﻿HISTORICAL 
  ACCOUNT 
  OF 
  THE 
  ALUCITIDES. 
  81 
  

  

  Pterophoridje, 
  Zell. 
  (Pterophorites 
  , 
  Latr., 
  Alucitidae, 
  Leach, 
  Stphs., 
  Westd. 
  

   Pterophorus, 
  Geoffr., 
  Fabr. 
  Phalenes-tipules, 
  Degeer. 
  Phalaena-Alucita, 
  

   Linn., 
  Syst. 
  Vindob.) 
  — 
  Alee 
  anteriores 
  fissas 
  vel 
  partitse 
  vel 
  integrse 
  fissura 
  

   indicata. 
  

  

  I. 
  Pterophorid;e 
  proprii.* 
  — 
  Alee 
  anteriores 
  bifidaa 
  vel 
  integrse 
  fissura 
  

   indicata. 
  

  

  Genus 
  1 
  : 
  Adactyla, 
  Zell. 
  (AgdistU, 
  Hub., 
  " 
  Cat." 
  Alucita 
  Earn. 
  A., 
  

  

  Tr.). 
  — 
  Alse 
  lanceolatas 
  integrse 
  anleriorum 
  fissura 
  indicata. 
  

   Genus 
  2 
  : 
  Pterophorus, 
  Geoffr., 
  Fabr., 
  Stphs. 
  (Phalaenae-Alucitae, 
  

   Linn. 
  Alucita, 
  Schrk., 
  Tr.). 
  — 
  Alse 
  anteriores 
  bifidse, 
  posteriores 
  

   subtripartitre. 
  

  

  Group 
  1 
  : 
  Platyptilus, 
  Zell. 
  (Platyptilia, 
  Hb., 
  " 
  Cat."). 
  

   Sect. 
  a. 
  — 
  P. 
  rhododactylus, 
  S.V. 
  

   Sect. 
  b. 
  — 
  P. 
  capnodactylus, 
  F. 
  v. 
  R. 
  in 
  litt. 
  

   Sect. 
  c. 
  — 
  P. 
  ochrodactylus, 
  Hb. 
  

  

  Sect. 
  d. 
  — 
  P. 
  zetterstedtii, 
  Zell. 
  [with 
  var. 
  gonodactyla, 
  S.V. 
  

   ( 
  = 
  tesseradactyla, 
  Tr., 
  megadactyla, 
  Hb.), 
  and 
  var. 
  

   7iemoralis, 
  Zell. 
  ( 
  = 
  meter 
  odacty 
  la, 
  Fehr, 
  in 
  litt.). 
  Not. 
  1. 
  

   Phal. 
  tessera 
  dacty 
  la, 
  Linn. 
  Not. 
  2. 
  Alucita 
  petr 
  adactyla, 
  

   ~Hb.],ftscheri, 
  Zell. 
  (hemidactyla, 
  Mus. 
  Schiff.), 
  metzneri, 
  

   Zell. 
  

   Sect. 
  e. 
  — 
  P. 
  acanthodactylus, 
  Hb., 
  Tr., 
  cosmodactyla, 
  Tr. 
  

   [with 
  var. 
  cosmodactyla, 
  Hb. 
  etvar. 
  spilodactyla, 
  Kaden.). 
  

   Not. 
  1. 
  Aluc. 
  ulodactyla, 
  Zett.] 
  . 
  

   Group 
  2 
  : 
  Oxyptilus, 
  Zell. 
  (Amblyptilia, 
  Hb.). 
  — 
  0. 
  tristis, 
  Zell., 
  

   pilosellae, 
  Zell., 
  obscurus, 
  Zell., 
  hieracii, 
  Zell. 
  [Not. 
  1. 
  

   Phal. 
  Alu. 
  didactyla, 
  Linn. 
  Not. 
  2. 
  Pteroph. 
  leucodactylus 
  y 
  

   F.] 
  , 
  trichodactylus, 
  Hb. 
  

   Group 
  3 
  : 
  Pterophorus, 
  Zell. 
  (Stenoptilia, 
  Hb.). 
  

  

  Sect. 
  a. 
  — 
  P. 
  ehrenbergianus, 
  Zell., 
  phaeodactylus, 
  Hb. 
  

  

  Sect. 
  b. 
  — 
  P. 
  miantodactylus 
  , 
  F. 
  v. 
  R., 
  in 
  litt. 
  

  

  Sect. 
  c. 
  — 
  P. 
  mictodactylus, 
  S.V., 
  Hb., 
  graphodactylus, 
  Tr., 
  

  

  fuscus, 
  Retz. 
  ( 
  ptilodactyla 
  , 
  Hb., 
  Tr.). 
  

   Sect. 
  d. 
  — 
  P. 
  lithodactylus 
  , 
  Tr., 
  septodactyla 
  , 
  Tr. 
  

   Sect. 
  e. 
  — 
  P. 
  pterodactylus, 
  Linn, 
  (fuscus, 
  Geoffr.). 
  

   Sect. 
  /. 
  — 
  P. 
  scarodactylus, 
  Hb. 
  (icarodactyla, 
  Tr.), 
  tephra- 
  

   dactylus, 
  Hb., 
  osteodactylus, 
  Zell. 
  (microdactyla 
  , 
  Zett.), 
  

   carphodactylus, 
  Hb., 
  Tr., 
  microdactylus, 
  Hb., 
  Tr. 
  

   Sect. 
  g. 
  — 
  P. 
  brachydactylus, 
  Koll., 
  Tr. 
  

   Group 
  4: 
  Aciptilus, 
  Zell. 
  (Aciptilia, 
  Hb.). 
  

  

  Sect. 
  a. 
  — 
  A. 
  galactodactylus, 
  Hb., 
  Tr. 
  [Not. 
  Pter. 
  albo- 
  

  

  dactylus, 
  Fab.] 
  . 
  

   Sect. 
  b. 
  — 
  A. 
  xanthodactylus 
  , 
  Tr. 
  

   Sect. 
  c. 
  — 
  A. 
  obsoletus, 
  Zell. 
  

  

  Sect. 
  d. 
  — 
  A. 
  xerodactylus, 
  Metz., 
  in 
  litt., 
  baliodacti/lus, 
  

   F. 
  v. 
  R., 
  in 
  litt., 
  tetradactylus, 
  Linn. 
  (Aluc. 
  leucodactyla 
  

   et 
  Acipt. 
  theiodactyla, 
  Hb., 
  Phal. 
  didactyla, 
  Scop.). 
  

   Sect. 
  e. 
  — 
  A. 
  ischnodactylus, 
  Tr. 
  

   Sect./. 
  — 
  A. 
  pentadactylus, 
  Linn., 
  Hb., 
  Tr. 
  

   Sect. 
  g. 
  — 
  A. 
  pallidum, 
  Zell. 
  

   II. 
  Alucitina. 
  — 
  Alas 
  singulas 
  sexpartit;i\ 
  

  

  Genus 
  1 
  : 
  Alucita, 
  Linn., 
  S.V., 
  Hb., 
  Stphs. 
  (Pterophorus 
  parte, 
  

   Geoff., 
  Fab. 
  Omeodes, 
  Latr., 
  Tr. 
  Euchiradia, 
  Hb.). 
  — 
  A. 
  gramma- 
  

   dactyla, 
  Zell. 
  (hexadactyla, 
  Hb., 
  figs. 
  10, 
  11?), 
  hexadactyla, 
  Linn., 
  

   Hb., 
  Tr., 
  polydactyla, 
  Hb., 
  Tr., 
  dodecadactyla, 
  Hb., 
  Tr. 
  [Not. 
  

   Aluc. 
  poecilodactyla, 
  Stphs.] 
  . 
  

  

  Iii 
  1845f, 
  Duponchel 
  maintained 
  (Cat. 
  Meth., 
  pp. 
  380 
  et 
  seq.) 
  the 
  

   old 
  grouping. 
  He 
  subdivides 
  his 
  Pterophorites 
  into 
  (1) 
  Pterophorides, 
  

   (2) 
  Omeodides. 
  In 
  the 
  first 
  section 
  only 
  two 
  genera 
  are 
  given 
  : 
  

  

  * 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  this 
  comprehensive 
  subdivision 
  Zeller 
  describes 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  

   this 
  group 
  in 
  detail 
  under 
  the 
  two 
  generic 
  names 
  — 
  Adactyla 
  (hiibneri) 
  and 
  

   Pterophorus 
  (all 
  the 
  other 
  species). 
  

  

  f 
  Wrongly 
  dated 
  1844, 
  published 
  1845. 
  — 
  L. 
  B. 
  Pkout. 
  

  

  