NARYCIA MONILIFERA. 137 



insect, was, in fact, the well-known Xysmatodoma melanella, also known 

 in England as Tinea atrella. Although referred to by other neurop- 

 terists, the name Narycia was not properly applied to this genus until 

 1895, when it appeared in Meyrick's Handbook, p. 776. Zeller 

 diagnosed the genus under the name of Xysmatodoma. He notes that 

 " the lack of ocelli, the five simple, hind-marginal nervures of the fore- 

 wings, and the simple larval-case, separate this genus from the preced- 

 ing (Diplodoma)." He says it "agrees largely with the division E of Tinea, 

 and the lack of maxillary palpi would not be sufficient ground against 

 their union, but it is more important that there is combined there- 

 with the peculiarity, not occurring in Tinea, that the ? has a woolly 

 anus as in Diplodoma, and, compared with the $ , smaller, narrower 

 wings. The forewings of X. melanella have five nervures running into 

 the hindmargin which come from the distinct transverse nervure ; the 

 nervure that shuts off the supplementary cell, unites with the last of 

 the nervures tbat branches off to the costa, &c." Frey notes (Die 

 Tineen, p. 14) the genus as " agreeing with Solenobia in the absence of 

 ocelli and in the circumstance that five nervures run out to the hind 

 margin ; it differs, however, from Solenobia in having labial palpi, and 

 from this genus and Taleporia in the smallwinged females." 



Narycia monilifera, Geoffroy. 



Synonymy. — Species: Monilifera, Geoff. (Fourc.), "Ent. Paris," ii., p. 325 

 no. 18 (1785). Melanella,Haw., "Lep. Brit.," p. 566 (1828) ; Stphs., "Nom.Br Ins " 

 p. 51 (1829) ; "Cat.," no. 7570 (1829) ; "Illus.," iv., p. 358 (1835) ; Crt., " Guide'" ■ 

 p. 187 (1831), 2nd ed., p. 215 (1835); "Brit. Ent.," xiv., expl. pi. 639 (1837) • 

 Wood, "Ind. Ent.," p. 230, no. 1,589 (1839) ; Humph, and Westd., "Brit Moths " 

 ii., p. 252, pi. 120, fig. 6 (1851), 2nd ed. (1854) ; Zell., "Linn. Ent.," vii., p 363 

 (1852) ; Keutti, "Lep. Bad.," 1st ed., p. 180 (1853), 2nd ed., p. 304 (1898) ■ Sta 

 " Cat.," p. 6 (1849) ; " Supp. Cat.," p. 17 (1851) ; "Entom. Comp.," pp. 10 30 3fi' 

 39 (1852), 2nd ed., pp. 8, 30, 71, 73 (1854); "Ins. Brit.," p. 21, pi. i., figs 'la-c 

 (1854)'; "List Br. An. B.M.," xvi., 6 (1854); "Man.," ii., p. 287 (1859) ■ " Tin 

 S. Eur.," p. 90 (1869) ; " Ent. Ann.," 1870, p. 2 (1869) ; Doug., " Zool. "' ix p 

 3184 (1851) ; H.-Sch., " Sys. Bearb.," v., p. 89 (1854) ; Frey, " Die Tineen," &c.', p! 

 15 (1856); "Lep. der Schweiz,"p. 335 (1880); Now., "Enum. Lep. Hal. Orient " 

 pp. 169-70 (1860); Hardg., "E. M. M.," vi., pp. 91-3 (1869); Ibid., xii., pp. 208-9 

 (1875); Hein., " Schmett. Deutsch. Tin.," p. 35 (1870); Morr., " Br. Moths," iv. 

 14 (1870); Jdhlle., "Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.," 4th ser., x., 115 (1870); Staud and 

 Wocke, "Cat.," p. 267, no. 1,351 (18il) ; Boyd, " E. M. M.," xii., p. 163 (1875) • 

 Mill., " Cat. Lep. Alp.-Mar.," p. 98 (1875); "Nat. Sic," v., 130 (1886) ; "Bang- 

 Haas, " Nat. Tids.," 3, x., p. 2 (1875); Sand, "Cat. Lep. Auv.," p. 154 (1879^- 

 Hrtnm., "Mitt. Miin. Ent. Ver.," iii., p. 197 (1879); Boss., "J. B Ver Nass " 

 p. 228(1881); SnelL, " De Vlind.," p. 450 (1882); Pey., " Cat. Lep. Als." p 84 

 (1882) ; Bou., " Cat. Chen. Eur.," 142 (1883) ; Cnro, "Bull. Soc. Ent. It.," xv p 5 

 (1883); Sorh., "Die Kleinsch. Brandbg.," p. 142 (1886); Meyr., "Handbook," 

 p. 776 (1895). ? Sequella, Haw., " Lep. Brit.," pp. 566-7 (tcxte Stainton) (1828) 

 Atrella, St., "Sys. Cat. Br. Ins.," ii., 227 (1829); "Nom. Br. Ins.," 51 (1829) • 

 " 111.," iv., p. 359 (1835) ; Crt., " Guide," 187 (1831), 2nded., 215 (1835) ; Wd " Ind 

 Ent,," p. 230, pi. 50, fig. 1,590 (1839) ; Humph, and Westd., " Br. Moths," ii 25? 

 pi. 120, tig. 7 (1851), 2nd ed. (1854). Elegans, Stphs., "Nom. Br. Ins. " 2nd ed"' 

 1 L8 (1833) ; "111.," vi., p. 154, pi. 32, fig. 4 (1836) ; Curt., "Guide," 2nd ed 172 

 (1837); Walk., "Cat. Neurop.," i., 135, 154 (1852); White, "List. Br. An. B 

 Mus.," xiv., 15 QK53) ; Doug., "Ent. Week. Int.," ii., 59 (1857) ; Hgn., " Ent Ann " 

 Is.y.l. 108 (1858); " Stett. Ent. Zeit.," xx., 203 (1859); "Ver. z.-b. Ges. Wien.'," 

 xiv., 851 (1864) ; Kol., " Gen. Sp. Trichop.," pt. ii. [" N. Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat Mosc''" 

 xvii (xi)J, 181, 293-296, pi. v., 62 (1859); McLach., " Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond.," 3rd 

 Ber., v., p. 169 (1865). Stelliferella, F. v. Eos., "Abbild. Ber. Schm.," p. 156 pi 

 59(1834); Bid., " Lc'p. Doubs," iii., livr. 5-6, p. 31 (1850); " Mon. des Psych " 

 p. 10(1853); Ildrch., "Eur. Lep. Cat.," 78 (1851); Koch, " Schmett. Deutsch'" 

 iii., p. 373 (1856) ; Fro, "Ann. Soc. Ent. Bclg.," ii., 110 (1858). 



