1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPID0FXERA. 57 



Ins. B. M. XXX. 934 (1864) 3 . Oxyptilus anisodactylus, Wkr. Cat. 

 Lp. Ins. B. M. XXX. 934-5 (] 864) \ Pterophorus iliffusalis, Wkr. 

 Cat. Lp. Ins. B. M. XXX. 945 (1864) 5 . Oxyptilus caffer, Wlsm. 

 Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1881, 279 6 . Oxyptilus wall-erf, Wlsm. Tr. 

 Ent. Soc. Lond. 1881, 279-80 7 . Sphenarches synophrys, Meyr. Tr. 

 Ent. Soc. Lond. 1886, 17-8 8 . Oxi/ptilus anisodactylus, Moore, Lp. 

 Ceyl. III. 528 (1887) 9 . Sphenarches caffer, Meyr. Tr. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond. 1887, 268 10 . Oxyptilus anisodactylus, Swinh. & Cotes, Cat. 

 Moths Ind. 668. No. 4542 (1889) ». Sphenarches caffer, Cotes, 

 Ind. Mus. Notes, II. 20, figg. (1891) a ; Wlsm. Ind. Mus. Notes, 

 II. 20-1 (1891) 13 ; Cotes, Ind. Mus. Notes, II. 163 (1893) ». 



Larva. " Calabash " (Gambia) 13 ; in pods of Dolichos laUab 

 (India) 12 " u . 



Hah. S. Africa— Caffraria U3 ' 1S , Natal, XI.-XII. 7, 13 E. Africa 13 . 

 W. Africa— Gambia 13 . Asia— Japan 13 , Ceylon 4 ' 9 " 11 ' 13 , India 1 - 14 , 

 Burma 13 . Australasia— New South Wales, II. 10 , Queensland 

 (Moreton Bay) 5 , New Hebrides 8 , Tonga Ids. 8 West Indies— St. 

 Thomas, 20 III. (Gudmann); Grenada (Balthazar, 250 ft., wind- 

 ward side, 15-20 IV.— H. H. Smith). 



Oxyptilus periscelidactylus, Fitch, from the United States, 

 belongs to the genus Sphenarches, and is at least very closely allied 

 to caffer, Z. 



3. Platyptilia, lib. 

 3. Platyptilia pcsillidactyla, Wkr. 



= TECNIDION, Z. 3 



Oxyptilus pusillidactylus, Wkr. Cat. Lp. Ins. B. M. XXX. 933 

 (1864) \ Platyptilia tecnidion, Z. Hor. Soc. Ent. Boss. XIII. 

 468 9, PI. VI. 162 (1877) 2 . Platyptilia pusillidacti/la, Wlsm. 

 Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 495, 542 (1892) 3 . Amblyptilia pusilli- 

 dactyla, Hdm. Stett, Ent. Ztg. LV1I. 8 (1896) 4 . 



Hah. West Indies— Jamaica 1 - 3 ; St. Croix, 4 22 IV. (Gud- 

 mann) ; St. Thomas, II. 2,3,4 ; Grenada (Balthazar, 250 ft., and La 

 Force Estate, 350 ft., windward side, 5 IV.-5 V. — H. H. Smith). 



4. Platyptilia cosmodactyla, Hb. 



(? = ACANTMOBACTTLUS, Zi.~) =DIEEPTALIS, Wkr. 7 



Alucita cosmodactyla, Hb. Samml. Eur. Schin. IX. PI. VII. 35-36 

 (1816 ?) \ Amblyptilia cosmodactyla, Hb. Verz. bek. Schm. 430. 

 No. 4183 (1826) -, &c. [? Pterophorus acanthodactylus, Z. Handl. 

 Kongl. Svensk. Vet.-Ak. 1852, 117 3 .] Oxyptilus direptalis, Wkr. 

 Cat. Lp. Ins. B. M. XXX. 934 (1864) 4 . Amblyptilia cosmodactyla, 

 Stgr. & Wk. Cat. 342, No. 3131 (1S71) 5 . Ambliptilus cosmodactylus, 

 Wlsm. Pter. Cal. & Or. 23-5, PI. II. 2-4 (1SS0) G : Tr. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond. 1881, 277-8 (1881) 7 . Platyptilia cosmodactyla, Meyr. 

 Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890, 486 (1890) 8 . 



Hob. Europe 1 ' 2, 5,s [larva, Aquilegia vulgaris, Geranium pratense, 

 Salvia ylutinosa]. S.Africa — Transvaal 3 , Cape Colon v ', Natal, 



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