THE ANGOUMOIS GRAIN-MOTH. 
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There is another grain-moth, which, at various times, 
has been found to be more destructive in granaries, in some 
provinces of France, than the preceding kind. It is the 
Angoumois moth, or Anacampsis (^Butalis') cerealella^ an 
insect evidently belonging to the family of Yponomeutad^, 
or Yponomeutians. The winged moths of this group have 
only two visible feelers, and these are generally long, slender, 
and curved over their heads. Their narrow Avin^s most 
often overlap each other, and cover their backs horizontally 
when shut. It is stated in the “Introduction to Entomol¬ 
ogy,”* by the Rev Mr. Kirby and Mr. Spence, that the 
insect under consideration is not yet named. This, how¬ 
ever, is a mistake; for it Avas named Alacita cerealella^ by 
Olivier,! as long ago as the year 1789. Olivier’s name 
for it appears also to haA^e been overlooked by Latreille, 
Avho has giA’en it that of (Ecophora granella.\ MoreoA^er, 
the AATiters of the “Introduction” haA^e extracted from the 
Avorks of Reaumur § an account of the habits of this insect, 
Avhich they call Tinea Hordei and Ypsolophus granellus,\^ 
AAdthout seemincT to be aware that it is the same as the 
O 
Aimoumois moth. In the first edition of this treatise, I 
stated that “ the Angoumois grain-moth probably belongs 
to the modern genus Anacampsis^ a Avord deriA^ed from the 
Greek, and signifying recurved, in allusion to the direction 
of the feelers of the moths.” To this genus, as understood 
by most English entomologists, it certainly does belong; 
but ^Ir. Curtis is disposed to place it in his genus Laverna^ 
including certain species Avdiich he has separated from Ana- 
campsis. The French naturalist Duponchel, Avho has de¬ 
scribed and figured it in the fourth A’olume of the Sup¬ 
plement to his “ Histoire Naturelle des L^pidopteres de 
* Fifth edition, Vol. I. p. 172. 
t Encyclopedie Mdthodique, Hist. Nat. Insectes, Tom. IV. p. 121, See also 
Guerin’s edition of Tigny’s Histoire Nat. des Insectes, Tom. IX. p. 301* 
t Cuvier’s R^gne Animal, 2d edition. 
4 M^moires, Tom. II. p. 486. 
U Introduction to Entomology, Vol. I. p. 174. 
