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  BRITISH 
  LEPIDOPTERA. 
  

  

  b. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  narrow, 
  falcate 
  and 
  varied 
  — 
  Amblypt'dia 
  tessara- 
  

  

  clactylus, 
  yunctidactylus, 
  cosmodactylus, 
  didactylus, 
  hetero- 
  

  

  dactylus, 
  microdactylies 
  (=parvidactylus). 
  

  

  Stephens, 
  however, 
  in 
  his 
  Appendix 
  to 
  this 
  volume, 
  applies, 
  in 
  detail, 
  

  

  the 
  Hiibnerian 
  classification 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  species, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  illustrate 
  

  

  (p. 
  403) 
  the 
  propriety 
  of 
  establishing 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  genera, 
  and 
  

  

  then 
  gives 
  (p. 
  424) 
  the 
  following 
  list 
  : 
  

  

  Phal. 
  IX. 
  ALucrTiE. 
  

  

  Tribus 
  1. 
  Integer. 
  

   Stirps 
  i. 
  Panpterotes. 
  

   Fam. 
  A. 
  Obnubil,e. 
  

   Agdistes 
  

   bennetii 
  

   Tkibus 
  2. 
  Trifid.e. 
  

   Stirps 
  i. 
  Pterophor.e. 
  

   Fam. 
  A. 
  Obtus.e. 
  

  

  Platyptilia 
  

  

  cosmodactyla 
  

   trichodactyla 
  

   phaeodactyla 
  

   Fam. 
  B. 
  Cuspides 
  

  

  Stenoptilia 
  

   ptilodactyla 
  

   pterodactyla 
  

   tephrodactyla 
  

   carphodactyla 
  

   calodactyla 
  Aciptilia 
  

  

  tetradactyla 
  galactodactyla 
  

  

  rhododactyla 
  pentadactyla 
  

  

  Amblyptilia 
  theirodactyla 
  

  

  acanthodactyla 
  

  

  In 
  1838, 
  Duponchel 
  fell 
  as 
  far 
  behind 
  as 
  ever, 
  diagnosing 
  (Hist. 
  

   Nat., 
  xi., 
  pp. 
  631 
  et 
  seq.) 
  the 
  group 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Pterophorites, 
  which 
  

   he 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  genera 
  — 
  (1) 
  Pterophorus 
  — 
  P. 
  pentadactylus. 
  (2) 
  

   Orneodes 
  — 
  0. 
  hexadactylus 
  — 
  remarking 
  that 
  these 
  differed 
  entirely 
  in 
  

   their 
  manner 
  of 
  life 
  and 
  transformations. 
  He 
  then 
  divides 
  his 
  genus 
  

   Pterophorus 
  (i.e., 
  the 
  whole 
  superfamily 
  Alucitides) 
  into 
  the 
  following 
  

   groups 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  Les 
  quatre 
  ailes 
  entieres 
  ou 
  non 
  divisees 
  — 
  adactyla. 
  

  

  2. 
  Ailes 
  anterieures 
  larges, 
  falciformis, 
  brievement, 
  fendues 
  en 
  deux 
  et 
  recouv- 
  

   rant 
  les 
  ailes 
  posterieures 
  au 
  repos. 
  Celles-ci 
  divisees 
  en 
  trois 
  parties 
  qui 
  

   ressemblent 
  plus 
  oumoins 
  ades 
  plumes 
  — 
  ochrodactylus, 
  calodactylus, 
  cosmodactylus, 
  

   rhododactylus, 
  tesseradactylus, 
  graphodactylus, 
  acanthodactylus 
  , 
  pterodactylus. 
  

  

  3. 
  Ailes 
  anterieures 
  etroites, 
  plus 
  profondement 
  bifides 
  que 
  les 
  precedentes, 
  

   courbees 
  en 
  crosse, 
  et 
  ne 
  recouvrant 
  pas 
  les 
  posterieures 
  au 
  repos; 
  les 
  trois 
  divisions 
  

   de 
  celles-ci 
  en 
  forme 
  de 
  plumes 
  — 
  didactylus, 
  brachydactylus, 
  phaeodactylus, 
  micto- 
  

   dactylus, 
  pterodactylus, 
  ptilodactylus, 
  lithodactylus, 
  septodactylus, 
  tephradactylus, 
  

   icarodactylus, 
  microdactylus, 
  carphodactylus, 
  aetodactylus, 
  lithoxylodactylus 
  , 
  

   zophodactylus. 
  

  

  4. 
  Ailes 
  anterieures 
  composees 
  de 
  deux 
  plumes 
  et 
  les 
  posterieures 
  de 
  trois 
  ; 
  

   tout 
  les 
  cinq 
  bien 
  distinctes 
  au 
  repos 
  — 
  pentadactylus, 
  galactodactylus, 
  spilodactylus, 
  

   xanthodactylus, 
  tetradactylus, 
  ischnodactylus. 
  

  

  He 
  observes 
  that 
  three 
  species 
  — 
  amaurodactylus, 
  capnodactylus, 
  and 
  

   miantodactylits 
  — 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Fischer 
  von 
  Eoeslerstamm 
  are 
  unplaced, 
  

   because 
  unknown 
  to 
  him. 
  

  

  In 
  1840, 
  Westwood, 
  apparently 
  ignorant 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  his 
  imme- 
  

   diate 
  predecessors, 
  gives 
  (Introd. 
  Mod. 
  Class. 
  Insects, 
  ii., 
  p. 
  115) 
  the 
  

   following 
  grouping, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Alitcitidae, 
  Leach 
  (Pterophorites, 
  

   Latreille) 
  : 
  

  

  Agdistes, 
  Hb. 
  (Adactylus, 
  Curt.). 
  — 
  Wings 
  entire 
  — 
  A. 
  bennettii, 
  Curt. 
  

  

  Pterophorus, 
  Geoff. 
  (Alucita, 
  Schr.). 
  — 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  2-, 
  posterior 
  3-lobed 
  — 
  

   P. 
  A. 
  pentadactyla, 
  Linn. 
  27 
  sp. 
  

  

  Alucita, 
  Scop. 
  (Orneodes, 
  Latr.). 
  — 
  All 
  the 
  wings 
  6-lobed 
  — 
  P. 
  A. 
  hexadactyla, 
  

   L., 
  3 
  sp. 
  

  

  In 
  1841, 
  Zeller 
  gave 
  (Ms, 
  1841, 
  pp. 
  875-888) 
  what 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  

   an 
  excellent 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  literature 
  of 
  the 
  subject 
  to 
  date, 
  preceded 
  

   (op. 
  cit., 
  pp. 
  756 
  etseq.) 
  by 
  a 
  detailed 
  classification 
  of 
  the 
  superfamily 
  

   under 
  the 
  name 
  Pterophoridae. 
  His 
  grouping 
  worked 
  out 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  