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  BRITISH 
  LEPIDOPTERA. 
  

  

  described 
  by 
  Fabricius, 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  a 
  worn 
  Platyptiliid 
  (? 
  nemoralis) 
  

   to 
  the 
  series 
  in 
  Schifferrnuller's 
  collection 
  accounting 
  for 
  the 
  " 
  pedes 
  

   albo, 
  fusco 
  maculati," 
  in 
  his 
  otherwise 
  good 
  description, 
  and 
  the 
  

   removal 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  specimen 
  (as 
  also 
  that 
  of 
  ijentadacti)la), 
  and 
  the 
  

   addition 
  of 
  Platyptilias 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  some 
  years 
  afterwards, 
  

   accounting 
  for 
  Hiibner's 
  figure 
  and 
  Charpentier's 
  remark 
  of 
  satis- 
  

   faction 
  thereon. 
  

  

  We 
  now 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  paper 
  written 
  on 
  the 
  

   classification 
  of 
  the 
  plumes 
  to 
  date. 
  Hiibner, 
  in 
  1825, 
  offers 
  (Verze- 
  

   ichniss, 
  pp. 
  428 
  et 
  seq.) 
  the 
  following 
  detailed 
  grouping 
  of 
  the 
  

   Alucitids 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Phalanx 
  IX. 
  Aiajcit^. 
  — 
  Becognisable 
  by 
  their 
  feather-like 
  wings, 
  long 
  legs, 
  

   and 
  slender 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Tribus 
  I. 
  Integra. 
  — 
  The 
  wings 
  entire, 
  moderately 
  broad 
  and 
  long, 
  the 
  

   legs 
  delicate, 
  the 
  abdomen 
  long. 
  

  

  Stirps 
  I. 
  Panpterotes. 
  — 
  The 
  wings 
  lance- 
  shaped, 
  scarcely 
  obtuse. 
  

   Fara. 
  A. 
  Obnubil^e. 
  — 
  The 
  wings 
  shaded 
  with 
  grey. 
  

  

  Coitus 
  1. 
  Aomstes. 
  — 
  The 
  wings 
  marked 
  with 
  united 
  dark 
  

   spots 
  — 
  Agdistis 
  adactyla, 
  Hb., 
  Alu., 
  32-34. 
  

   Tribus 
  II. 
  Trifid^. 
  — 
  The 
  forewings 
  once, 
  and 
  the 
  hindwings 
  twice, 
  

   cleft. 
  

  

  Stirps 
  I. 
  Pterophor^e. 
  — 
  The 
  wings 
  feather-like, 
  the 
  forewings 
  more 
  

   variegated 
  than 
  the 
  hindwings. 
  

  

  Fam. 
  A. 
  Obtus^e. 
  — 
  The 
  forewings 
  rather 
  broad 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   almost 
  beak-like, 
  hindwings 
  not 
  uniform. 
  

  

  Coitus 
  1. 
  Platyptili^e. 
  — 
  The 
  forewings 
  posteriorly 
  broad 
  

   and 
  obtuse 
  — 
  Platyptilia 
  calodactyla 
  et 
  megadactyla, 
  

   Schiff., 
  Verz., 
  Alu. 
  A, 
  4. 
  8 
  ; 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  7, 
  6. 
  P. 
  petra- 
  

   dactyla, 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  37, 
  38. 
  P. 
  ochrodactyla, 
  Hiibn., 
  

   Alu., 
  12, 
  13. 
  P. 
  rhododactijla, 
  Schiff., 
  Verz'., 
  Alu. 
  A, 
  5 
  ; 
  

   Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  8. 
  

   Coitus 
  2. 
  Amblyptili^e. 
  — 
  The 
  forewings 
  almost 
  gaily 
  

   chequered 
  and 
  brightly 
  marked 
  — 
  Amplyptilia* 
  acantho- 
  

   dactyla, 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  23, 
  24. 
  A. 
  cosmodactyla, 
  Hiibn., 
  

   Alu., 
  35, 
  36. 
  A. 
  trichodactyla, 
  didactyla 
  et 
  chrysodacti/la, 
  

   Schiff., 
  Verz., 
  Alu. 
  A, 
  3, 
  2, 
  11 
  ; 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  9, 
  18. 
  ' 
  A. 
  

   phaeodactyla, 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  14, 
  15. 
  

   Fam. 
  B. 
  Cuspldes. 
  — 
  The 
  forewings 
  almost 
  curved 
  and 
  pointed, 
  

   cleft 
  nearly 
  half-way. 
  

  

  Coitus 
  1. 
  Stenoptili^e 
  . 
  — 
  The 
  forewings 
  narrow, 
  speckled 
  

  

  with 
  scattered 
  black 
  spots 
  — 
  Stenoptilia 
  mictodactyla, 
  

  

  Schiff., 
  Verz., 
  Alu. 
  A, 
  3; 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  3. 
  S. 
  piilo- 
  

  

  dactyla, 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  16, 
  25. 
  S. 
  pterodactyla, 
  Linn., 
  

  

  Si/st., 
  Phal., 
  458 
  ; 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  4. 
  S. 
  scarodactyla, 
  

  

  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  21, 
  22. 
  S. 
  tephradact 
  ila, 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  17. 
  

  

  S. 
  carphodactyla, 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  19, 
  20. 
  S. 
  microdactyla, 
  

  

  Schiff., 
  Verz., 
  Alu. 
  A, 
  12 
  ; 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  26, 
  27. 
  

  

  Coitus 
  2. 
  Aciptllee. 
  — 
  The 
  plumes 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  somewhat 
  

  

  pointed, 
  almost 
  without 
  markings 
  — 
  Aciptilia 
  galacto- 
  

  

  dactyla, 
  Schiff., 
  Verz., 
  Alu. 
  14 
  ; 
  Hiibn., 
  Tin., 
  2. 
  A. 
  

  

  pentadactyla 
  , 
  Linn., 
  Syst., 
  Phal., 
  459 
  ; 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  1. 
  

  

  A. 
  theiodactyla 
  (leucodactyla), 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  5. 
  

  

  Tribus 
  III. 
  MultifiDvE. 
  — 
  Both 
  fore- 
  and 
  hindwings 
  divided 
  into 
  six 
  

  

  plumules. 
  

  

  Stirps 
  I. 
  Bhipidophorte. 
  — 
  All 
  the 
  wings 
  fanshaped, 
  each 
  six- 
  

   plumed. 
  

  

  Fam. 
  A. 
  Variegate.— 
  The 
  wings 
  with 
  partly 
  chequered 
  plumes, 
  

   and 
  marked 
  with 
  terminal 
  spots. 
  

  

  Coitus 
  1. 
  Euchiradi,e. 
  — 
  The 
  plumules 
  banded 
  with 
  

   brownish-grey 
  and 
  blackish-brown, 
  the 
  terminal 
  spots 
  

  

  * 
  This 
  by 
  a 
  lapsus 
  calami 
  is 
  spelt 
  Amplyptilia. 
  

  

  