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p. 458, 459, n. 412, 1910.— Strand in Seitz, Macrolep. World, vol. 2, p. 365, 

 1913. — Meyrick, Rev. Handb. Brit. Lep., p. 477, 1928. — Hering in Brohmer, 

 Tierw. Mitteleur., vol. 1, p. 301, 1932. — Forster and Wohlfahrt, Schmett. 

 Mitteleur., vol. 3, p. 176, 1960. 



Type of genus. — Bomhyx pulla Esper, 1785. Designated by 

 Kirby, 1892. 



Male. — Moths of small size with slender bodies. Palpi of one 

 segment, subglobose, length approximately 1.5x that of diameter. 

 Antennae broadly bipectinate, pectinations gradually decreasing in 

 length toward apex, arising from base of each elongate segment. 

 Prothoracic legs shortest in length; epiphysis absent. Mesothoracic 

 tibiae with prominent pair of apical spurs. Metathoracic legs the 

 most weU developed, two pairs of tibial spurs; one pair situated ap- 

 ically, other located % distance from apex of tibia. 



Wings (fig. 151) with all veins arising separately from cell; both 

 wings with base of medius undivided within cell. Primaries with 10 

 veins; R3 and 4 united entire length; Mi and lA absent; 2A and 3 A 

 completely fused, sometimes slightly separated at extreme base. 

 Secondaries with 7 veins; without crossvein between Sc+Ri and 

 Rs ; Ml absent as in forewings. 



Male genitalia. — Short, stout. Valves with pul villi absent; 

 apex of sacculus spined. Vinculum triangular, gradually tapering 

 to form short, indistinct saccus. AneUus well developed, bilobed, 

 inclosing aedeagus, which is straight, simple. Eighth sternite simple, 

 broadly transverse, slightly smaller in area than eighth tergite. 



Female. — "Vermiform; naked; head small, ventral, mouth organs 

 modified, not functional; legs appear as minute warts; antennae as 

 warts; eye spots dark; wings obsolete; thoracic segments with whitish 

 corneous dorsal shields, the head carrying pupal head parts; skin 

 transparent (some of the internal organs visible) ; reddish yeUow in 

 tint with faint anterior transverse dorsal abdominal plates" (Tutt, 

 1900). 



3. Epichnopterix pulla (Esper) 



FiGUKES 2, 66, 151, 171, 190, 245, 245a, 321, 364 



Bomhyx pulla Esper, Schmett., vol. 3, p. 232, table 44, fig. 8, 1785. 

 Epichnopterix pulla (Esper) Dalla Torre and Strand, Cat. Lep., pars 34, p. 87, 



1929 (synonym of E. pliimella SchiflFermiiller) . — Kozhantshikov, Fauna 



SSSR, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 268, 1956. 

 Epichnopteryx [sic] pulla (Esper) Meyrick, Rev. Handb. Brit. Lep., p. 377, 1928. — 



Hering in Brohmer, Tierw. Mitteleur., vol. 1, p. 301, 1932.— Forster 



and Wohlfahrt, Schmett. Mitteleur., vol. 3, p. 177, pi. 24, fig. 32; pi. 26, 



figs. 7-9, 32, 1960. 

 Cochliotheca fiebrigi Koehler, Arb. Morph. Tax. Ent., vol. 6, p. 38, 1939 (new 



synonymy). 

 Note: For references to the European literature dealing with the synonymy 

 of this species prior to 1929, see Dalla Torre and Strand (1929). 



