﻿MARASMAKCHIDI. 
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  Hannover 
  — 
  Quedlinburg 
  (Jordan), 
  the 
  foothills 
  of 
  the 
  Harz 
  (Gillmer), 
  Gottingen 
  

   (Jordan), 
  Khine 
  Provinces 
  — 
  [Krefeld, 
  Trier, 
  Aachen, 
  Uerdingen 
  (Stollwerck),] 
  

   Frankfurt-on-Main 
  (Schmid), 
  Hesse-Nassau 
  — 
  Nassau 
  (Bossier), 
  Frankfurt, 
  Taunus, 
  

   Wiesbaden 
  (Koch), 
  Waldeck(Speyer), 
  Thuringia 
  — 
  Kuhlhausen, 
  Sommerda 
  (Jordan), 
  

   Province 
  of 
  Saxony 
  — 
  Erfurt 
  (Keferstein), 
  Halle-on-Saale 
  (Stange), 
  Anhalt 
  — 
  Dessau 
  

   (Richter), 
  Mosigkauer 
  Haide 
  (Gillmer), 
  Brandenburg, 
  everywhere 
  — 
  Frankfurt-on- 
  

   Oder, 
  Potsdam, 
  Havel 
  district, 
  Schwetiger 
  Forst 
  (Kretschmer), 
  Silesia, 
  distributed— 
  

   Upper 
  Lusatia 
  (Moschler), 
  Kingdom 
  of 
  Saxony 
  — 
  Freiburg 
  (Fritsche), 
  Bavaria 
  — 
  

   Begensburg 
  (Hofmann 
  and 
  Herrich-Schaffer), 
  Oberaudorf, 
  near 
  Munich 
  (Hart- 
  

   raann), 
  Augsburg 
  (Freyer), 
  Wiirttemberg 
  (Steudel 
  and 
  Hofmann), 
  Baden, 
  every- 
  

   where 
  — 
  Freiburg, 
  Carlsruhe, 
  Feldberg, 
  Constance 
  (Beutti), 
  Alsace 
  (Meess 
  and 
  

   Spuler), 
  Palatinate 
  (Bertram), 
  Posen 
  — 
  Meseritz 
  (Zeller). 
  Gbeece 
  : 
  Parnassus 
  

   (Kriiper). 
  Italy: 
  Piedmont 
  — 
  Courmayeur 
  (Tutt), 
  Sicily— 
  Palermo, 
  Messina, 
  

   Madonie 
  Mountains 
  (Mina-Palumbo). 
  Netherlands: 
  North 
  Holland 
  — 
  

   Overijssel, 
  Gelderland, 
  in 
  Zeeland, 
  Gravenhage, 
  Tiel, 
  Zeddam, 
  in 
  Hulst, 
  

   Limburg, 
  near 
  Maastricht 
  (Snellen). 
  Boumania 
  (Caradja). 
  Bussia 
  : 
  Baltic 
  

   Provinces, 
  common— 
  Lechts 
  (Huene), 
  Biga 
  district 
  (Berg), 
  Magnusholm, 
  Aathale, 
  

   near 
  Segewold, 
  near 
  Neuhof, 
  Pichtendahl, 
  BotsikuJl 
  (Nolcken), 
  Moscow 
  district 
  

   (Albrecht), 
  Lower 
  Volga 
  district 
  — 
  Casan, 
  Orenburg, 
  etc. 
  (Eversmann). 
  Scandinavia 
  : 
  

   Scania, 
  Blekinge, 
  Smaland, 
  Gothland 
  (Wallengren), 
  Norway 
  — 
  Bergun 
  (Jordan), 
  

   Aal, 
  common 
  (Strand). 
  Switzerland 
  : 
  rare 
  — 
  near 
  Zurich, 
  singly 
  (Frey), 
  Lenzburg 
  

   (Wullschlegel), 
  Bernese 
  Alps 
  (Boll), 
  St. 
  Gallen 
  (Taschler), 
  Degersheim 
  (Muller), 
  

   Bergun 
  (Zeller), 
  Simplon 
  (Jaggi), 
  Zermatt 
  (Frey 
  collection), 
  Saas-Thal— 
  Saas-im- 
  

   Grund 
  (Tutt). 
  

  

  Subfamily 
  : 
  Marasm 
  arching. 
  

  

  Tribe 
  : 
  Marasmarchidi. 
  

  

  The 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Marasmarcha 
  (Imiaedactyla, 
  etc.) 
  has 
  

   puzzled 
  all 
  our 
  systematists, 
  nor 
  can 
  we 
  do 
  more 
  than 
  indicate 
  the 
  

   characters 
  that 
  may 
  aid 
  in 
  a 
  right 
  appreciation 
  of 
  its 
  position. 
  

   Hubner 
  (Verz., 
  p. 
  430) 
  placed 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  Amblyptiliae 
  with 
  acantha- 
  

   dactyla, 
  Hb., 
  cosmodactyla, 
  Hb., 
  and 
  certain 
  Oxyptilid 
  species, 
  i.e., 
  

   quite 
  separate 
  from 
  the 
  Stenoptiliines. 
  In 
  1827, 
  Curtis 
  (Brit. 
  Ent., 
  

   fo. 
  161) 
  grouped 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  Stenoptiliids, 
  on 
  the 
  Alucitine, 
  and 
  not 
  

   the 
  Platyptiliine, 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  plume 
  phylum 
  ; 
  as 
  also 
  did 
  Stephens 
  

   (Illm. 
  Brit. 
  Ent. 
  Haust., 
  iv., 
  p. 
  374), 
  although, 
  in 
  his 
  appendix 
  (p. 
  424) 
  to 
  

   the 
  volume, 
  he 
  combines 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  Amblyptilias 
  and 
  Oxyptilines, 
  

   under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Amblyptilia. 
  Zeller, 
  in 
  1841 
  (his, 
  p. 
  834), 
  

   separated 
  it 
  both 
  from 
  the 
  Amblyptiliids 
  and 
  Oxyptilids, 
  and 
  brought 
  

   it 
  into 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Stenoptiliids, 
  placing 
  both 
  the 
  latter 
  and 
  

   the 
  Marasmarchids 
  as 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  group 
  as 
  the 
  Leioptilids. 
  

   etc., 
  whilst, 
  in 
  1852, 
  he 
  united 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  Stenoptiliids, 
  making 
  the 
  

   whole 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  Pterophorus, 
  Zell. 
  Herrich-Schaffer 
  separated 
  it 
  

   entirely, 
  and 
  placed 
  the 
  group 
  quite 
  on 
  the 
  Alucitid 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   plumes 
  ; 
  whilst 
  Staudinger 
  and 
  Wocke 
  (Cat., 
  2nd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  87) 
  brought 
  

   it 
  into 
  the 
  Stenoptiliines 
  under 
  Wallengren's 
  name, 
  Mirnaeseoptilus, 
  

   the 
  grouping 
  of 
  this 
  list 
  being 
  followed 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  by 
  most 
  continental 
  

   authors. 
  In 
  1886, 
  Meyrick 
  separated 
  (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  

   p. 
  11) 
  lunaedactyla, 
  together 
  with 
  a, 
  species 
  named 
  liophanes 
  (from 
  

   Reunion), 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Marasmarcha, 
  his 
  diagnosis 
  being 
  given 
  

   under 
  our 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  In 
  1890, 
  he 
  gave 
  (op. 
  <//., 
  1 
  890 
  

   p. 
  488) 
  a 
  slightly 
  modified 
  diagnosis 
  under 
  the 
  same 
  name, 
  and. 
  for 
  

   the 
  first 
  time, 
  grouped 
  the 
  Marasmarchid 
  species 
  ehrenbergiana, 
  Zell.. 
  

   agrorum, 
  ll.-Seh.. 
  rhypodactyla, 
  Staud., 
  trimmatodactyla^ 
  Christ.. 
  

   phaeodactyla, 
  lib., 
  cinnamomea, 
  Stand, 
  to 
  which 
  he 
  unaccountably 
  

   added 
  microdactyly 
  lib. 
  He 
  obsmvs 
  that 
  •• 
  Marastnarcha 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  

   genus, 
  occurring 
  in 
  Europe, 
  central 
  Asm. 
  and 
  Afriea. 
  It 
  closeh 
  

   approaches 
  Ahicita, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  development 
  from 
  it." 
  The 
  heterogeneric 
  

  

  