 388 (1856) ; 

 "Linn. Ent," xi., p. 427 (1857); Nokk., " Lep. Fn. Estl.," p. 781 (1871); 

 Staud. and Wocke, "Cat.," p. 338 (1871) ; Hein. and Wocke, " Schmett. Deutsch.," 

 p. 756 (1877) ; Sand, " Cat. Lep. Auvergne," p. 201 (1879) ; Bang-Haas, " N. H. 

 Tids.," xiii., p. 217 (1881) ; Peyer., " Cat. Lep. Alsace," 2nd Ed., ii., p. 164 

 (1882) ; Snellen, " De Vlinders," p. 998 (1882); Sorhagen, "Die Kleinschmett. 

 Brandbg.," p. 357 (1886) ; Hering, " Stett. Ent. Zeit.," Hi., p. 221 (1891) ; Meyr., 

 " Handbook," etc., p. 722 (1895). 



Original description. — Nepticula malella, n. sp. Alis anticis 

 saturate fuscis, fascia subobliqua pone medium alba, parum nitida ; 

 capillis ferrugineis. Exp. al. 2 lin. Head and face reddish-yellow, 

 slightly mixed with fuscous. Antennae fuscous, basal joint whitish. 

 Anterior wings dark fuscous, with a slightly oblique, almost white, 

 slightly shining fascia beyond the middle ; cilia fuscous. Posterior 

 wings pale grey, with pale grey cilia. Appears in May and August, 

 but not hitherto met with in the perfect state. The yellow larva 

 mines in autumn and July in the leaves of the wild apple, making 

 long galleries ; the cocoon is bright yellow (Stainton, Insecta Britan- 

 nica, p. 304). 



Imago. — Head reddish. Anterior wings 4-5 mm. ; dark fuscous ; 

 a slightly oblique, almost white, slightly shining fascia beyond the 

 middle of the wing ; cilia fuscous, pale externally. Posterior wings 

 and cilia pale grey. 



Comparison of N. malella with its allies. — This belongs to that 



* We can trace none of these references to their source, and hence do not 

 know who were the collectors who presumably collected this species in southern 

 Europe. 



