313 



27. With a pale longitudinal dash near costa of primaries above base of 

 cleft in most specimens. Costa usually darker before cleft. Subterm- 

 inal pale line on first lobe usually traceable. Two spots or a transverse 



line before cleft in many specimens schwarzi 



Costa more evenly colored. Subterminal line rarely faintly marked. A 

 single heavy spot before cleft modesta 



1. Platyptilia rhododactyla D. & S. PI. XLIII, fig. 3. 

 Alucita rhododactyla Denis & SchifTermueller, Wien. Verz. 146, 1776. 

 Ptcrophonis rhododactylus Fabricius, Mant. Ins. II, 258, 1787. 



Porritt, Ent. Mo. Mag. XII, 88, 1875 (biol.). 

 Cmicmidophorus rhododactylus Wallengren, Skand. Fjad. 1(1. 1859. 



Tutt, Pter. Brit. 19, 1896 (biol.). 

 Platyptilus rhododactylus Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. XXX, 928, 1864. 

 Eucncmidophorus rhododactylus Hofmann, Deutsch, Pter. 58, 1895 (biol.). 

 Platyptilia rhododactyla Meyrick, Handbook 435, 1895. 



Dyar, Ent. Rec. XI, 140, pi. I, f. 4, 1899 (larva). 



Meyrick, Gen. Ins. C, 10, 1910. 



Id., Wagner's Lep. Cat. pars 17, 11, 1913. 

 Bright brown, thorax white behind. Antennae dotted with dark brown 

 and white above. Palpi short, scarcely exceeding front. Legs white, femora 

 brown, tibiae with brown tufts, joints of hind tarsi brown tipped. Abdomen 

 without marks. 



Primaries crossed by an oblique white band just before cleft. This band 

 widens or turns outward near inner margin, which it does not always reach. 

 First lobe with a slight whitish dash near apex. Disk with vague white spots, 

 one near inner margin one-third from base, and one in cell near middle of 

 wing. Transverse line bordered inwardly opposite cleft by a dark brown dash 

 preceded by an area slightly darker than the ground color. Costa with a few 

 white scales. Outer margin with a dark terminal line, fringes whitish with 

 small tufts of brown scales in their base at apex of both lobes and anal angle 

 of first, and a broad tuft at anal angle of second, gray brown opposite all tufts 

 and in cleft. Hind wings also brown, but of a duller shade than primaries. 

 Third feather white in basal tw-o-thirds with some brown scales. Fringes gray- 

 brown, with white scales along inner margin and at apex of third feather, 

 and a large tuft of brown scales preceding apex. Expanse about 22 mm. 



We have been unable to examine the male genitalia of this species, 

 for our series includes only four females. 



Distribution: Europe. The only North American specimens 

 which we have seen are the series reared by Miss Murtfeldt at Kirk- 

 wood, ^lo. Whether the species is actually established on this con- 

 tinent or not, we are unable to say. The series mentioned is dated 

 ]\Tay and June of several years. We have two of the specimens from 



