﻿PLATYPTILIA 
  GONODACTYLA. 
  201 
  

  

  {Stephens).] 
  Kerky 
  : 
  Cromaglaun 
  Glen 
  — 
  near 
  Tower 
  Lodge, 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  Lake 
  of 
  

   Killarney 
  (Birchall), 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  Eagle's 
  Nest 
  Mountain 
  (Kane). 
  Kincardine 
  : 
  Stone- 
  

   haven 
  (Tutt 
  coll.). 
  Londonderry: 
  Londonderry 
  district 
  (Barrett). 
  Norfolk: 
  banks 
  

   of 
  the 
  Yare 
  — 
  Norwich 
  (Barrett). 
  Pembroke 
  : 
  coast 
  districts 
  of 
  Pembroke 
  (Barrett), 
  

   Saundersfoot 
  (Blandford). 
  Shetlands 
  and 
  Orkneys: 
  Orkney 
  (teste 
  Stainton). 
  

   Sligo: 
  Markree 
  Castle 
  (Kane), 
  Culleenamore 
  (Leech). 
  [Suffolk 
  (Meyrick).] 
  

  

  Distkibution. 
  — 
  An 
  exceedingly 
  local 
  and 
  little 
  known 
  species, 
  and, 
  

   no 
  doubt, 
  from 
  its 
  recorded 
  localities, 
  much 
  overlooked. 
  So 
  far 
  only 
  

   recorded 
  from 
  northwest 
  Germany, 
  Batavia, 
  England 
  and 
  the 
  Channel 
  

   Isles. 
  [Belgium 
  (teste 
  Barrett 
  ; 
  wants 
  confirmation).] 
  Channel 
  Isles 
  : 
  Guernsey 
  

   (Ansted). 
  Germany 
  : 
  Friedland 
  — 
  on 
  the 
  Fohlenkoppel 
  (Stange). 
  [Holland 
  : 
  South 
  

   Holland, 
  near 
  Leiden 
  (de 
  Graaf 
  teste 
  Snellen).] 
  Spain 
  : 
  Puerto 
  de 
  Pajares, 
  where 
  the 
  

   road 
  from 
  Leon 
  to 
  Oviedo 
  crosses 
  the 
  Cantabrian 
  range 
  (Chapman). 
  [The 
  Silesian 
  

   records 
  of 
  isodactylus 
  do 
  not 
  refer 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  (teste 
  Hofmann). 
  The 
  Leiden 
  

   specimens 
  have 
  been 
  compared, 
  and 
  found 
  to 
  correspond, 
  with 
  British 
  examples 
  

   {teste 
  Snellen).] 
  

  

  Platyptilia 
  gonodactyla, 
  Schiffermuller 
  and 
  Denis. 
  

   Synonymy. 
  — 
  Species 
  : 
  Gonodactyla, 
  Schiff. 
  and 
  Den., 
  " 
  Schmett. 
  Wien.," 
  1st 
  

   ed., 
  p. 
  320 
  (1775); 
  Goeze, 
  " 
  Ent. 
  Beit.,"iv., 
  pt. 
  3, 
  p. 
  177 
  (1783); 
  Illig., 
  -Schmett. 
  

   Wien.," 
  2nd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  130 
  (1801) 
  ; 
  Zell., 
  "Isis," 
  p. 
  882 
  (1841) 
  ; 
  Staud. 
  and 
  Wocke, 
  

   ■"Cat.," 
  2nd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  342 
  (1871); 
  Hein. 
  and 
  Wocke, 
  "Schmett. 
  Deutsch.," 
  iii., 
  

   pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  784 
  (1877) 
  ; 
  Frey, 
  " 
  Lep. 
  der 
  Schweiz," 
  p. 
  428 
  (1880) 
  ; 
  Barr., 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  

   Mag.," 
  xviii., 
  p. 
  177 
  (1882); 
  Tutt, 
  "Ent.," 
  xviii., 
  pp. 
  169, 
  195 
  (1885); 
  Sorh., 
  

   " 
  Kleinschmett. 
  Brand.," 
  p. 
  2 
  (1886); 
  Leech, 
  "Brit. 
  Pyr.," 
  p. 
  53 
  (1886); 
  Tutt, 
  

   " 
  Ent.," 
  xx., 
  p. 
  211 
  (1887) 
  ; 
  xxi., 
  p. 
  259 
  (1888) 
  ; 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.." 
  xxv., 
  pp. 
  104- 
  

   107 
  (1888) 
  ; 
  "Young 
  Nat.," 
  x., 
  p. 
  163 
  (1889) 
  ; 
  xi., 
  p. 
  123 
  (1890) 
  ; 
  " 
  Pter. 
  Brit.," 
  

   p. 
  40 
  (1895); 
  Meyr., 
  "Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond.," 
  p. 
  486 
  (1890); 
  "Handbk.,"p. 
  

   434(1895); 
  Hofmn., 
  "Deutsch. 
  Pter.," 
  p. 
  42(1895); 
  " 
  Illus. 
  Zeits. 
  Ent.," 
  iii., 
  

   pp. 
  135, 
  152 
  (1898) 
  ; 
  Staud. 
  and 
  Keb., 
  " 
  Cat.," 
  3rd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  72 
  (1901). 
  Diptera, 
  

   Sulz., 
  " 
  Ges. 
  Ins.," 
  p. 
  163, 
  pi. 
  xxiii., 
  fig. 
  19 
  (1776). 
  Megadactyla, 
  Hb., 
  " 
  Eur. 
  

   Schmett.," 
  Aluc. 
  pi. 
  ii., 
  fig. 
  6 
  (ante 
  1804) 
  ; 
  " 
  Verz.," 
  p. 
  429 
  (1825). 
  Trigono- 
  

   dactyla, 
  Haw., 
  "Lep. 
  Brit.," 
  p. 
  478 
  (1811). 
  Trigonodactylus, 
  Sam., 
  "Ent. 
  

   Comp.," 
  p. 
  409 
  (1819); 
  Curt., 
  "Brit. 
  Ent.," 
  fo. 
  161 
  (1827); 
  Stphs., 
  "Illus. 
  

   Haust.," 
  iv., 
  p. 
  375 
  (1834) 
  ; 
  Wood, 
  " 
  Ind. 
  Ent.," 
  1st 
  ed., 
  p. 
  237, 
  pi. 
  Ii., 
  fig. 
  1644 
  

   (1839); 
  Sta., 
  "Cat.," 
  p. 
  31 
  (1843); 
  "Zool.," 
  p. 
  3064 
  (1858); 
  "Man.," 
  ii., 
  

   p. 
  440 
  (1859); 
  Dbldy., 
  " 
  Syn. 
  List," 
  2nd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  36 
  (1859); 
  Peers, 
  "Ent.," 
  

   ii., 
  p. 
  38 
  (1864) 
  ; 
  Jord., 
  " 
  Ent. 
  Mo, 
  Mag.," 
  viii., 
  p. 
  137 
  (1871) 
  ; 
  Machin, 
  " 
  Ent.," 
  

   xiii., 
  p. 
  283 
  (1880) 
  ; 
  South, 
  "Ent.," 
  xv., 
  pp. 
  31, 
  145, 
  pi. 
  iii., 
  figs, 
  la-lc 
  (1882) 
  ; 
  

   xviii., 
  p. 
  170 
  (1885) 
  ; 
  Porritt, 
  " 
  Buck. 
  Larv.,"ix., 
  p. 
  347 
  (1901). 
  Tesseradactyla, 
  

   Treits., 
  " 
  Die 
  Schmett.," 
  ix., 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  230 
  (1833) 
  ; 
  var. 
  c, 
  Zett., 
  "Ins. 
  Lapp.," 
  p. 
  

   1012 
  (1840); 
  Evers., 
  "Faun. 
  Lep. 
  Volg. 
  Ural.," 
  p. 
  605 
  (1844). 
  Tesseradactylus, 
  

   Dup., 
  " 
  Hist. 
  Nat.," 
  xi., 
  p. 
  647, 
  pi. 
  313, 
  fig. 
  5 
  (1838) 
  ; 
  supp. 
  iv., 
  p. 
  500, 
  pi. 
  88, 
  fig. 
  8 
  

   (1842). 
  Zetterstedtii 
  (in 
  part), 
  Zell., 
  "Isis," 
  p. 
  777, 
  var. 
  c 
  (1841); 
  "Isis," 
  p. 
  

   300(1846); 
  Dup., 
  "Cat. 
  Meth.," 
  p. 
  3S1, 
  in 
  part 
  (1844). 
  Gonodactylus, 
  Zell., 
  

   "Linn. 
  Ent.," 
  vi., 
  p. 
  330 
  (1852); 
  H.-Sch., 
  " 
  Sys. 
  Bearb.," 
  v., 
  p. 
  368, 
  supp.. 
  pi. 
  ii., 
  

   fig. 
  9 
  (1855); 
  Frey, 
  "Tin. 
  Pter. 
  Schweiz," 
  p. 
  402 
  (1856); 
  Wallgrn., 
  " 
  Skand. 
  

   Fjader.," 
  p. 
  12 
  (1859); 
  Jord., 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  vi., 
  p. 
  121 
  (1869) 
  ; 
  Nolck., 
  "Lep. 
  

   Fn. 
  Estl.," 
  p. 
  800 
  (1871) 
  ; 
  Gregs., 
  " 
  Ent.," 
  vi., 
  p. 
  426 
  (1873) 
  ; 
  Barr., 
  " 
  Lep. 
  Brit. 
  

   Isles," 
  ix., 
  p. 
  352, 
  pi. 
  414, 
  figs. 
  1-la 
  (1904). 
  Ochrodactylus, 
  Sand, 
  "Cat. 
  Lep. 
  

   Auv.," 
  p. 
  203(1879). 
  Farfara, 
  Gregs., 
  " 
  Ent.," 
  xviii., 
  p. 
  151 
  (1885); 
  Tutt, 
  "Ent.," 
  

   xviii., 
  pp., 
  169-171 
  ,195-196 
  (1885). 
  Farfarella, 
  South, 
  "Ent.," 
  xviii.. 
  p. 
  172 
  

   (1885). 
  [In 
  1804, 
  Hiibner 
  figured 
  gonodactyla, 
  Schiff., 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  megadactyla. 
  

   In 
  1821, 
  Charpentier 
  examined 
  the 
  Schiffermiillerian 
  collection, 
  and 
  stated 
  that 
  gono- 
  

   dactyla 
  was 
  a 
  worn 
  specimen 
  of 
  calodactyla 
  (zetterstedtii) 
  (an 
  error 
  that 
  sould 
  easily 
  

   be 
  made 
  when 
  one 
  recognises 
  how 
  little 
  was 
  known 
  of 
  the 
  Platyptiliids 
  at 
  this 
  time). 
  

   Zeller 
  notes 
  (Isis, 
  1841, 
  p. 
  882), 
  however, 
  that 
  Fischer 
  von" 
  RSslerstamm 
  (and 
  

   with 
  this 
  the 
  original 
  description 
  agrees) 
  states, 
  that 
  Schiffermuller's 
  example 
  is 
  

   identical 
  with 
  the 
  example 
  which 
  Zeller 
  treats 
  as 
  Pterophorus 
  zetterstedtii 
  var. 
  c, 
  

   and 
  with 
  Alucita 
  tesseradactyla, 
  Tr., 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  since 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  

   species 
  now 
  generally 
  known 
  as 
  gonodactyla.] 
  

  

  Original 
  description. 
  — 
  Alun'ta 
  (jotiodactyla. 
  - 
  Braunliohtweissea 
  

   Geistchen 
  mit 
  einem 
  diistern 
  Dreyeok 
  fleckchen 
  (Schiffermuller 
  ami 
  

   Denis, 
  Sys. 
  Verz. 
  dcr 
  Schmett. 
  Wien., 
  p. 
  820). 
  [Illiger, 
  in 
  the 
  2nd 
  ed. 
  

   of 
  the 
  Sys, 
  !V>c, 
  etc., 
  pp. 
  180-1, 
  writes: 
  "The 
  plume, 
  which 
  1 
  hold 
  

  

  