﻿HISTORICAL 
  ACCOUNT 
  OF 
  THE 
  ALUCITIDES. 
  93 
  

  

  the 
  American 
  genus 
  Trichoptilus, 
  the 
  lumping 
  of 
  Oidaematophorus, 
  

   Wallgrn., 
  Leioptilus, 
  Wallgrn. 
  and 
  Pterophorus, 
  Geoff., 
  into 
  one 
  

   genus, 
  etc., 
  are 
  perpetuated, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  

   Hofmann's 
  work 
  should 
  have 
  prevented 
  this. 
  The 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  

   group 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  family 
  Pterophoridae, 
  which 
  is, 
  without 
  sub- 
  

   division 
  into 
  subfamilies 
  and 
  tribes, 
  divided 
  directly 
  into 
  the 
  following 
  

   genera 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Tbichoptilus, 
  Walsm. 
  — 
  T. 
  pallidum, 
  Zell., 
  siceliota, 
  Zell. 
  

  

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

  

  hieracii, 
  Zell.,? 
  maculatus, 
  Const., 
  ericetorum, 
  Zell., 
  didactylus, 
  Linn., 
  

  

  leonuri, 
  Stange, 
  teucrii, 
  Jordan, 
  parvidactylus, 
  Haw., 
  ? 
  marginellus, 
  Zell., 
  

  

  bohemanni, 
  Wallgrn. 
  

  

  Platyptilia, 
  Hb. 
  — 
  P. 
  rhododactyla 
  , 
  Fab., 
  cinnamomea, 
  Staud., 
  capnodactyla, 
  

  

  Zell., 
  ochrodactyla, 
  Hb., 
  [bertrami, 
  Rossi., 
  chapmani, 
  Tutt, 
  isodactyla, 
  

  

  Zell., 
  gonodactyla, 
  SchifL, 
  terminalis, 
  Ersch., 
  farfarella, 
  Zell., 
  

  

  zetterstedtii, 
  Zell., 
  nemoralis, 
  Zell., 
  tesseradactyla, 
  Linn., 
  metzneri, 
  Zell., 
  

  

  acanthodactyla, 
  Hb., 
  seeboldi, 
  Hofm., 
  moerens, 
  Snell., 
  cosmodactyla, 
  Hb. 
  

  

  Alucita, 
  Linn. 
  — 
  A. 
  semiodactyla, 
  Mn., 
  galactodactyla,Wo., 
  spilodactyla, 
  Curt., 
  

  

  phlomidis, 
  Staud., 
  nephelodactyla, 
  Ev., 
  pentadactyla, 
  Linn., 
  caspia, 
  Ld., 
  

  

  volgensis. 
  Mosch., 
  tuneta, 
  Staud., 
  subalternans, 
  Ld., 
  xanthodactyla, 
  Tr., 
  

  

  probolias, 
  Meyr., 
  ? 
  apollina, 
  Mill., 
  adamas, 
  Const., 
  decipiens, 
  Ld., 
  

  

  icterodactyla, 
  Mn., 
  punctinervis, 
  Const., 
  raphiodactyla, 
  Rbl., 
  baliodactyla, 
  

  

  Zell., 
  marptys, 
  Chr., 
  calcaria, 
  Ld., 
  parthica, 
  Ld., 
  tetradactyla, 
  Ld., 
  

  

  malacodactyla, 
  Zell., 
  acarnella, 
  Walsm., 
  chordodactyla 
  , 
  Staud., 
  wernickei, 
  

  

  Wocke, 
  ischnodactyla, 
  Tr., 
  desertorum, 
  Zell. 
  

  

  Pselnophorus, 
  Wallgr. 
  — 
  P. 
  brachydactylus, 
  Tr., 
  amurensis, 
  Chr. 
  

  

  Marasmarcha, 
  Meyr. 
  — 
  M. 
  ehrenbergiana, 
  Zell., 
  agrorum, 
  H.-S., 
  rhypodactyla, 
  

  

  Staud., 
  trimmatodactyla 
  , 
  Chr., 
  phaeodactyla, 
  Hb., 
  fauna, 
  Mill. 
  

   Gypsochares, 
  Meyr. 
  — 
  G. 
  baptodactyla, 
  Zell., 
  olbiadactyla 
  , 
  Mill., 
  hedemanni, 
  Rbl. 
  

   Pterophorus, 
  Geoffr. 
  — 
  P.lithodactylus, 
  Tr., 
  rogenhoferi, 
  Mn., 
  constanti, 
  Rag., 
  

   giganteus, 
  Mn., 
  monodactylu*, 
  Linn., 
  scarodactylus, 
  Hb., 
  lienigianus, 
  

   Zell., 
  tephradactykts, 
  Hb., 
  innocens, 
  Snell., 
  dislinctus, 
  H.-S., 
  inulae, 
  

   Zell., 
  carphodactylus, 
  Hb., 
  pectodactyius, 
  Staud., 
  osteodactylus, 
  Zell., 
  

   microdactylus, 
  Hb. 
  

   Stenoptilia, 
  Hb. 
  — 
  S 
  . 
  miantodactyla 
  , 
  Zell., 
  pulchra, 
  Chr., 
  pelid 
  nod 
  act 
  yla, 
  Stein, 
  

   pinarodactyla, 
  Ersch., 
  coprodactyla, 
  Zell., 
  ? 
  lutescens, 
  H.-S., 
  ? 
  nolckeni, 
  

   Tgstr., 
  zoplwdactyla, 
  Dup., 
  bipunctidactyla, 
  Haw., 
  islandica, 
  Staud., 
  

   caesia, 
  Snell., 
  hedemanni, 
  Snell., 
  vaccilana, 
  Snell., 
  luteocinerea 
  , 
  Snell., 
  

   graphodactyla, 
  Tr., 
  pneumonanthes, 
  Schleich, 
  pterodactyla, 
  Linn., 
  

   paludicola, 
  Wallgrn., 
  mengeli, 
  Fern., 
  stigmatodactyla, 
  Zell., 
  mannii, 
  

   Zell., 
  emarginata, 
  Snell. 
  

   Agdistis, 
  Zell. 
  — 
  A.frankeniac, 
  Zell., 
  meridionalis, 
  Zell., 
  heydenii, 
  Zell., 
  iiigcnx, 
  

   Chr., 
  adactyla, 
  Hb., 
  canarieiids, 
  Rbl., 
  sat 
  anas, 
  Mill., 
  paralia, 
  Zell., 
  

   tamaricis, 
  Zell., 
  bennetii, 
  Curt., 
  staticis, 
  Mill. 
  

   Summarising 
  the 
  literature 
  here 
  reviewed, 
  from 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  view 
  

   of 
  settling 
  the 
  generic 
  nomenclature, 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  clear 
  that 
  Pterophorus, 
  

   Geoff. 
  (1762), 
  was 
  created 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  Alucita, 
  Linn. 
  (1758), 
  to 
  

   include 
  exactly 
  the 
  same 
  species, 
  and 
  in 
  full 
  knowledge 
  of 
  Linne's 
  

   prior 
  name. 
  Poda's 
  mere 
  inclusion 
  of 
  Alucita 
  pentadactyla, 
  in 
  the 
  

   list 
  of 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  Gratz 
  museum, 
  has 
  less 
  restrictive 
  force 
  than 
  

   Scopoli's 
  action, 
  in 
  1777, 
  when 
  he 
  retained 
  Alucita 
  for 
  the 
  " 
  long- 
  

   legged 
  " 
  plumes, 
  whilst 
  in 
  1779, 
  Leske, 
  and, 
  in 
  1881, 
  Barbut, 
  took 
  

   pentadactijla 
  to 
  illustrate 
  Alucita, 
  and 
  thus 
  fixed 
  the 
  type. 
  Other 
  

   contentions, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  valid, 
  have 
  recently 
  been 
  brought 
  forward 
  

   (Nomenclature 
  of 
  Lepidoptera, 
  1S96, 
  p. 
  330) 
  with 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  fixing 
  

   pentadactyla 
  as 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Alucita. 
  In 
  1796, 
  Latreille 
  separated 
  the 
  

   "fan-winged" 
  plumes 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Orneodes, 
  from 
  the 
  " 
  long- 
  

   legged" 
  plumes, 
  under 
  Geoffroy's 
  synonym, 
  Pterophorus, 
  the 
  latter 
  

   group 
  having 
  been 
  already 
  determined 
  as 
  Alucita 
  by 
  Soopoli, 
  and 
  its 
  

   type 
  fixed 
  by 
  Leske 
  and 
  Barbut. 
  The 
  next 
  step 
  is 
  taken 
  by 
  llubner, 
  

  

  