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  BKITISH 
  LEPIDOPTERA. 
  

  

  Wildungen, 
  Korbach 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  (Speyer), 
  Thuringia, 
  

   generally 
  distributed 
  (Knapp), 
  Brandenburg 
  — 
  Garz-on-Oder, 
  near 
  Tantow, 
  

   distributed 
  (Sorhagen), 
  Silesia 
  — 
  generally 
  distributed 
  (Wocke), 
  Seef 
  elder 
  near 
  

   Eeinerz 
  (Standfuss), 
  Probsthainer 
  Spitzberg, 
  near 
  Reinerz, 
  Glogau 
  (Zeller), 
  

   Upper 
  Lusatia 
  (Moschler), 
  Saxony 
  — 
  Saxon 
  Upper 
  Lusatia 
  (Schutze), 
  Bavaria 
  — 
  

   distributed, 
  near 
  Regensburg 
  (Schmid), 
  Munich 
  district 
  — 
  near 
  Schleissheim 
  in 
  the 
  

   Schwarzholzchen, 
  Tegernsee 
  (Hartmann), 
  Wiirttemberg 
  — 
  Katbarinenlinde, 
  Eisen- 
  

   bach, 
  Wasseralfingen 
  (Steudel 
  and 
  Hofmann), 
  Baden 
  — 
  near 
  Constance 
  (Reutti), 
  

   Hinterzarten 
  (Meess 
  and 
  Spuler). 
  Italy: 
  Tuscany 
  — 
  near 
  Ardenza 
  (Mann). 
  

   Russia 
  : 
  Baltic 
  provinces, 
  generally 
  distributed 
  and 
  common 
  — 
  Magnusholm, 
  

   Neuhof, 
  Lips, 
  Riga, 
  Pichtendahl 
  (Nolcken), 
  Kokenhusen 
  (Lienig), 
  Ringen 
  

   (Rosenberger), 
  Kurtenhof 
  (Berg). 
  Scandinavia: 
  Finmark 
  to 
  70° 
  N. 
  lat. 
  (Schoyen), 
  

   Tromso, 
  Malselvdalen, 
  Alten 
  (Sparre-Schneider), 
  Altenelv 
  (Wocke), 
  Bossekop 
  (Chap- 
  

   man), 
  Kaafjord, 
  Sopnes, 
  Lyngor 
  district, 
  common 
  — 
  Aal.theVotndal, 
  Sunddal 
  in 
  Hoi, 
  

   Stavanger 
  district— 
  Erf 
  jord 
  (Strand), 
  Throndjem, 
  Little 
  Elvdal 
  (Jordan), 
  common 
  

   in 
  south 
  and 
  central 
  Sweden— 
  Blekinge 
  (Wallengren) 
  , 
  Smaland, 
  Oestergothland 
  

   (Boheman). 
  Switzekland 
  : 
  In 
  the 
  valleys 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  to 
  about 
  6000ft. 
  

   — 
  Wiirenlos 
  in 
  the 
  Limmatthal, 
  Upper 
  Rhone 
  district 
  (Frey), 
  Ober-Albula 
  — 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  from 
  Bergiin 
  to 
  Weissenstein, 
  Upper 
  Engadine 
  — 
  Samaden 
  and 
  Sils-Maria. 
  

   at 
  about 
  6000ft. 
  (Zeller), 
  the 
  Juras 
  (Rothenbach), 
  Riffelberg 
  (Jordan). 
  

  

  Platyptilia, 
  Hiibner. 
  

   Synonymy.— 
  Genus 
  : 
  Platyptilia, 
  Hb., 
  " 
  Verz.," 
  p. 
  429 
  (1825); 
  Stphs., 
  

   "Illus. 
  Haust.," 
  iv., 
  p. 
  375 
  (1834); 
  Zell., 
  "Linn. 
  Ent.," 
  vi., 
  p. 
  328 
  (1852); 
  

   Staud. 
  and 
  Wocke, 
  " 
  Cat.," 
  2nd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  342 
  (1871) 
  ; 
  Hein. 
  and 
  Wocke, 
  " 
  Schmett. 
  • 
  

   Deutsch.," 
  iii., 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  784 
  (1877) 
  ; 
  Frey, 
  "Lep. 
  Schweiz," 
  p. 
  428 
  (1880) 
  ; 
  South, 
  

   "Ent.," 
  xiv., 
  p. 
  304 
  (1881); 
  Stange, 
  " 
  Stett. 
  Ent. 
  Zeit.," 
  p. 
  118 
  (1881) 
  ; 
  p. 
  514 
  

   (1882); 
  South, 
  "Ent.," 
  xv., 
  pp. 
  31, 
  33, 
  145, 
  pi. 
  hi., 
  figs, 
  la-lc 
  (1882); 
  xxii., 
  pp. 
  29, 
  31, 
  1 
  

   103 
  (1889); 
  Tutt, 
  "Ent.," 
  xviii., 
  pp. 
  169, 
  195 
  (1885) 
  ; 
  xx., 
  p. 
  211 
  (1887); 
  xxi., 
  p. 
  

   259 
  (1888); 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  xxv., 
  pp. 
  104-107 
  (1888); 
  Sorhgn., 
  "Kleinsch. 
  

   Brandbg.," 
  p. 
  2 
  (1886) 
  ; 
  Leech, 
  "Brit. 
  Pyr.," 
  p. 
  52 
  (1886) 
  ; 
  Tutt, 
  "Young 
  Nat.," 
  

   x., 
  p. 
  163 
  (1889); 
  xi., 
  pp. 
  18, 
  79 
  (1890); 
  " 
  Pter. 
  Brit.," 
  p. 
  35 
  (1895); 
  Meyr., 
  

   "Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond.," 
  p. 
  486 
  (1890); 
  "Handbook," 
  etc., 
  p. 
  434 
  (1895); 
  

   Hofmn., 
  "Deutsch. 
  Pteroph.," 
  p. 
  42 
  (1895); 
  "Illus. 
  Zeits. 
  Ent.," 
  iii., 
  pp. 
  131, 
  

   152, 
  306 
  (1898); 
  Barrt., 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  xxxiii., 
  pp. 
  25-26 
  (1897); 
  Kane, 
  

   " 
  Ent.," 
  xxxi., 
  p. 
  209 
  (1898) 
  ; 
  Walsm., 
  " 
  Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  xxxiv., 
  p. 
  193 
  (1898) 
  ; 
  

   Fern., 
  "Pter. 
  Nth. 
  Amer.," 
  p. 
  32, 
  revd. 
  ed., 
  p. 
  33 
  (1898); 
  Staud. 
  and 
  Reb., 
  

   "Cat.," 
  3rd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  72 
  (1901); 
  Dyar, 
  "List 
  Nth. 
  Amer. 
  Lep.," 
  p. 
  444 
  (1902).' 
  

   Alucita, 
  [Linne, 
  "Faun. 
  Suec," 
  2nd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  370 
  (1761) 
  ; 
  " 
  Syst. 
  Nat.," 
  12th 
  ed., 
  

   p. 
  900 
  (1767); 
  Miiller, 
  "Faun. 
  I. 
  F.," 
  p. 
  59 
  (1764) 
  ;] 
  Schiff. 
  and 
  Denis, 
  " 
  Sys. 
  

   Verz.," 
  1st 
  ed., 
  pp. 
  146, 
  320 
  (1776); 
  Sulz., 
  " 
  Ges. 
  Ins.," 
  p. 
  163(1776); 
  Goze, 
  

   "Ent. 
  Beit.," 
  iv., 
  pt. 
  3, 
  p. 
  173 
  (1783); 
  de 
  Vill., 
  "Linn. 
  Ent. 
  Faun. 
  Suec," 
  ii., 
  p. 
  

   532 
  (1789) 
  ; 
  Illig., 
  " 
  Sys. 
  Verz.," 
  2nd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  128 
  (1801) 
  ; 
  Hb., 
  "Eur. 
  Schmett., 
  " 
  : 
  

   Aluc. 
  pi. 
  ii., 
  fig. 
  6 
  (1804); 
  Haw., 
  "Lep. 
  Brit.," 
  p. 
  478 
  (1811); 
  Tr.,' 
  

   " 
  Die 
  Schmett.," 
  ix., 
  p. 
  230 
  (1833) 
  ; 
  Zett., 
  " 
  Ins. 
  Lapp.," 
  p. 
  1012 
  (1840). 
  Ptero- 
  

   phorus, 
  Fab.. 
  " 
  Mant. 
  Ins.," 
  ii., 
  p. 
  259 
  (1787); 
  Fab., 
  "Ent. 
  Sys.," 
  iii., 
  p. 
  347' 
  

   (1793) 
  ; 
  Sam., 
  "Ent. 
  Usef. 
  Comp.," 
  p. 
  409 
  (1819) 
  ; 
  Curt., 
  "Brit. 
  Ent.," 
  fo. 
  161 
  

   (1827) 
  ; 
  Dup., 
  " 
  Hist. 
  Nat.," 
  xi., 
  p. 
  647 
  (1838) 
  ; 
  Wood, 
  " 
  Ind. 
  Ent.," 
  1st 
  ed., 
  p. 
  

   236 
  (1839); 
  Zell., 
  " 
  Isis," 
  p. 
  777 
  (1841); 
  Dup., 
  "Cat. 
  Meth.," 
  p. 
  381 
  (1845); 
  

   Tgstrm., 
  "Finl. 
  Fjar.," 
  p. 
  154 
  (1847); 
  Frey, 
  "Tin. 
  Pter. 
  Schweiz," 
  p. 
  402 
  

   (1856) 
  ; 
  Sta., 
  " 
  Man.," 
  ii., 
  p. 
  440 
  (1859) 
  ; 
  Peers, 
  " 
  Ent.," 
  ii., 
  p. 
  38 
  (1864) 
  ; 
  Barrt. 
  

   and 
  Buckler, 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  viii., 
  p. 
  153 
  (1871); 
  Macbin, 
  "Ent.," 
  xiii., 
  p. 
  

   283 
  (1880) 
  ; 
  Porritt, 
  "Buckler's 
  Larva?," 
  ix., 
  p. 
  343 
  (1901). 
  Platyptilus, 
  Zell., 
  

   "Isis," 
  pp. 
  770, 
  777, 
  etc. 
  (1841); 
  H.-Sch., 
  "Sys. 
  Bearb.," 
  v., 
  p. 
  368 
  (1855); 
  

   Wallgrn., 
  " 
  Skand. 
  Fjarderm.," 
  p. 
  11 
  (1859); 
  Jord., 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  vi., 
  p.' 
  

   121 
  (1869) 
  ; 
  viii., 
  p. 
  137 
  (1871) 
  ; 
  xxiv., 
  p. 
  42 
  (1887) 
  ; 
  Nolck., 
  " 
  Lep. 
  Fn. 
  Estl.," 
  p.. 
  

   800 
  (1871) 
  ; 
  Gregs., 
  " 
  Ent.," 
  vi., 
  p. 
  426 
  (1873); 
  Barrt., 
  "Lep. 
  Brit. 
  Isles," 
  ix., 
  p. 
  

   350 
  (1904). 
  Platyptila, 
  Barrt., 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  xviii., 
  p. 
  177 
  (1882). 
  

  

  The 
  heterotypical 
  genus 
  Platyptilia 
  is 
  diagnosed 
  ( 
  Verzeichniss, 
  p. 
  

   429) 
  by 
  Hiibner 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  forewings 
  posteriorly 
  broad 
  and 
  obtuse 
  ; 
  the 
  hindwings 
  not 
  uniform 
  — 
  g 
  

   Platyptilia 
  calodactyla 
  et 
  megadactyla, 
  Schiff., 
  Verz., 
  Alu. 
  A. 
  4, 
  8; 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu.,) 
  

   7, 
  6. 
  P.petradactyia, 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  37, 
  38. 
  P. 
  ochrodactyla, 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  12, 
  13. 
  

   P. 
  rhododactyla, 
  Schiff., 
  Verz., 
  Alu. 
  A. 
  5, 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  8. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  this 
  genus 
  in 
  its 
  inception 
  contained 
  the 
  whole 
  

  

  