﻿X. 
  SYNOPSIS 
  OF 
  CONTENTS. 
  

  

  man, 
  112 
  ; 
  Importance 
  of 
  imaginal 
  characters 
  ; 
  ' 
  Divided 
  ' 
  and 
  ' 
  undivided 
  ' 
  wings, 
  

   113 
  ; 
  Position 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Heptaloba 
  ; 
  The 
  wing 
  evolution 
  in 
  the 
  Palgearctie 
  

   plumes, 
  114 
  ; 
  Evolution 
  of 
  the 
  hindwings 
  of 
  plumes, 
  115 
  ; 
  Importance 
  of 
  the 
  

   frenulum 
  in 
  Alucitid 
  imagines, 
  116 
  ; 
  The 
  single 
  -spina 
  group, 
  117 
  ; 
  The 
  double- 
  

   spina 
  group 
  ; 
  Structure 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  ; 
  The 
  imaginal 
  neuration, 
  118; 
  Characters 
  

   of 
  the 
  legs, 
  particularly 
  the 
  spurs 
  ; 
  Fernald's 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  Alucitid 
  characters, 
  

   119 
  ; 
  Interesting 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  Alucitids, 
  hybernation, 
  feeding, 
  resting, 
  etc., 
  121. 
  

   3. 
  The 
  Phylogeny 
  of 
  the 
  Alucitides. 
  — 
  Indeterminate 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  

   Alucitides, 
  121; 
  Allies 
  of 
  the 
  Alucitides 
  ; 
  Discussed 
  by 
  Chapman, 
  122; 
  Discussed 
  

   by 
  Meyrick, 
  123 
  ; 
  Discussed 
  by 
  Hampson 
  ; 
  Discussed 
  by 
  Bodine 
  ; 
  Imaginal 
  characters 
  

   unsatisfactory, 
  124 
  ; 
  Larval 
  structure 
  quite 
  as 
  unsatisfactory, 
  125 
  ; 
  Pupal 
  and 
  oval 
  

   characters 
  more 
  satisfactory; 
  Evolution 
  within 
  the 
  group; 
  Agdistides 
  ; 
  Alucitides, 
  

   126 
  ; 
  Alucitides 
  = 
  Platyptiliidae 
  -f 
  Alucitidae 
  ; 
  Main 
  characters 
  of 
  these 
  groups, 
  127. 
  

  

  Agdistides. 
  

  

  AGDisTiDiE, 
  127. 
  Chief 
  characters 
  for 
  separation 
  of 
  group, 
  127; 
  Hiibner's 
  

   opinion 
  ; 
  Analytical 
  summary 
  of 
  genera 
  and 
  species, 
  128 
  ; 
  Adactylus 
  bennetii 
  and 
  

   Herbertia 
  tamaricis 
  compared 
  ; 
  Protective 
  resemblance 
  in 
  larva, 
  129 
  ; 
  Agdistid 
  

   larvee 
  in 
  Walsingham 
  coll. 
  ; 
  Adactylus 
  bennettii, 
  A. 
  staticis, 
  130 
  ; 
  Larva 
  from 
  

   Chiclana 
  ; 
  Ernestia 
  lerensis 
  larva; 
  Agdistis 
  frankeniae 
  larva, 
  131; 
  A. 
  heydenii 
  

   larva; 
  Herbertia 
  tamaricis 
  larva 
  ; 
  Agdistis 
  adactyla 
  larva, 
  132; 
  A. 
  satanas 
  larva, 
  

   particularly 
  the 
  seta?, 
  133 
  ; 
  Characters 
  of 
  Agdistid 
  pupa 
  ; 
  Meyrick's 
  diagnosis 
  of 
  

   Agdistid 
  imago 
  ; 
  Hofmann's 
  additional 
  diagnosis, 
  134 
  ; 
  Hofmann's 
  tabulation 
  of 
  

   Agdistid 
  species, 
  135. 
  

  

  Genus 
  : 
  Adactylus, 
  135. 
  Synonymy 
  ; 
  Diagnosis 
  by 
  Curtis, 
  135 
  ; 
  General 
  

   characters 
  of 
  ovum, 
  larva, 
  and 
  imago, 
  136. 
  

  

  Adactylus 
  bennetii, 
  136. 
  Synonymy 
  ; 
  Original 
  description 
  ; 
  Imago, 
  136 
  ; 
  

   Variation; 
  var. 
  portlandica 
  ; 
  Egglaying; 
  Ovum, 
  137; 
  Habits 
  of 
  larva, 
  138; 
  

   Description 
  of 
  larva, 
  140; 
  Pupation; 
  Description 
  of 
  pupa, 
  146; 
  Variation 
  of 
  Pupa, 
  

   149 
  ; 
  Foodplants 
  ; 
  Time 
  of 
  appearance, 
  150 
  ; 
  Habits 
  ; 
  Habitat, 
  151 
  ; 
  British 
  

   localities 
  ; 
  Distribution, 
  152. 
  

  

  Alucitides. 
  

  

  Comparison 
  of 
  the 
  Platyptiliidae 
  and 
  Alucitidae, 
  152. 
  General 
  characters 
  

   of 
  the 
  Palaaarctic 
  species 
  ; 
  Egg 
  ; 
  Larva 
  ; 
  Pupa, 
  152 
  ; 
  Imagines, 
  153. 
  Family 
  : 
  

   Platyptiliidae, 
  153. 
  General 
  characters, 
  153 
  ; 
  Ovum 
  ; 
  Larva 
  ; 
  Pupa, 
  154 
  ; 
  

   Imago; 
  Hybernation, 
  155. 
  Subfamily: 
  Platyptiliin.e. 
  Tribe: 
  Platyptiliidi, 
  

   156. 
  Tribal 
  characters 
  ; 
  Specialisation 
  ; 
  Larval 
  peculiarities, 
  156 
  ; 
  Internal 
  feeding 
  ; 
  

   Cocoon 
  making 
  ; 
  Pupal 
  specialisation 
  ; 
  Peculiarity 
  of 
  wing 
  form, 
  157 
  ; 
  Diagnosis 
  

   by 
  Wallengren 
  ; 
  Diagnosis 
  by 
  Hofmann, 
  158 
  ; 
  Besting 
  habit 
  ; 
  Hofmann's 
  

   diagnosis 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  159 
  ; 
  Natural 
  subdivisions, 
  160. 
  

  

  Genus 
  : 
  Fredericina, 
  160. 
  Synonymy, 
  160 
  ; 
  Criticism 
  of 
  Synonymy, 
  161. 
  

  

  Fredericina 
  calodactyla, 
  161. 
  Synonymy, 
  161 
  ; 
  Original 
  description 
  ; 
  

   Description 
  of 
  Imago, 
  162 
  ; 
  Variation 
  ; 
  Diagnoses 
  of 
  forms, 
  163 
  ; 
  var. 
  zetterstedtii 
  ; 
  

   var. 
  petradactyla, 
  164; 
  var. 
  taeniadactylus 
  ; 
  var. 
  doronicella, 
  165 
  ; 
  Comparison 
  

   of 
  F. 
  calodactyla 
  and 
  F. 
  nemoralis 
  ; 
  of 
  F. 
  calodactyla 
  and 
  Platyptilia 
  gonodactyla, 
  

   166; 
  Egglaying; 
  Ovum; 
  Habits 
  of 
  larva, 
  167; 
  Larva, 
  168; 
  Foodplant 
  ; 
  Puparium 
  ; 
  

   Pupa, 
  170 
  ; 
  Time 
  oH 
  appearance, 
  172 
  ; 
  Habits, 
  173 
  ; 
  Habitat 
  ; 
  British 
  localities 
  ; 
  

   Distribution, 
  174. 
  

  

  Fredericina 
  tesseradactyla, 
  175. 
  Synonymy, 
  175 
  ; 
  Original 
  description 
  ; 
  

   Imago, 
  17G 
  ; 
  Variation 
  ; 
  var. 
  hibernica 
  ; 
  Comparison 
  of 
  F. 
  tesseradactyla 
  with 
  its 
  

   allies, 
  177 
  ; 
  Ovum 
  ; 
  Habits 
  of 
  larva 
  ; 
  Larva, 
  178 
  ; 
  Foodplants 
  ; 
  Puparium 
  ; 
  Pupa 
  ; 
  

   Time 
  of 
  appearance, 
  179; 
  Habits, 
  180; 
  Habitat; 
  British 
  localities 
  ; 
  Distribu- 
  

   tion, 
  181. 
  

  

  Genus 
  : 
  Platyptilia, 
  182. 
  Synonymy 
  ; 
  Criticism 
  of 
  ditto, 
  182 
  ; 
  Diagnosis 
  of 
  

   restricted 
  genus 
  (imago, 
  pupa, 
  and 
  larva), 
  183. 
  

  

  Platyptilia 
  isodactylus, 
  182. 
  Synonymy, 
  183; 
  Original 
  description; 
  

   Criticism 
  and 
  amplification 
  of 
  ditto, 
  184 
  ; 
  Imago 
  ; 
  Sexual 
  dimorphism 
  ; 
  Variation 
  ; 
  

   var. 
  aestiva; 
  List 
  of 
  forms, 
  186 
  ; 
  Egglaying; 
  Ovum; 
  Habits 
  of 
  larva, 
  187 
  ; 
  Larva, 
  

   190; 
  Seasonal 
  variation 
  of 
  larva, 
  192 
  ; 
  Foodplants; 
  Puparium, 
  193 
  ; 
  Pupa, 
  194; 
  

   Colour 
  variation 
  and 
  markings 
  of 
  pupa, 
  197 
  ; 
  Time 
  of 
  appearance, 
  198 
  ; 
  Habits 
  ; 
  

   Habitat, 
  199 
  ; 
  British 
  localities, 
  200 
  ; 
  Distribution, 
  201. 
  

  

  Platyptilia 
  gonodactyla, 
  201. 
  Synonymy; 
  Original 
  description, 
  201; 
  Imago; 
  

   Variation, 
  202; 
  List 
  of 
  forms; 
  Egglaying, 
  203; 
  Ovum; 
  Habits 
  of 
  Larva, 
  204; 
  Larva, 
  

   208; 
  Variation 
  of 
  larva 
  ; 
  Foodplants, 
  211 
  ; 
  Puparium. 
  212 
  ; 
  Pupa, 
  213 
  ; 
  Variation 
  

   of 
  pupa 
  ; 
  Time 
  of 
  appearance, 
  214 
  ; 
  Habits, 
  216 
  ; 
  Habitat, 
  217 
  ; 
  British 
  localities, 
  

  

  