﻿HISTORICAL 
  ACCOUNT 
  OF 
  THE 
  ALUCITIDES. 
  89 
  

  

  4. 
  Forewings 
  with 
  vein 
  10 
  rising 
  out 
  of 
  8 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Oxyptilus. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  separate 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  Platyptilia. 
  

  

  5. 
  For 
  wings 
  with 
  all 
  veins 
  present 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Stenoptilia. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  veins 
  absent 
  .. 
  ..6 
  

  

  6. 
  Forewings 
  with 
  vein 
  10 
  separate 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  7 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  out 
  of 
  8 
  or 
  absent 
  .. 
  ..8 
  

  

  7. 
  Forewings 
  with 
  vein 
  7 
  out 
  of 
  8 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Gypsochares. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  separate 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  Alucita. 
  

  

  8. 
  Forewings 
  with 
  veins 
  3 
  and 
  7 
  absent 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Pterophorus. 
  

  

  , 
  , 
  , 
  , 
  , 
  , 
  , 
  , 
  , 
  , 
  present 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  9 
  

  

  9. 
  Forewings 
  with 
  vein 
  11 
  out 
  of 
  8 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Crasimetis. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  separate 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  Marasmarcha. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  genera 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Trichoptilus 
  — 
  T. 
  siceliota, 
  ZelL, 
  paludum, 
  Zell. 
  

  

  Oxyptilus 
  — 
  0. 
  laetus, 
  Zell., 
  distans, 
  ZelL, 
  tristis, 
  ZelL, 
  kollari, 
  Sta., 
  pilosellae, 
  

   ZelL, 
  hofmannseggii, 
  Mftseh., 
  parvidactylus, 
  Haw., 
  bohemanni, 
  Wallgrn., 
  

   marginellus, 
  ZelL, 
  ericetorum, 
  ZelL, 
  maculalus, 
  Const., 
  hieracii, 
  ZelL, 
  

   teucrii, 
  Greening, 
  didactylus, 
  L. 
  

  

  Platyptilia 
  — 
  P. 
  cosmodactyla, 
  Hb., 
  acanthodactyla, 
  Hb., 
  tesseradactyla, 
  L., 
  

   Jarfarella, 
  ZelL, 
  gonodactyla, 
  Schiff., 
  metzneri, 
  ZelL, 
  zetterstedtii, 
  ZelL, 
  

   similidactyla, 
  Dale, 
  nemoralis, 
  ZelL, 
  isodactyla, 
  ZelL, 
  bertrami, 
  Rossi., 
  

   ochrodactyla, 
  Hb., 
  capnodactyla, 
  ZelL, 
  rhododactyla, 
  F. 
  

  

  Agdistis 
  — 
  A. 
  satanas, 
  Mill., 
  adactyla, 
  Hb., 
  manicata, 
  Staud., 
  heydenii, 
  ZelL, 
  

   meridionalis, 
  ZelL, 
  frankeniae, 
  ZelL, 
  paralia, 
  ZelL, 
  tamaricis, 
  ZelL, 
  

   bennetii, 
  Curt. 
  

  

  Stenoptilia 
  — 
  S. 
  miantodactyla, 
  ZelL, 
  pelidnodactyla, 
  Stein, 
  serotina, 
  ZelL, 
  

   zophodactyla, 
  Dup., 
  islandica, 
  Staud., 
  arida, 
  ZelL, 
  coprodactyla, 
  ZelL, 
  

   nolckeni, 
  Tgstr., 
  plagiodactyla, 
  Sta., 
  lutescens, 
  H.-S., 
  graphodactyla, 
  

   Tr., 
  pterodactyla, 
  L., 
  paludicola, 
  Wallgrn., 
  stigmatodactyla, 
  ZelL, 
  mannii, 
  

   Zell. 
  

  

  Alucita 
  — 
  A. 
  lithodactyla, 
  Tr., 
  gigantea, 
  Mn., 
  rogenhoferi, 
  Mn., 
  constanti, 
  Rag., 
  

   monodactyla, 
  L., 
  scarodactyla, 
  Hb., 
  lienigianus, 
  ZelL, 
  tephr 
  adactyla, 
  

   Hb., 
  distincta, 
  H.-S., 
  inulae, 
  ZelL, 
  carphodactyla, 
  Hb., 
  coniodactyla, 
  

   Staud., 
  pectodactyla, 
  Staud., 
  osteodactyla, 
  Zell. 
  

  

  Marasmarcha 
  — 
  M. 
  ehrenbergiana, 
  ZelL, 
  agrorum, 
  H.-S., 
  rhypodactyla, 
  Staud., 
  

   trimmatodactyla, 
  Christ., 
  phaeodactyla, 
  Hb., 
  cinnamomea, 
  Staud., 
  micro- 
  

   dactyla, 
  Hb. 
  

  

  Gypsochares 
  — 
  G. 
  baptodactyla, 
  Zell. 
  

  

  Crasimetis 
  — 
  C. 
  brachydactyla, 
  Tr., 
  amurensis, 
  Christ. 
  

  

  Pterophorus 
  — 
  P. 
  caspius, 
  Ld., 
  volgensis, 
  MoschL, 
  spilodactylus, 
  Curt., 
  galacto- 
  

   dactylus, 
  Hb., 
  subalternans 
  , 
  Ld., 
  phlomidis, 
  Staud., 
  pentadactylus, 
  Linn., 
  

   confusus, 
  H.-S., 
  punctinervis, 
  Const., 
  xanthodactylus, 
  Tr., 
  xerodactylus, 
  

   ZelL, 
  decipiens, 
  Ld., 
  baliodactylus, 
  ZelL, 
  calcarius, 
  Ld., 
  parthicus, 
  Ld., 
  

   semiodactylus, 
  Mn., 
  viarptys, 
  Christ., 
  tetradactylus, 
  L., 
  malacodactylus, 
  

   ZelL, 
  chordodactylus, 
  Staud., 
  icterodactylus, 
  Mn., 
  ischnodactylus, 
  Tr., 
  

   desertorum, 
  ZelL, 
  olbiadactylus, 
  Mill., 
  nephelodactylus, 
  Ev. 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  1895 
  grouping 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  species 
  (Handbook, 
  pp. 
  430 
  et 
  

   stf#.) 
  he 
  gives 
  a 
  very 
  similar 
  tabulation 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  into 
  which 
  he 
  

   divides 
  the 
  group 
  termed 
  by 
  him 
  Pterophoridae. 
  This 
  reads 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  Wings 
  entire 
  9 
  Agdistis. 
  

  

  ,, 
  fissured 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  2 
  

  

  2. 
  Hindwings 
  with 
  black 
  scale-tooth 
  in 
  dorsal 
  cilia 
  . 
  . 
  3 
  

  

  ,, 
  without 
  black 
  scale-tooth 
  .. 
  .. 
  5 
  

  

  3. 
  Forewings 
  with 
  7 
  and 
  9 
  absent 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  1 
  Trichoptilus. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  present 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  4 
  

  

  4. 
  Forewings 
  with 
  10 
  out 
  of 
  8 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  2 
  Oxyptilus. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  10 
  separate 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  ..3 
  Platyptilia. 
  

  

  5. 
  Forewings 
  with 
  all 
  veins 
  present 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  8 
  Stenoptilia. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  veins 
  absent 
  .. 
  .. 
  (> 
  

  

  6. 
  Forewings 
  with 
  10 
  separate 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  7 
  Alucita. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  10 
  out 
  of 
  8 
  or 
  absent 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  7 
  

  

  7. 
  Forewings 
  with 
  3 
  and 
  7 
  absent 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  4 
  Pterophorus. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  present 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  S 
  

  

  