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yond doubt, notwithstanding the words " antennfe corpore dimidio 

 breviores." 



Phryganejl eeticulata (No. 1^82). — The description has been 

 applied to Neuronia reticulata of modern authors. This species 

 is tolerably common in Sweden, but N. clatlirata, Kol., is more so. 

 The accepted idea may, however, be justifiable, for Linna?us says 

 " inferiores subferruginefc fascia nigra." It is nevertheless to be 

 assumed that he had both species before him and confused them. 



Ph. STRIATA (No. 1483). — Eecent authors have,on the authority 

 of Hagen (Linnaja Entomologica, Band v. pp. 363-369), referred 

 tliis to P/i. striata auct., but, as I think, unjustly. That Linnaeus 

 did not aim at this latter species is apparent by the words " alis 

 testaceis nervoso-striatis,^^ " alae lata? siibtestacem sinq fusco-testa' 

 cecB.^^ Without doubt he would have termed the wings of striata 

 auct., " cinereo-testacecB^' as he did with P/^. grandis, and he would 

 not have said ^^alce nervoso-striatcs'' if he had had striata auct. be- 

 fore him when writing his description. These words have a dilferent 

 sense to " alcc reticulatce''* The attention of the reader is directed 

 by them to the nervurcs and not to the colour of the wings. The 

 uervures in striata auct. are concealed in the pubescence, and 

 do not strike the eye, as the words lead us to understand. It is 

 to be remembered that Linnaeus, in describing an animal, always 

 points to the most salient character ; and the nervures in striata 

 auct. are not striking. Amongst the Swedish Caddis-flies, Neu- 

 ronia ruficrus and Agrypnia Pagetana have alw nervoso-striatce.''^ 

 That Linnajus did not intend the latter is evident by the words 

 " alse magna) latae," which are not applicable. Thus Neuronia 

 ruficnis only can be the species described by him as Ph. striata, 

 and Burmeister was right in his identification (Handbuch, ii. 2, 

 p. 935). Nothing in the description is opposed to this ; the 

 " punctum album postice in ala superiore " is seen when the wings 

 are closed. Only the words " facies Phalsenae majoris " ap23ear not 

 to accord with my supposition ; but if " major " be understood 

 in the sense of Bomhyx pavonia, quercus, etc., it could neither 

 agree with striata auct. nor with rujicrus. But Linnaeus wished 

 the reader to have in view some of his smaller Phalwnce, such as 

 Tortrix and Tinea ; and it must also be remembered that he, in his 

 description of Ph. reticulata, says " media, statura Phalaenae and 

 he desired, in the words quoted, to institute a comparison be- 

 tween the two. N. rujicrus, which is common iu Southern and 



