﻿HISTORICAL 
  ACCOUNT 
  OF 
  THE 
  ALUCITIDES. 
  97 
  

  

  is 
  therefore 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  1891. 
  Euroloba, 
  Walsingham. 
  — 
  Created 
  for 
  fitscicostata, 
  which 
  is 
  

   noted 
  as 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  1896. 
  Crocydoscelus, 
  Walsingham. 
  — 
  Created 
  for 
  ferrugineum., 
  

   which 
  is 
  named 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  1905. 
  Gillmeria, 
  Tutt. 
  — 
  Ochrodactyla, 
  Schiff. 
  (dichrodactyla, 
  

   Miihlig), 
  cited 
  as 
  type. 
  

  

  1905. 
  Fredericina, 
  Tutt. 
  — 
  Calodactyla, 
  Schiff. 
  (zetterstedtii, 
  Zell.), 
  

   cited 
  as 
  type. 
  

  

  1905. 
  Capperia, 
  Tutt. 
  — 
  Heterodactyla, 
  Miill., 
  de 
  Vill. 
  (teucrii, 
  

   Jord.), 
  cited 
  as 
  type. 
  

  

  1905. 
  Adkinia, 
  Tutt. 
  — 
  Bipunctidactyla, 
  Scop., 
  Haw., 
  cited 
  as 
  type. 
  

  

  1905. 
  Ovendenia, 
  Tutt. 
  — 
  Septodactyla, 
  Tr. 
  (lienigianus, 
  Zell.), 
  cited 
  

   as 
  type. 
  

  

  1905. 
  Buckleria, 
  Tutt. 
  — 
  Pallidum, 
  Zell., 
  cited 
  as 
  type. 
  

  

  1905. 
  Adaina, 
  Tutt. 
  — 
  Microdactyla, 
  Hb., 
  cited 
  as 
  type. 
  

  

  1905. 
  Hellinsia, 
  Tutt. 
  — 
  Osteodactylus, 
  Zell. 
  (leucadactyla, 
  Haw.), 
  

   cited 
  as 
  type. 
  

  

  1905. 
  Emmelina, 
  Tutt. 
  — 
  Monodactyla, 
  Linn., 
  cited 
  as 
  type. 
  

  

  1905. 
  Merrifieldia, 
  Tutt. 
  — 
  Tridactyla, 
  Linne 
  (tetradactyla, 
  auct.), 
  

   cited 
  as 
  type. 
  

  

  1905. 
  Porrittia, 
  Tutt. 
  — 
  Galactodactyla, 
  Schiff., 
  cited 
  as 
  type. 
  

  

  1905. 
  Wheeleria, 
  Tutt. 
  — 
  Spilodactyla, 
  Curt., 
  cited 
  as 
  type. 
  

  

  1863. 
  Stenoptycha, 
  Zeller. 
  — 
  Created 
  for 
  coelodactyla, 
  which 
  is 
  

   therefore 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  General 
  biological 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  Alucitides. 
  

  

  Reaumur, 
  in 
  1734, 
  gave 
  (Memoires, 
  etc., 
  i., 
  p. 
  322) 
  the 
  insects 
  belong- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  this 
  superfamily 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  "plumes 
  " 
  — 
  " 
  Les 
  papillons 
  dont 
  les 
  

   ailes 
  imitent 
  fort 
  celles 
  des 
  oiseaux 
  ; 
  elles 
  paroissent 
  composees 
  de 
  veri- 
  

   table 
  plumes." 
  He 
  says 
  ; 
  "Nous 
  les 
  avons 
  mis 
  a 
  la 
  suite 
  des 
  phalenes, 
  

   ils 
  en 
  ont 
  un 
  des 
  caracteres 
  par 
  leurs 
  antennes 
  a 
  filets-coniques 
  ; 
  mais 
  

   on 
  ne 
  laisse 
  pas 
  de 
  les 
  voir 
  voler 
  pendant 
  le 
  jour 
  ; 
  et 
  d'ailleurs, 
  la 
  

   transformation 
  des 
  chenilles 
  d'ou 
  ils 
  viennent, 
  se 
  fait 
  de 
  la 
  meme 
  

   maniere 
  que 
  celle 
  des 
  chenilles 
  des 
  papillons 
  diurnes, 
  comme 
  nous 
  l'ex- 
  

   pliquerons 
  ailleurs. 
  Ils 
  pourroient 
  done 
  aussi 
  appartenir 
  a 
  la 
  classe 
  

   des 
  papillons 
  diurnes 
  ; 
  mais 
  de 
  tout 
  cela, 
  il 
  resulte 
  qu'on 
  les 
  peut 
  

   regarder 
  comme 
  une 
  classe 
  particuliere 
  que 
  nous 
  placerons 
  pourtant 
  ici 
  

   a 
  la 
  suite 
  des 
  phalenes." 
  

  

  A 
  superficial 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  plumes 
  " 
  might 
  lead 
  one 
  to 
  suppose 
  

   that 
  they 
  formed 
  a 
  small 
  group 
  that 
  might 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  a 
  genus 
  

   or 
  two, 
  and 
  this, 
  indeed, 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  by 
  many 
  authors, 
  as 
  has 
  boon 
  

   already 
  shown. 
  Small, 
  however, 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  group, 
  the 
  divergence 
  

   exhibited 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  great, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  super- 
  

   families 
  that 
  exhibit 
  so 
  varied 
  structures 
  in 
  the 
  larval, 
  pupal, 
  and, 
  to 
  a 
  

   less 
  extent, 
  wing 
  characters. 
  In 
  habits, 
  too, 
  they 
  differ 
  exceedingly 
  — 
  

   hybernating 
  as 
  imagines, 
  lame, 
  and, 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  Oidaematophorus, 
  at 
  

   least, 
  in 
  the 
  egg-stage 
  (the 
  larva 
  fully 
  formed 
  within 
  the 
  egg), 
  whilst 
  the 
  

   larval 
  habits 
  vary 
  from 
  purely 
  internal 
  feeders, 
  the 
  larv8B 
  with 
  simple 
  

   tubercular 
  structures, 
  to 
  exposed 
  feeders, 
  the 
  larvae 
  with 
  wart-like 
  

   tubercles 
  almost 
  as 
  complicated 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  Arctiids 
  or 
  Lvmantriids. 
  

   Like 
  the 
  latter, 
  too, 
  they 
  carry 
  over, 
  in 
  some 
  cases, 
  the 
  wart-like 
  

   structure 
  to 
  the 
  pupal 
  stage, 
  this 
  character 
  being 
  even 
  more 
  pronounced 
  

  

  