﻿EUCNEMIDOPHORUS. 
  

  

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   Tgstrm., 
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  pi. 
  L, 
  fig. 
  

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  N. 
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  Soc," 
  iii., 
  p. 
  21 
  (1895). 
  

   Cnaemidophorus,* 
  Wallgrn., 
  " 
  Skand. 
  Fjader.," 
  p. 
  10 
  (1859); 
  Jord., 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  

   Mag.," 
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  p. 
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  (1869); 
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  2nd 
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  figs. 
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  fig. 
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  " 
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  p. 
  1 
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  "Lep. 
  Brit. 
  Isles," 
  ix., 
  p. 
  343, 
  pi. 
  413, 
  figs. 
  2-26 
  

   (1904). 
  Eucnaemidophorus, 
  Tutt, 
  " 
  Ent. 
  Bee," 
  xvii., 
  p. 
  96 
  (1905). 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  was 
  described 
  by 
  Wallengren 
  (Skandinaviens 
  Fjddermott, 
  

   p. 
  10), 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Cnaemidophorus 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Antennas 
  of 
  both 
  sexes 
  with 
  very 
  short 
  cilia 
  ; 
  forehead 
  without 
  any 
  tuft, 
  only 
  a 
  

   few 
  slightly 
  prominent 
  hairs 
  between 
  the 
  antennas 
  ; 
  palpi, 
  not 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  

   the 
  intermediate 
  joint 
  thickened 
  with 
  down, 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  short 
  and 
  pointed 
  ; 
  legs 
  

   short, 
  all 
  the 
  tibiae 
  thickened 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  by 
  a 
  tuft 
  of 
  scales, 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   tibiae 
  thickened 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  first 
  pair 
  of 
  spines 
  in 
  the 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  slender 
  and 
  

   very 
  unequal, 
  second 
  pair 
  nearly 
  equal 
  ; 
  anterior 
  wings 
  not 
  divided 
  to 
  a 
  third 
  part 
  

   of 
  their 
  length, 
  the 
  segments 
  broad, 
  the 
  posterior 
  segment 
  almost 
  hatchet-shaped, 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  angle 
  of 
  both 
  segments 
  well 
  marked 
  ; 
  the 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  inferior 
  

   wings 
  wide, 
  the 
  3rd 
  segment 
  with 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  distinct 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  flat, 
  

   covering 
  the 
  inferior, 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  not 
  toothed. 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  Cnaemidophorus, 
  being 
  preoccupied, 
  was 
  changed 
  by 
  

   Wallengren 
  to 
  Eucnemidophorus 
  in 
  1881 
  (Ent. 
  Tids., 
  ii., 
  p. 
  96), 
  and 
  it 
  

   was 
  accepted 
  by 
  all 
  workers 
  at 
  the 
  group 
  until 
  1890, 
  when 
  Meyrick 
  

   (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  p. 
  485) 
  gave 
  a 
  comprehensive 
  subfamily 
  

   diagnosis 
  (that 
  comprised 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  Platyptiliines) 
  under 
  the 
  

   generic 
  name 
  Platyptilia, 
  including 
  Amblyptilia, 
  Fredericina, 
  Platyptilia, 
  

   Gillmeria, 
  and 
  Eucnemidophorus. 
  This 
  grouping 
  was 
  followed 
  up 
  in 
  

   1895 
  (Handbook, 
  etc., 
  pp. 
  432-4), 
  but 
  not 
  without 
  a 
  protest 
  from 
  

   Hofmann 
  (Die 
  Deutsch. 
  Pteroph., 
  p. 
  23), 
  who 
  says 
  that 
  Eucnemidophorus 
  

   and 
  Amblyptilia 
  are 
  good 
  and 
  natural 
  genera, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  different 
  

   types 
  of 
  their 
  $ 
  genitalia, 
  as 
  also 
  by 
  the 
  differences 
  of 
  their 
  early 
  

   stages, 
  and 
  the 
  very 
  characteristic 
  facies 
  of 
  the 
  imagines. 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  

   this 
  protest, 
  Staudinger 
  and 
  Rebel 
  (Catalog, 
  3rd 
  ed., 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  72) 
  

   followed 
  Meyrick, 
  and 
  gave 
  the 
  same 
  heterogeneous 
  mixture 
  of 
  species. 
  

   Hofmann 
  gives 
  (op. 
  cit., 
  p. 
  33) 
  the 
  following 
  excellent 
  diagnosis, 
  which 
  

   shows 
  that, 
  even 
  on 
  imaginal 
  characters, 
  the 
  genus 
  is 
  abundantly 
  

   distinct 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Frons, 
  especially 
  between 
  the 
  antenmv, 
  roughly-scaled, 
  but 
  without 
  actual 
  tuft 
  

   of 
  scales 
  ; 
  antennas, 
  in 
  both 
  sexes, 
  with 
  very 
  short 
  filiations 
  ; 
  palpi 
  small, 
  not 
  Longer 
  

   than 
  head, 
  projecting 
  horizontally, 
  2nd 
  joint 
  somewhat 
  thickened 
  with 
  scales 
  

   beneath; 
  3rd 
  joint 
  about 
  one-half 
  smaller, 
  pointed; 
  tongue 
  rather 
  weak; 
  all 
  the 
  tibia 
  

   terminally, 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  also 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  pair 
  of 
  spurs, 
  thickened 
  bv 
  a 
  ring 
  

   of 
  scales 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  tibia\ 
  a 
  slight 
  thickening 
  by 
  raised 
  BCalee 
  ; 
  

   the 
  inner 
  spur 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  pair 
  in 
  the 
  hind 
  tibia 
  1 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  outer, 
  the 
  second 
  

   pair 
  almost 
  equal 
  in 
  length; 
  fore 
  wings 
  cleft 
  to 
  scarcely 
  .,, 
  both 
  lobes 
  broad, 
  and 
  

  

  * 
  Preoccupied 
  in 
  LacertU'ni, 
  see 
  Knt. 
  Tid$., 
  ii.. 
  p. 
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