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THE ENTOMOi.OGISrS WEEKLY INTELLIGENCEB. 
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE 
T I N E I N A. 
We called attention, some months since, 
to the recent progress of the genus 
Nepticula, and we now beg to lay before 
our readers some observations by Dr. 
Herrich-Schaffer on the same subject. 
“In the ‘Linnaea’ of 1857 Frey de- 
scribes fifty-eight species; to these must 
be added eight new species in Stainton’s 
‘ Manual,’ which have been described in 
the different volumes of the ‘Annual.’ 
Frey was only unacquainted with twelve 
out of his fifty-eight species, and eight 
of these are known to me, whilst I only 
know three of Stainton’s eight new spe- 
cies. 
“ Frey’s species which are unknown to 
me are Aceris, Aucuparice, Lonicerarum 
and Mespilicola. Stainton’s species with 
which I am unacquainted are Pomella, 
Atricollis, Continuella, Luteella and Cas- 
tanella. 
“ If we accept as good the nine species 
of Frey and Stainton which are unknown 
to me, we have then seventy-four species 
in the genus Nepticula. 
“ But as of the above-mentioned spe- 
cies there are four of Frey’s and five of 
Stainton’s unknown to me, there remains 
certainly sixty-five species, and I suspect 
that amongst Gratiosella and Acetosa 
one or two species are still mixed ; and 
I believe I may venture to add the fol- 
lowing novelties : — 
“ 1. Tormentillella, H.-S. Larva in the 
leaves of Tormentilla erecta, amongst 
young fir-trees. Imago in the same 
localities, at tl>e end of May, rather 
plentiful. Tuft of the head black, olive- 
brown at the sides ; anterior wings 
metallic olive-green to the middle, then 
with an olive-brown fascia as broad as 
the vertical silvery fascia, which is tinged 
with steel-blue, and placed at two-thirds 
of the wing ; the apex is olive-brown, not 
sharply defined from the dark grey cilia. 
which become gradually lighter towards 
their tips. Most nearly allied to Mar- 
ginicolella, but that is a stouter insect, 
not olive-green, but olive-gold, with much 
coppery purple, and the fascia is much 
more oblique. 
“2. ArieZ/a, H.-S. The larva in autumn 
in the leaves of Sorbus aria. Imago: the 
head coal-black, the eye-caps silvery 
white; base of the anterior wings at first 
olive-gold, then coppery gold (along the 
costa almost to the base) ; the silver fascia 
placed a little before two-thirds of the 
wing, broad and vertical ; the apex violet- 
blue, the cilia greyish black, paler at the 
tips. 
“3. Agrimoniella. Found on Agri- 
monia Eupatoria by Herrn Hofmann 
and Angerer. Changes to the pupa 
state inside the mine in a beautiful 
violet cocoon, and appears in the spring, 
a week or two later than CEneofasciella. 
The perfect insect differs from Arenosa 
and Angulifasciella by the silver fascia 
being quite vertical, parallel to the mar- 
gin ; from Freyella it is distinguished 
by the larger size, the head being less 
black, and the base of the anterior wings 
less glossy. 
“4. IJelianthemella.,H.-S. The larva, 
in September, in the leaves of Helian- 
themum vulgare. The imago small ; head 
blackish olive-brown ; the eye-caps dirty 
while; the anterior wings whitish grey, 
with black longitudinal scales, which 
(most distinctly in the female) leave an 
indistinct, more whitish fascia beyond 
the middle, and extend irregularly into 
the cilia, so that no separating line can 
be traced. 
“ o. Ithamnella, H.-S. Larva in the 
leaves of Rhamnus catharticus. The 
imago much smaller than N. ruficapil- 
ella ; the head orange; the eye-caps a 
little more whitish ; the anterior wings 
greyish violet, shining, purer grey to- 
wards the apex, throughout with coarse 
scales, which extend irregularly into the 
cilia. Di.stinguished from N. pggmaiella 
by its smaller size and more coarsely- 
scaled anterior wings.” 
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