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WILLIAM T. M. FORBES 



wing with Sc and R closely parallel to beyond the end of the cell, 

 then diverging and supporting the first feather; M x and M 2 as in 

 the fore wing, M a and Cu t supporting the second feather, Cu 2 closely 

 parallel to Cu x but much shorter, often fading out, the two veins 

 marked by a groove on the under side of the wing and bearing a 

 double series of dark spatulate scales, which is the surest character- 

 istic of the family. One or two developed anals, supporting the 

 last feather, which often bears tufts of dark-colored scales in the 

 fringe. 



FIGS. 400-408. PTEBOPHORID.E AND OBNEODID^E 



400, Pterophorus elliottii, venation; 401, Alucita pentadactyla (Europe), vena- 

 tion; 402, Platyptilia cosmodactyla, venation; 403, Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla, 

 (Europe), venation; 404, Agdistis statices (Europe), venation; 405, Platyptilia 

 rhododactyla, seta map of larva ; 406, Pterophorus lienigianus ( Europe ) , seta map 

 of a middle segment of abdomen; 407, Oxyptilus hieracii (Europe), seta map of a 

 middle segment of abdomen; 408, seta map of larva of Orneodes hexadactyla 



