﻿HISTORICAL 
  ACCOUNT 
  OF 
  THE 
  ALUCITIDES. 
  95 
  

  

  for 
  baptodactyla 
  and 
  Crasimetis 
  for 
  brachydactyla, 
  which 
  thus 
  fell 
  before 
  

   Pselnophorus, 
  Wallgrn., 
  whilst 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Alucitinae 
  are 
  lumped 
  

   together 
  under 
  Pterophorus, 
  Geoff. 
  It 
  is 
  most 
  unfortunate 
  that 
  Rebel 
  

   should 
  have 
  followed 
  in 
  his 
  and 
  Staudinger's 
  Catalogue, 
  3rd 
  ed., 
  such 
  

   an 
  unsatisfactory 
  scheme. 
  In 
  the 
  Ent. 
  Rec, 
  xvii., 
  p. 
  37, 
  we 
  suggested 
  

   twelve 
  new 
  generic 
  names 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  this 
  work. 
  The 
  following 
  appears 
  

   to 
  be 
  (to 
  date) 
  a 
  complete 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  generic 
  names 
  proposed 
  for 
  the 
  

   Agdistid, 
  Alucitid, 
  and 
  Orneodid 
  moths 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1758. 
  Alucita, 
  Linne. 
  — 
  Restricted 
  by 
  Scopoli, 
  in 
  1777, 
  to 
  the 
  long- 
  

   legged 
  plumes 
  (thus 
  excluding 
  Orneodes). 
  Type 
  fixed 
  as 
  pentadactyla 
  

   by 
  Leske 
  in 
  1779. 
  [In 
  Walsingham 
  and 
  Durrant's 
  opinion 
  the 
  type 
  

   was 
  fixed 
  as 
  pentadactyla 
  by 
  Poda 
  in 
  1761.] 
  

  

  1762. 
  Pterophorus, 
  Geoffroy. 
  — 
  Created 
  for 
  same 
  species 
  as 
  Alucita, 
  

   Linne. 
  Type 
  fixed 
  as 
  pentadactyla 
  by 
  Geoffroy 
  in 
  1762. 
  Falls 
  as 
  a 
  

   synonym 
  of 
  Alucita, 
  having 
  same 
  conception 
  and 
  same 
  type. 
  

  

  1796. 
  Orneodes, 
  Latreille. 
  — 
  Created 
  by 
  Latreille 
  for 
  tbe 
  plumes, 
  

   with 
  "many 
  feathers" 
  in 
  the 
  wings. 
  Type 
  fixed 
  by 
  Latreille, 
  in 
  1802, 
  

   as 
  hexadactyla. 
  

  

  1806. 
  Ripidophora, 
  Hiibner. 
  — 
  Type 
  fixed 
  by 
  Hiibner, 
  in 
  1806, 
  as 
  

   liexadactyla, 
  therefore 
  falls 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  Orneodes, 
  Latr. 
  

  

  1806. 
  Pterophora, 
  Hiibner. 
  — 
  Type 
  fixed 
  by 
  Hiibner, 
  in 
  1806, 
  as 
  

   pentadactyla, 
  Linn., 
  therefore 
  falls 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  Alucita. 
  

  

  1825. 
  Agdistis, 
  Hiibner. 
  — 
  Created 
  by 
  Hiibner, 
  for 
  adactyla, 
  which 
  

   is 
  therefore 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  1825. 
  Platyptilia, 
  Hiibner. 
  — 
  Restricted 
  by 
  various 
  authors 
  to 
  the 
  

   true 
  Platyptiliids 
  as 
  now 
  understood. 
  Type 
  never 
  having 
  been 
  fixed, 
  is 
  

   now 
  named 
  as 
  yonodactyla, 
  W.V. 
  ( 
  — 
  mey 
  adactyla, 
  Hb.). 
  

  

  1825. 
  Amplyptilia, 
  Hiibner. 
  — 
  Evidently, 
  from 
  the 
  plural 
  form 
  used, 
  

   a 
  misprint 
  for 
  Amblyptilia. 
  Restricted 
  by 
  Zeller 
  to 
  acanthodactyla, 
  

   Hb., 
  and 
  cosnwdactyla, 
  Hb. 
  Type 
  fixed, 
  in 
  1862, 
  by 
  Wallengren 
  as 
  

   acanthodactyla. 
  

  

  1822. 
  Stenoptilia, 
  Hiibner. 
  — 
  Restricted 
  by 
  Meyrick 
  and 
  others 
  to 
  

   the 
  " 
  pterodactyla 
  (fuscus) 
  " 
  and 
  li 
  bip 
  undid 
  act 
  yla 
  '' 
  groups. 
  The 
  type 
  

   never 
  having 
  been 
  fixed, 
  is 
  now 
  named 
  as 
  pterodactyla, 
  Linn. 
  (=ptilo- 
  

   dactyla, 
  Hb.). 
  

  

  1825. 
  Aciptilia, 
  Hiibner. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  Pterophora, 
  Hb., 
  

   1806, 
  since 
  it 
  contains 
  pentadactyla, 
  Hiibner's 
  type 
  of 
  tbe 
  latter 
  

   genus. 
  It 
  falls 
  with 
  Pterophora 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  Alucita. 
  

  

  1825. 
  Euchiradia, 
  Hiibner. 
  — 
  Contains 
  he.cadactyla, 
  type 
  of 
  Hiibner's 
  

   Ripidophora, 
  which 
  he 
  gives 
  a 
  higher 
  than 
  generic 
  value 
  in 
  1825. 
  It, 
  there- 
  

   fore, 
  falls 
  before 
  Ripidophora 
  , 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  sinks 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  ( 
  h-inu 
  >d< 
  s. 
  

  

  1833. 
  Adactylus, 
  Curtis. 
  — 
  Type 
  stated 
  by 
  Curtis 
  to 
  be 
  huebneri 
  

   ( 
  = 
  adactyla, 
  Hb.), 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  only 
  knew 
  the 
  figure. 
  All 
  the 
  cha- 
  

   racters 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  are 
  described 
  from, 
  and 
  the 
  genus 
  is 
  founded 
  on, 
  

   the 
  newly-described 
  bennetii, 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  considered 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  1841. 
  Platyptilus, 
  Zeller. 
  — 
  Created 
  as 
  an 
  extension 
  of 
  Platyptilia, 
  

   Hb., 
  to 
  include, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  species 
  of 
  hitter 
  genus, 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  

   Hiibner's 
  Amblyptilia. 
  Type 
  fixed 
  now 
  as 
  yonodactyla, 
  W.V. 
  ( 
  = 
  mega- 
  

   dactyla, 
  Hb.), 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  falls 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  Platyptilia, 
  Hb. 
  

  

  1841. 
  Oxyptilus, 
  Zeller. 
  — 
  Created 
  by 
  Zeller 
  for 
  the 
  Oxyptilid 
  

   section 
  of 
  Hiibner's 
  Amblyptilia. 
  Type 
  now 
  fixed 
  as 
  pilosellae, 
  Zeller. 
  

  

  1841. 
  Actptilus, 
  Zeller. 
  — 
  Created 
  by 
  Zeller 
  as 
  an 
  extension 
  of 
  

   Hiibner's 
  Aciptilia. 
  Type 
  now 
  fixed 
  as 
  pentadactyla, 
  *o 
  that 
  it 
  falls 
  

   with 
  Aciptilia 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  Alucita. 
  

  

  