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PLATYPTILIA COSMODACTYLA . 



Alucila Cosmodactyla Hub., Aluc , Plate VII., figs. 35, 36 (1825). 

 Amblyptilus cosmodactylus Wlsm., Pter. Cal. and Ore., p. 23, 

 Plate II., figs. 2-4 (1880). 



Expanse of wings, 18-21 mm. Head, thorax and fore wings 

 pale gray, finely striated with black ; a triangular black spot on 

 the outer third of the costa, followed by a small white costal spot, 

 which is in turn followed by a broad black band edged on the 

 outside with white, which crosses the lobes diagonally. On the 

 second lobe the white cuts a dark basal portion twice at equal 

 distances ; costa of the wing dark gray with a series of white 

 dots. Fringes blackish basally, white externally. Hind wings 

 dark grayish brown, with a large cluster of black scales beyond 

 the middle of the fringe of the third feather, and a small black 

 cluster on the apex. 



Habitat. Europe, California, Oregon. Food, Stachys, Aquile- 

 gia, Geranium, Orthocarpus. " Larva, from pale green to purplish 

 pink ; dorsal line dark gray ; subdorsal white, conspicuous ; lateral 

 and spiracular whitish, interrupted ; head dark reddish fuscous, 

 almost black." (Meyrick.) 



PLATYPTILIA ACANTHODACTYLA. 

 Alucita Acanthodactyla Hub., Aluc., Plate V., figs. 23, 24 (1825). 



Expanse of wings, 18-21 mm. Head, thorax and fore wings 

 reddish fuscous, marked very similarly to cosmodactyla, but may 

 be separated by the ground color of the fore wings. 



Habitat. Europe, South Africa, New York. Food, Stachys, 

 Mentha, Ononis, Calamintha, Pelargonium and Euphrasia. 



I have a single specimen of this species, taken at West Farms, 

 N. Y., by Mr. James Angus. 



" Larva from pale green to deep purple ; dorsal line dark gray ; 

 subdorsal, lateral, and sometimes spiracular whitish, interrupted ; 

 head yellow gray or yellowish brown, blackish-marked." (Mey- 

 rick. ) 



PLATYPTILIA EDWARDSII. 

 Platyptilus Edwardsii Fish, Can. Ent, Vol. XIII., p. 72 (1881). 



Expanse of wings, 22-27 mm. Head and thorax ochreous 

 brown; frontal tuft short and blunt, brown above, whitish be- 

 neath. Palpi ascending, extending beyond the frontal tuft ; an- 



