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Mr. Stephens also unfortunately only copies the Fabrician description, and omits 

 both the remarks of Haworth, so that we should be completely in the dark as to what 

 species he intended were it not for his own collection, which contains four specimens 

 of lautella labelled cydoniella.* 



Sp. 2. Scheeberella, Fabricius (fig. 2). 



Tinea Schreberella, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. ii. 326, N. 168. Haworth, Lepidop. 

 Brit. 575, N. 52. 



Argyromiges Schreberella, Stephens' Illustrations, iv. 255 and Wood's figures 1316 

 and 1319. 



Elachista Schreberella, Duponchel, Sup. iv. 465, PI. 86, f. 2. 



Lithocolletis ulminella, Zeller, Isis, 1838. Linn. Entomol. i. 246, fig. 37. 



Expansion of the wings 3^ lines. Head black. Forehead metallic. Palpi metal- 

 lic. Antennae black, tipped with white. Thorax black. Abdomen deep fuscous. 

 Legs and tarsi deep fuscous, very glossy. Anterior wings brilliant deep orange, suf- 

 fused with black at the base, with two nearly straight silvery fasciae (bordered with 

 black both internally and externally), one before, the other rather beyond, the middle ; 

 on the inner margin, near the anal angle, is a silvery spot, opposite to which, on the 

 costa, is another ; from the apex of the spot on the inner margin a dark streak arises, 

 which is continued to the apex of the wing and through the cilia ; beneath this streak, 

 close to the apex, is a small silvery spot ; cilia deep fuscous, darkest opposite the 

 above-mentioned streak. Posterior wings deep fuscous, with paler cilia. 



This insect at first sight resembles the preceding, but is at once recognized by the 

 two distinct silvery fasciae. The colouring in these two species is much more splendid 

 than in any of their congeners. 



Taken in some plenty July 31st last, at Stoke Newington, near some pollard elms, 

 by Mr. Bedell. I took a single specimen off a low fence near Beckenham, May 15th, 

 and one was taken by Mr. Bedell there six days previous. Zeller says, " According 

 to Mann's communication it occurs near Vienna, on elms, in plenty, and flies in June; 

 and according to Heyden it is very abundant on elms near Frankfort-on-the-Maine." 



There can be no doubt about this being the Schreberella of Fabricius, who says of 

 it, " Wings golden at the base, with two fasciae in the middle, and with two opposite 

 silver spots at the apex." It is not a little singular, as Duponchel has remarked, that 

 an insect so well characterised and described by Fabricius should be totally omitted 

 by Hubner and Treitschke. 



Zeller says he cannot recognize in this insect the Schreberella of Fabricius, be- 

 cause " he has omitted the most important character, namely, the mark at the apex." 

 He says that Heyden and Fischer von Roslerstamm differ from him on this point, and 

 Mann in his Catalogue gives Schreberella, Fab. (ulminella, Zeller). 



* It may not perhaps be out of place here to censure the practice of copying ano- 

 ther author's descriptions without adding a single word, to enlighten future writers, 

 as to whether the insect the first author described was really intended. This practice 

 causes a very great part of the ambiguity of synonymes. 



