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  BRITISH 
  LEPIDOPTERA. 
  

  

  The 
  slender 
  pupa 
  was 
  4 
  lines 
  in 
  length, 
  smooth, 
  and 
  without 
  hairs, 
  with 
  the 
  

   head 
  blunt 
  and 
  broad 
  ; 
  the 
  broadest 
  part 
  being 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  just 
  at 
  

   the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  wing-cases, 
  from 
  whence 
  it 
  gradually 
  tapered 
  to 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  

   tail, 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  its 
  foodplant 
  ; 
  in 
  colour 
  the 
  body 
  was 
  

   pale 
  yellowish-green, 
  the 
  head 
  ochreous-green, 
  the 
  wing-cases 
  of 
  a 
  darker 
  greyish- 
  

   green 
  tinged 
  with 
  pink 
  ; 
  a 
  faint 
  darker 
  green 
  dorsal 
  line 
  was 
  just 
  visible, 
  and, 
  along 
  

   either 
  side, 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  subdorsal, 
  elongate, 
  black 
  spots 
  (Buckler). 
  

  

  Whether 
  this 
  belongs 
  to 
  aridus, 
  ZelL, 
  or 
  not, 
  we 
  are 
  not 
  prepared 
  

   to 
  say, 
  on 
  the 
  determination 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  specimen 
  bred 
  by 
  Buckler. 
  If 
  

   it 
  does, 
  we 
  suspect 
  that 
  the 
  British 
  specimens 
  referred 
  by 
  British 
  lepi- 
  

   dopterists 
  to 
  aridus, 
  are 
  not 
  aridus, 
  ZelL, 
  and 
  that 
  aridus, 
  ZelL, 
  is 
  not 
  

   a 
  form 
  of 
  Adkinia 
  bipunctidactyla 
  ; 
  in 
  this 
  respect, 
  our 
  opinion 
  agrees 
  

   with 
  that 
  of 
  Hofmann. 
  Herrich-SchafTer 
  says 
  (Sys. 
  Bearb., 
  v., 
  p. 
  376) 
  

   that 
  he 
  received 
  his 
  examples 
  of 
  aridus, 
  from 
  Mann, 
  as 
  loewii, 
  but 
  that 
  

   they 
  are 
  quite 
  different, 
  being 
  a 
  little 
  larger 
  than 
  loewii, 
  and 
  much 
  

   smaller 
  than 
  serotinus. 
  .] 
  

  

  Genus 
  : 
  Stenoptilia, 
  Hiibner. 
  

  

  Synonymy.— 
  Genus 
  : 
  Stenoptilia, 
  Hb., 
  " 
  Verz.," 
  p. 
  430 
  (1825); 
  Stphs., 
  " 
  111. 
  

   Haust.," 
  iv., 
  p. 
  372; 
  app. 
  p. 
  424 
  (1834); 
  Meyr., 
  "Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond.," 
  p. 
  487 
  

   (1890); 
  •' 
  Handbook," 
  p. 
  440 
  (1895); 
  Hofmn., 
  " 
  Deutsch. 
  Pteroph.," 
  p. 
  82 
  (1895); 
  

   Fern., 
  " 
  Pter. 
  Nth. 
  Amer.," 
  p. 
  56; 
  revised 
  ed., 
  p. 
  58 
  (1898) 
  ; 
  Staud. 
  and 
  Kebel, 
  

   " 
  Cat.," 
  3rd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  77 
  (1901) 
  ; 
  Dyar. 
  " 
  List 
  Nth. 
  Am. 
  Lep.," 
  p. 
  447 
  (1902) 
  ; 
  Tutt, 
  

   " 
  Ent. 
  Kec," 
  xvii., 
  p. 
  35 
  (1905). 
  Alucita, 
  Linn., 
  "Faun. 
  Suec," 
  2nd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  871 
  

   (1761) 
  ; 
  " 
  Syst. 
  Nat.," 
  12th 
  ed., 
  p. 
  900 
  (1767) 
  ; 
  Mull., 
  " 
  Faun. 
  Ins. 
  Frid.," 
  p. 
  59 
  

   (1764) 
  ; 
  Goze, 
  " 
  Ent. 
  Beit.," 
  iv., 
  pt. 
  3, 
  p. 
  173 
  (in 
  part) 
  (1783) 
  ; 
  de 
  VilL, 
  "Linn. 
  

   Ent. 
  Faun. 
  Suec," 
  ii., 
  p. 
  535 
  (1789) 
  ; 
  Haw., 
  "Lep. 
  Brit.," 
  p. 
  476 
  (181]) 
  ; 
  Hb., 
  

   "Schmett. 
  Eur.," 
  Aluc. 
  ix., 
  figs. 
  16, 
  25 
  (circ. 
  1819); 
  Treits., 
  "Die 
  Schmett.," 
  

   ix., 
  p. 
  244 
  (1833); 
  Evers., 
  "Faun. 
  Volg.-Ural.," 
  p. 
  606 
  (1844). 
  Pterophorus, 
  

   Fab., 
  "Syst. 
  Ent.," 
  p. 
  671 
  (1775) 
  ; 
  Sam., 
  "Ent. 
  Usef. 
  Comp.," 
  p. 
  409 
  (1819); 
  

   Curt., 
  "Brit. 
  Ent.," 
  fo. 
  161 
  (1827) 
  ; 
  Dup., 
  "Hist. 
  Nat.," 
  ix., 
  p. 
  666, 
  pi. 
  314, 
  fig. 
  3 
  

   (1838) 
  ; 
  Wood, 
  " 
  Ind. 
  Ent.," 
  p. 
  235, 
  pi. 
  li., 
  fig. 
  1630 
  (1839) 
  ; 
  ZelL, 
  " 
  Isis," 
  p. 
  277 
  

   (1839); 
  p. 
  841 
  (1841); 
  Dup.. 
  "Cat. 
  Meth.," 
  p. 
  382 
  (1844); 
  Tgstrm., 
  "Finl. 
  Fjar.," 
  

   p. 
  155 
  (1847); 
  ZelL, 
  "Linn. 
  Ent.," 
  vi., 
  p. 
  371 
  (1852) 
  ; 
  H.-Sch., 
  " 
  Sys. 
  Bearb.," 
  

   v., 
  p. 
  375 
  (1855); 
  Frey, 
  " 
  Tin. 
  Pter. 
  Schw.," 
  p. 
  413 
  (1856) 
  ; 
  Sta., 
  "Man.," 
  ii., 
  

   p. 
  442 
  (1859); 
  Schmid, 
  " 
  Berl. 
  Ent. 
  Zeits.," 
  viii., 
  p. 
  t6 
  (1864); 
  Nolck., 
  "Lep. 
  

   Faun. 
  EstL," 
  p. 
  808 
  (1871); 
  Porritt, 
  " 
  Ent.," 
  xv., 
  p. 
  44 
  (1882); 
  "Buckler's 
  

   Larvae," 
  ix., 
  p. 
  365 
  (1901). 
  Mimaeseoptilus, 
  Wallgrn., 
  " 
  Skand. 
  Fjaderm.," 
  

   p. 
  18(1859); 
  Jord., 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  vi., 
  p. 
  123 
  (1869); 
  Staud. 
  and 
  Wocke, 
  

   "Cat.," 
  2nd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  343 
  (1871); 
  Hein. 
  and 
  Wocke, 
  "Schmett. 
  Deutsch.," 
  iii., 
  

   pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  797 
  (1877) 
  ; 
  Frey, 
  " 
  Lep. 
  der 
  Schweiz," 
  p. 
  431 
  (1880) 
  ; 
  South, 
  "Ent,," 
  

   xv., 
  p. 
  148, 
  pi. 
  iii., 
  figs. 
  4a-4c 
  (1882); 
  Sorh., 
  " 
  Kleinschm. 
  Brandbg.," 
  p. 
  6 
  (1886); 
  

   Tutt, 
  "Young 
  Nat.," 
  x., 
  p 
  165 
  (1889) 
  ; 
  "Brit. 
  Nat.," 
  ii., 
  pp. 
  160, 
  226 
  (1892) 
  ; 
  

   " 
  Pter. 
  Brit.," 
  p. 
  100 
  (1895) 
  ; 
  SnelL, 
  " 
  Vlind. 
  Ned.," 
  ii., 
  2, 
  p. 
  1040 
  (1882). 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Stenoptilia, 
  Hb. 
  (Verz., 
  p. 
  430), 
  was 
  created 
  by 
  Hiibner 
  

   for 
  a 
  mixed 
  assemblage 
  of 
  species 
  belonging 
  to 
  very 
  different 
  groups 
  

   of 
  the 
  "plume" 
  stirps, 
  e.g., 
  the 
  modern 
  genera 
  Stenojitilia 
  and 
  Adkinia 
  

   on 
  the 
  Piatyptiliine 
  side, 
  and 
  Emmelina, 
  Leioptilus, 
  Hellinsia, 
  and 
  

   Adaina 
  on 
  the 
  Alucitine 
  side. 
  His 
  diagnosis 
  reads 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  forewings 
  narrow, 
  speckled 
  with 
  scattered 
  black 
  spots 
  — 
  Stenoptilia 
  micto- 
  

   dactyla, 
  Schiff., 
  Verz., 
  Alu. 
  A, 
  3 
  ; 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu. 
  3. 
  S. 
  ptilodactyla 
  , 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  

   16, 
  25. 
  S. 
  pterodactyla,* 
  Linn., 
  Syst., 
  PhaL, 
  458 
  ; 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu. 
  4. 
  S. 
  scarodac- 
  

   tyla, 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  21, 
  22. 
  S. 
  tephradactyla, 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  17. 
  S. 
  carphodactyla, 
  

   Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  19, 
  20. 
  S. 
  microdactyla,j 
  Schiff., 
  Verz., 
  Alu. 
  A, 
  12, 
  Hiibn., 
  Alu., 
  

   26, 
  27. 
  

  

  It 
  would 
  be 
  difficult 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  more 
  heterotypical 
  genus 
  than 
  this. 
  

  

  * 
  Hubner's 
  Alucita 
  pterodactyla, 
  "Eur. 
  Schmett.," 
  Alu. 
  fig. 
  A 
  = 
  Alucita 
  

   monodactyla, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  f 
  Schiffermiiller 
  and 
  Denis, 
  Verz., 
  p. 
  320, 
  Alu. 
  A, 
  12, 
  is 
  nan.ed 
  mictodactyla. 
  

   These 
  authors 
  mention 
  no 
  species 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  microdactyla 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  can 
  

   discover. 
  

  

  