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as similar specimens of Dannehl from Sarntheim, S. Tyrol. — The £ corresponds well with the description 
of Bruand, the wings are much more elongate than in casta and in colouration like Bacotia sepium Spr. Fore- 
wings glossy dusky brown, hind wings slightly paler. Wing expanse 12—13 mm. — My from Zermatt measures 
15 mm and is larger than any of my beiulina ; margin is darker, there are minute dark dots at termination 
of veins, as in eppingella. Antennae with 22 segments ( betulina 21, eppingella 25—27), pectinations devoid 
of scales. The relative length of the spur of the fore tibiae is nearly 70. The casing appears to be almost identical 
with that of eppingella Tutt (Vol. 2, p. 368). It is about midway between that of betulina and of casta and as 
was most characteristically described by Tittt. The casing is decorated with Detritus and small fragments of 
wood and bark and is itself blackish. Usually it has 3—5 longer or shorter stalk decorations arranged 
longitudinally, partly protruding and extending beyond the tip, just as in casta and such as only very rarely 
occur in betulina and in quite isolated instances. The d sac is 8 mm, the $ 10 mm long. — This similarity 
in the composition of the casings and their occurrence on willow trunks (Tittt later on mentioned whitethorn 
and blackthorn) make it appear probable that eppingella is only a smaller form of salicolella (which has 
25—27 segments to antennae) and that both are very closely related to betulina. 
25. Genus: Luffia Tutt. 
L» rebeli Wlshm. ( = lapiclella Bbl. nee Goeze) (15 a). This occurs on Teneriffe and in many localities rebel 
there. Wing expanse 8—12 mm. Antennae bipectinated to three quarters of their length. Head and thorax 
reddish brown. Forewings silkily glossy, pale stone-grey, rather darker along margins, paler in centre. There 
are patches with darker scales, one near base diffusing diagonally over the cell towards the costa, a second 
one in the form of a transverse band approximately before the centre and two or three in the outer half of 
the costa. Fringes glossy and silky, basal half pale bistre. Hind wings pale bluish grey, fringes paler and more 
glossy. Abdomen like hindwings, legs pale stone-grey. It is much larger than lapidella Goeze and the markings 
are clearer. The narrow cylindrical casings are frequent on rocks and stone walls. The larvae feed on stone 
lichens and are very difficult to breed. 
Postscript. 
Auchmophila kordofensis Bbl. is indicated as occurring in pa-laearctic Egypt, in the Novitates Macrolepid. of Bang- 
Haas I, p. 152 and II, p. 175 and in the Catalogus Lepidopterorum Strand 1929, p. 130. However none of the localities 
mentioned by Rebel are situate north of the 15°: Dueim 11—15°, Sennar 13—-14", Nubaka 12—13", Billing 12°, Gulfan 
11—12°, all therefore in the anglo-egyptian Sudan, Kordofaii, none in palaearctic Egypt. The species must therefore be 
considered a purely ethiopian one and is dealt with and illustrated in Vol. 11, p. 485, pi. 72 h. 
Alphabetical List 
with references to the original descriptions of the forms of palaearctic Psychidae. 
* signifies that the form is also illustrated in the place cited. 
apistella Psychidea Bbl. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 1917, 
p. (136). 
balcanica Rbl. Wrli. Seitz Macrolep. Suppl. 2, p. 220. * 
bavarica Rbl. Wrli. Mitt. Munch. Ent. Ges. (1926), p. 98. 
berytella Reb. Bbl. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 1917, p. (134). 
biroi Oreops. Bbl. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 16,1915, p. (90). * 
caucasica Am. O. B.-H. Ii'is 26 (1912), p. 109. 
colossa Oreops. Bang-H. Iris 1917, 20, p. 87. 
contrastella Sterrh. Kozhant. Jahrbuch d. Martjanovschen 
Staatsmuseums, Minussinsk, Sib. 1928, Bd. VI, 1, p. 72. 
desertorum Oreops. Trti. Atti Soc. It. Sci. Nat. 1927, p. 322. * 
Supplementary Volume 2 
germanica Fumea Chapm. Ent. Record 1900, XII, p. 125. * 
gracilis Cochl. Spr. Stett. Ent. Ztg. 41 (1S86) p. 335. 
hetvetica Psychidea Trautm. Int. Ent. Ztschr. Guben 1915, 
p. 204. 
liibernicella Fum. Cliapm. Ent. Record 1900, XII, p. 123. * 
iliensis Acanth. Wrli. Int. Ent. Ztschr. 21, p. 454. 
kordofensis Auchm. Bbl. Sitz.-Ber. Ak. Wiss. Wien 1906, 115 
(I), p. 72. * 
krueg'eri Reb. Trti. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 1914, V. III. p. 5 77. * 
kurenzovi Sterrh. Filipj. Ann. Mus6e Zool. Ac. Sci. U.R.S.S. 
1927, p. 261. * 
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