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BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



Family : micropterygid^e. 

 So little is known of this family that its sub-divisions, even 

 genetically, are not at all well-defined. Nothing whatever has been 

 recorded, of the early stages of either the American or New Zealand 

 species. The genus Epimartyria, Wlsm., is, so far as is at present known, 

 confined to the United States. The genera Mnesarchaea, Meyr., and 

 Palaeomicra, Meyr., have, until now, only been found in New Zealand. 

 The genus Micropteryx, Hb., is confined to the Palaearctic area. 

 Whether these genera belong to the same family or not, we are not in 

 a position to say. The following is a complete list of the known 

 species belonging to the superfamily Micropterygides. For this, we 

 are indebted to Lord Walsingham and Mr. J. H. Durrant. 



aruncella, Scop. 



Superfamily: Micropterygides. 



Family : MICROPTERYGID.E. 

 Subfamily: MICROPTERYGINsE. 

 Genus; P'Useomicra, Meyr. 



chalcophanes, Meyr. 



chrysargyra, Meyr. 



zonodoxa, Meyr. 



doroxena, Meyr. 

 Genus : Mnesarchaea, Meyr. 



paracosma, Meyr. 



loxoscia, Meyr. ; 



hemadelpha, Meyr. 

 Genus : Epimartyria, Wlsm. 



pardella, Wlsm. 



auricrinella, Wlsm. 

 Genus : Micropteryx, Hb. 



calthella, Linn. 



amasiella, Staud. 



auropulverella, Evers. 



? seppella, Fab. 

 ? eximiella, Zell. 

 ? atricapilla, Wk. 

 berytella, de Joann. 

 maschukella, Alph. 

 aglaella, Dup. 

 mansuetella, Zell. 

 algeriella, Eag. 

 myrtetella, Zell. 

 elegans, Sta. 

 imperfectella, Staud. 

 paykullella,, Fab. 

 rablensis, Zell. 

 ? rothenbachii, Frey 

 ammanella, Hb. 

 aureatella, Scop, 

 completella, Staud. 

 wockei, Staud. 

 thunbergella, Fab. 



Genus : micropteryx, Hb. 



Synonymy. — Genus: Micropterix (rect. Micropteryx), Hb., " Verz. bek. 

 Schmett.," 426 (1826) [including : (1) Mucidella, Hb. 435 (? Elachista). (2) Aruncella, 

 Scop. [= podevinella, Hb., 342 (Z.)]. (3) Calthella, L. [= pusilella, Hb., 341 

 (Zk.)J. Stephs., "111. Brit. Ent. Haust.," iv. (361), 423 (1835); Zell., "Linn. 

 Ent.," v., pp. 322 et seq. (1851) ; Frey, " Die Tineen," etc., p. 46 (in part) ; Sta., 

 "Man.," ii., pp. 302 et seq. (in part) ; Staud. and Wocke, " Cat.," (1871) p. 340, 

 in part; Snellen, " Vlinders," etc., p. 1065; Kirby, "Handbook," etc., v., 315. 

 Eriocephala, Curt., "Brit. Ent.," exp. PI. 751 (1839); Stainton, "Monograph, 

 Tr. Ent. Soc. Lon.," p. 27 (1850) ; Heinemann and Wocke, " Schmett. Deutsch.," 

 ii., p. 772 (1876) ; Chapman, " Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.," 1894, pp. 339 et. seq. ; 

 Meyr., "Handbook," etc., p. 805 (1895). 



Kirby specifies (Handbook, etc., v., 315) aureatella, Sc, as the type. This 

 species was not included by Hiibner in the genus. 



MICROPTERYX CALTHELLA, Linn. 



Synonymy. — Genus : Micropteryx, Hb. (Type, M. calthella). Species : 

 Calthella, Linn., " Fauna Suec," No. 1,432, p. 367 (1761) , " Sys. Nat.," xii., p. 895 

 (1767) ; Fab., " Sys. Ent.," 663, 47(1775) ; Schiff., " Sys. Verz.," 144 ; Schrank, " Fn. 

 Boica," ii., 2, 124; Haw., " Lep. Brit.," iv. (a ? and y <?), p. 573 ; Tr., "Eur. 

 Schmett.," ix., 2, 117 ; Dup., " Hist. Nat.," xi., p. 401, PI. 302, fig. 6; Stphs., 

 "111.," iv., 361 ; Curt., " Brit. Ent.," xvi., pi. 751 ; Wood, " Index Ent.," no. 1599 ; 

 Zell., "Isis" (1839) p. 185; "Linn. Ent.," v., p. 323 ; Zett., "Ins. Lapp.," p. 1008; 

 Evers., " Fauna Lep. Volg.-Ural.," 587, 2 ; Tgstr., " Bidr.," 115 ; Sta., " Tr. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond.," 1850, p. 28, PL hi., figs. 1-4 ;" Ins. Brit.," 42; H.-Sch., " Sys. Bear.," v., p. 

 391 ; Frey, " Die Tineen," etc., p. 48 ; Sta., " Man.," ii., p. 302 ; Stdgr. and Wocke, 

 " Cat.," p. 340 ; Heinemann and Wocke, " Schmett. Deutsch.," ii., p. 772 ; Herklots, 

 " Bouwstoffen Fauna Ned.," etc., hi., p. 216, no. 35 ; Snellen, " Vlinders," etc., ii., p. 

 1065 ; Meyrick, " Handbook," etc., p. 806 : Tutt, " Brit. Moths," p. 356. Sulcatella, 



