of the Pijralidina of the European fauna. 487 



satanas Mill. *frankenice, Z. 



adactyla, Hb. paralia, Z. (? = seq.) 



*manicata, Stgr. tamancis, Z. 



Heydenii, Z. Bennetii, Curt. 

 meridionalis, Z. 



76. Stenoptilia, H6. 

 Face with projecting tuft or conical hornj' prominence ; ocelli 

 distinct or concealed ; tongue developed. Antennae two-thirds, in 

 $ ciliated (f — 1). Labial palpi moderately long, porrected, second 

 joint with tolerably appressed or loose rough scales, sometimes 

 expanded towards apex, terminal joint moderate or short, tolerably 

 filiform. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Tibiae simple, outer spurs 

 almost equal inner. Fore wings bifid, cleft from about two-thirds; 

 vein 2 from two-thirds of cell, 3 from near angle, 5 and G short, 

 7 from near 8, 8 and 9 stalked, 10 from near 9, 11 tolerably remote. 

 Hind wings trifid, third segment without black scales in dorsal 

 cilia ; vein 2 from before middle of cell, 3 fi-om before angle, 5 and 

 6 very short, 7 and 8 divergent from beyond cleft. 



A nearly cosmopolitan genus of some size. 



miantodactyla, 7i. plagiodactyla, Stt. 



pelidnodactyla, Stein. *lutescens, H.-S. 



serotina, Z. graphodactyla, Tr. 



zojjhodactyla , Dup. pterodactyla, L. 



Hslandica, Stgr. paludicola, Wallgr. 



arida, Z. stigmatodactyla, Z. 



coprodactyla, Z. *AIannii, Z. 

 *Nolckeni, Tgstr. 



77. Alucita, L. 

 Face rounded, without tuft ; ocelli concealed or obsolete ; tongue 

 developed. Antennae two-thirds, in ^ ciliated (§ — 1). Labial 

 palpi moderate, ascending, loosely scaled or tolerably smooth, 

 terminal joint short, obtuse or pointed. MaxiEary palpi obsolete. 

 Tibiae simple, or thickened with scales on 6rigin of spurs and centre 

 of middle tibiae, outer spurs two-thirds to three-fourths of inner, or 

 almost equal. Fore wings bifid, cleft from about two-thirds ; 

 vein 2 from about four-fifths of cell, 3 and 4 from a point, 5 and 6 

 short, 7 from near 8, 9 absent, 10 approximated to 8 towards base, 

 11 from rather near 8. Hind wings trifid, third segment without 

 black scales in dorsal cilia ; vein 2 from about middle of cell, 

 3 absent, 5 and 6 very short, 7 and 8 divergent from beyond cleft. 



