﻿AMBLYPTILIA 
  PUNCTIDACTYLA. 
  299 
  

  

  (Martorell). 
  Switzerland: 
  rare 
  — 
  Zurich 
  (Frey),,Bremgarten 
  (Boll), 
  the 
  Berneck, 
  

   near 
  St. 
  Gallen 
  (Taschler), 
  Degersheim 
  (Miiller), 
  Etivaz 
  (Blachier). 
  

  

  Amblyptilia 
  punctidactyla, 
  Haworth. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  — 
  Species: 
  Punctidactyla, 
  Haw., 
  " 
  Lep. 
  Brit.," 
  pt. 
  3, 
  p. 
  479 
  

   (1811); 
  Williams, 
  " 
  Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  xviii., 
  pp. 
  212-213 
  (1882); 
  Tutt, 
  " 
  Ent. 
  

   Eec," 
  i., 
  p. 
  93 
  (1890) 
  ; 
  " 
  Brit. 
  Nat.," 
  i., 
  p. 
  42 
  (1891) 
  ; 
  " 
  Pter. 
  Brit.," 
  p. 
  57 
  (1895). 
  

   Acanthadactyla, 
  Hb., 
  "Eur. 
  Schmett.," 
  Aluc. 
  figs. 
  23-24 
  (post 
  1811). 
  Tessera- 
  

   dactyla, 
  Haw., 
  " 
  Lep. 
  Brit.," 
  p. 
  479 
  (1811). 
  Punctidactylus, 
  Sam., 
  "Ent. 
  Usef. 
  

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

   iv., 
  p. 
  376 
  (1834); 
  Wood, 
  "Ind. 
  Ent.," 
  1st 
  ed., 
  p. 
  237, 
  pi. 
  li., 
  fig. 
  1648 
  (1839); 
  

   Sta., 
  "Man.," 
  ii., 
  p. 
  441 
  (1859); 
  Porritt, 
  "Buck. 
  Larvae," 
  ix., 
  p. 
  352, 
  pi. 
  

   163, 
  fig. 
  6 
  (1901); 
  Barr., 
  "Lep. 
  Brit. 
  Isles," 
  ix., 
  p. 
  360, 
  pi. 
  414, 
  figs. 
  5-5a 
  

   (1904). 
  Acanthodactyla, 
  "Verz.," 
  p. 
  430 
  (1825); 
  Stphs., 
  "Illus. 
  Haust.," 
  

   iv., 
  app. 
  p. 
  424 
  (1834); 
  South, 
  "Ent.," 
  xxii., 
  p. 
  32, 
  var. 
  c 
  (1889); 
  Tutt, 
  

   "Ent. 
  Eec," 
  xi.,p. 
  238 
  (1899); 
  Biding, 
  " 
  Ent. 
  Bee," 
  xi., 
  p. 
  289 
  (1899). 
  Tessera- 
  

   dactylus, 
  Curt., 
  "Brit. 
  Ent.," 
  fo. 
  161 
  (1827); 
  Stphs., 
  "111. 
  Haust.," 
  iv., 
  p. 
  376 
  

   (1834); 
  Wood, 
  "Ind. 
  Ent.," 
  1st 
  ed., 
  p. 
  237, 
  pi. 
  li., 
  fig. 
  1647 
  (1839). 
  Cosmo- 
  

   dactyla, 
  Tr., 
  "Die 
  Schmett.," 
  ix., 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  235 
  (1833); 
  Staud. 
  and 
  Wocke, 
  

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

   iii., 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  788 
  (1877) 
  ; 
  Zell., 
  " 
  Stett. 
  Ent. 
  Ztg.," 
  p. 
  163 
  (1878) 
  ; 
  Frey, 
  "Lep. 
  

   Schweiz," 
  p. 
  429 
  (1880) 
  ; 
  Jord., 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  xviii., 
  p. 
  117 
  (1881) 
  ; 
  Barr., 
  

   " 
  Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  xviii., 
  p. 
  177 
  (1882) 
  ; 
  Leech, 
  " 
  Brit. 
  Pyr.," 
  p. 
  56, 
  pi. 
  xyL, 
  fig. 
  

   10 
  (1885) 
  ; 
  Meyr., 
  " 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond.," 
  p. 
  486 
  (1890) 
  ; 
  Hofm., 
  " 
  Deutsch. 
  

   Pter.," 
  p. 
  65 
  (1895); 
  Meyr., 
  " 
  Handbk.," 
  p. 
  433 
  (1895); 
  Fern., 
  "Pter. 
  Nth. 
  

   Amer.," 
  p. 
  24 
  ; 
  revd. 
  ed., 
  p. 
  25 
  (1898) 
  ; 
  Biding, 
  " 
  Ent. 
  Eec," 
  x., 
  p. 
  263 
  (1898) 
  ; 
  

   Staud. 
  and 
  Eeb., 
  "Cat.," 
  3rd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  73 
  (1901); 
  Dyar, 
  "List 
  Nth. 
  Am. 
  Lep.," 
  

   p. 
  442 
  (1902); 
  " 
  Proc. 
  Un. 
  Sta. 
  Nat. 
  Mus.," 
  xxv., 
  p. 
  399 
  (1902); 
  xxvii., 
  p. 
  922 
  

   (1904). 
  Acanthodactylus, 
  vars. 
  c, 
  d, 
  e, 
  Zell., 
  " 
  Isis," 
  p. 
  785(1841); 
  "Linn. 
  

   Ent.," 
  vi., 
  p. 
  338, 
  vars. 
  c, 
  d, 
  e(1852). 
  Cosmodactylus, 
  H.-Sch., 
  " 
  Sys. 
  Bearb.," 
  

   v., 
  p. 
  369 
  (1855) 
  ; 
  pi. 
  i., 
  fig. 
  4 
  (1853) 
  ; 
  Frey, 
  "Tin. 
  Pter. 
  Schweiz," 
  p. 
  406 
  (1856) 
  ; 
  

   "Mitt. 
  Schw. 
  Ent. 
  Gesell.," 
  i., 
  p. 
  335(1865); 
  iii., 
  p. 
  293 
  (1870); 
  Jord.. 
  "Ent. 
  

   Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  vi., 
  p. 
  121 
  (1869); 
  xviii., 
  p. 
  117(1881); 
  Nolck., 
  " 
  Lep. 
  Fn. 
  Estl.," 
  

   p. 
  802 
  (1871) 
  ; 
  Waism., 
  " 
  Pter. 
  Cal. 
  Ore.," 
  p. 
  23, 
  pi. 
  ii., 
  figs. 
  2-4 
  (1880) 
  ; 
  Porritt, 
  

   "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  xxii., 
  p. 
  149 
  (1885); 
  Tutt, 
  "Young 
  Nat.," 
  x., 
  p. 
  164 
  (1889). 
  

   Ulodactyla, 
  Zett., 
  "Ins. 
  Lapp.," 
  p. 
  1012 
  (1840). 
  Ulodactylus, 
  Dup., 
  "Cat. 
  

   Meth.," 
  p. 
  383 
  (1844). 
  

  

  Okiginal 
  description. 
  — 
  Alucita 
  (The 
  brindled 
  plume) 
  alis 
  anticis 
  

   virescenti-cinereis 
  albido 
  nebulosis, 
  punctis 
  costalibus 
  numerosis, 
  

   strigaque 
  postica 
  obsoleta, 
  albis. 
  Habitat 
  apud 
  nos 
  rarissime. 
  Expansio 
  

   alarum 
  9-| 
  lin. 
  Alse 
  anticae 
  bifidae, 
  posticae 
  tripartita 
  1 
  atrse 
  (Lepidoptera 
  

   Britannica, 
  p. 
  479). 
  [In 
  adding 
  acanthadactyla 
  , 
  Hb., 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  

   this 
  species, 
  we 
  think 
  it 
  advisable 
  to 
  add 
  here 
  descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  figures 
  of 
  

   Alucita 
  acanthadactrjla 
  in 
  the 
  copy 
  of 
  Hiibner's 
  " 
  Samm. 
  Eur. 
  Schmett.," 
  

   that 
  belonged 
  to 
  Prof. 
  Zeller, 
  and 
  made 
  at 
  our 
  request 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bankes. 
  (N.B. 
  

   — 
  Where 
  the 
  colourist 
  has 
  failed 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  wings 
  quite 
  symmetrical 
  

   in 
  colour 
  or 
  markings, 
  the 
  one 
  showing 
  the 
  clearest 
  detail 
  has 
  been 
  

   relied 
  on.) 
  The 
  descriptions 
  read 
  : 
  Fig. 
  28, 
  " 
  acanthadactyla" 
  Exp, 
  

   al.f 
  20mm. 
  Forewing, 
  in 
  length 
  9'5mm. 
  ; 
  in 
  breadth 
  lmm. 
  in 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   3mm. 
  at 
  tornus 
  ; 
  costa 
  straight 
  ; 
  apex 
  pointed 
  and 
  produced 
  ; 
  tenuis 
  

   produced; 
  termen 
  decidedly 
  concave 
  ; 
  fissure 
  arc. 
  lmm. 
  long 
  ; 
  colour 
  

   tawny-brown, 
  speckled 
  and 
  irregularly 
  marked 
  with 
  black, 
  ami 
  much 
  

   clouded 
  with 
  it 
  near 
  termen. 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  four 
  costal 
  dots 
  begins 
  about 
  

   middle 
  of 
  costa, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  spot, 
  and, 
  at 
  lmm. 
  from 
  apex, 
  by 
  an 
  

   oblique 
  fascia; 
  all 
  these, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  dot 
  on 
  termen 
  of 
  each 
  lobe, 
  

   and 
  the 
  sparingly 
  black-spotted 
  cilia, 
  arc 
  primrose 
  coloured. 
  Dorsal 
  

   cilia 
  with 
  a 
  small, 
  oblique, 
  projecting, 
  black 
  scale 
  tooth 
  at 
  about, 
  and 
  a 
  

   larger 
  one 
  somewhat 
  beyond, 
  the 
  middle, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  blackish 
  spot 
  

   and 
  another 
  at 
  tornus. 
  Hindwings 
  dull 
  brown 
  ; 
  upper 
  fissure 
  extend 
  

   ing 
  almost 
  to 
  middle. 
  Lower 
  one 
  nearly 
  to 
  base 
  ; 
  cilia 
  white, 
  blackish 
  at 
  

  

  