﻿OXYPTILUS. 
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  the 
  Stenoptiliids, 
  the 
  primary 
  tubercles 
  i 
  and 
  ii, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  iv 
  and 
  v, 
  

   being 
  separate, 
  and 
  the 
  accessory 
  postspiraculars 
  absent, 
  whilst 
  the 
  

   Capperiidi 
  have 
  well-developed 
  warts, 
  i 
  + 
  ii 
  united 
  into 
  a 
  single 
  

   many-haired 
  wart 
  on 
  thorax 
  and 
  abdomen, 
  iii 
  forming 
  a 
  well-developed 
  

   wart, 
  whilst 
  the 
  accessory 
  postspiraculars 
  are 
  also 
  well-developed. 
  

  

  Genus 
  : 
  Oxyptilus, 
  Zeller. 
  

   Synonymy.— 
  Genus 
  : 
  Oxyptilus, 
  Zell., 
  " 
  Isis," 
  pp. 
  765, 
  789 
  (1841) 
  ; 
  "Linn. 
  

   Ent.," 
  vi., 
  p. 
  345(1852); 
  Wallgrn., 
  " 
  Oefvers. 
  K. 
  V. 
  A. 
  Frr.," 
  p. 
  220 
  (1852); 
  

   H.-Sch., 
  " 
  Sys. 
  Bearb.," 
  v., 
  p. 
  370 
  (1855) 
  ; 
  Wallgrn., 
  " 
  Skand. 
  Fjaderm.," 
  p. 
  14 
  

   (1862) 
  ; 
  Jord., 
  " 
  Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  vi., 
  p. 
  121 
  (1869) 
  ; 
  Staud. 
  and 
  Wocke, 
  " 
  Cat.," 
  

   2nd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  342 
  (1871) 
  ; 
  Nolck., 
  " 
  Lep. 
  Fn. 
  Estl.," 
  p. 
  803 
  (1871) 
  ; 
  Frey, 
  "Lep. 
  

   Schweiz," 
  p. 
  429 
  (1880) 
  ; 
  Staud., 
  " 
  Hor. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Boss.," 
  xv., 
  pp. 
  425-7 
  (1880) 
  ; 
  

   Jord., 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  xviii., 
  p. 
  122 
  (1881); 
  Barr., 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  xviii., 
  

   p. 
  177 
  (1882); 
  South, 
  " 
  Ent.," 
  xv., 
  p. 
  35(1882); 
  xvi., 
  p. 
  73 
  (1883) 
  ; 
  Sorhgn., 
  

   " 
  Kleinschmett. 
  Brandbg.," 
  p. 
  3 
  (1886) 
  ; 
  Leech, 
  " 
  Brit. 
  Pyr.," 
  pp. 
  56, 
  57 
  (1886) 
  ; 
  

   Tutt, 
  "Young 
  Nat.," 
  x., 
  p. 
  164 
  (1889); 
  South, 
  "Ent.," 
  xvii., 
  pp. 
  32, 
  34, 
  102 
  

   (1889); 
  Briggs, 
  "Ent.," 
  xxii., 
  p. 
  139 
  (1889); 
  Barr., 
  " 
  Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  xxv., 
  

   p. 
  431 
  (1889); 
  Meyr., 
  "Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond.," 
  p. 
  485 
  (1890); 
  Tutt, 
  "Brit. 
  

   Nat.," 
  i., 
  pp. 
  182, 
  249 
  (1891); 
  " 
  Pter. 
  Brit.," 
  pp. 
  60, 
  66 
  (1895); 
  Meyr., 
  

   "Handbook," 
  etc., 
  p. 
  431 
  (1895); 
  Hofmn., 
  "Deutsch. 
  Pteroph.," 
  pp.95, 
  

   107 
  (1895); 
  " 
  Illus. 
  Zeits. 
  fur 
  Ent.," 
  hi., 
  pp. 
  152, 
  307 
  (1898); 
  Staud. 
  and 
  

   Beb., 
  "Cat.," 
  3rd 
  ed., 
  p. 
  71 
  (1901); 
  Barr., 
  "Lep. 
  Brit. 
  Isles," 
  ix., 
  p. 
  362, 
  

   pi. 
  414-415 
  (1904); 
  Tutt, 
  "Ent. 
  Bee," 
  xvii., 
  p. 
  37 
  (1905). 
  Alucita, 
  Haw., 
  

   "Lep. 
  Brit.," 
  p. 
  479 
  (1811); 
  Zett., 
  "Ins. 
  Lapp.," 
  p. 
  1013 
  (1840). 
  Ptero- 
  

   phorus, 
  Wood, 
  " 
  Ind. 
  Ent.," 
  1st 
  ed., 
  p. 
  237 
  (1839); 
  Zell., 
  "Isis," 
  p. 
  789 
  

   (1841) 
  ; 
  pp. 
  38, 
  902 
  (1847) 
  ; 
  Dup., 
  " 
  Cat. 
  Meth.," 
  p. 
  383 
  (1845) 
  ; 
  Tgstrm., 
  " 
  Finl. 
  

   Fjar.," 
  p. 
  155 
  (1847) 
  ; 
  Frey, 
  " 
  Tin. 
  Pter. 
  Schweiz," 
  p. 
  408 
  (1856) 
  ; 
  Sta., 
  " 
  Syst. 
  

   Cat.," 
  p. 
  13 
  (1849) 
  ; 
  "Man.," 
  ii., 
  p. 
  441 
  (1859) 
  ; 
  Gregs., 
  " 
  Ent.," 
  p. 
  298 
  (1867) 
  ; 
  

   Barr. 
  and 
  Buckl.,"Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  viii., 
  p. 
  155 
  (1871); 
  Mason, 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  

   xxv., 
  p. 
  162 
  (1888). 
  Amblyptilia, 
  Stphs., 
  "Illus. 
  Haust.," 
  iv., 
  p. 
  377, 
  in 
  part 
  

   (1834) 
  ; 
  app. 
  p. 
  424, 
  in 
  part 
  (1835). 
  Oxyptilia, 
  Hein. 
  and 
  Wocke, 
  " 
  Schmett. 
  

   Deutsch.," 
  iii., 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  790 
  (1877). 
  

  

  Until 
  quite 
  recently 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  Oxyptilinae, 
  with 
  the 
  

   exception 
  of 
  those 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Buckleria, 
  have 
  been 
  placed 
  

   in 
  the 
  genus 
  Oxyptilus. 
  This 
  genus, 
  created 
  by 
  Zeller 
  (Isis, 
  1841, 
  pp. 
  

   765-766) 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  separate 
  the 
  Oxyptilines 
  from 
  the 
  Amblyptiliines, 
  

   which 
  Hiibner 
  had 
  united 
  in 
  his 
  genus 
  Am 
  ply 
  ptilia 
  (recte 
  Amblyptilia), 
  

   was 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  Oxyptiline 
  species. 
  The 
  original 
  

   description 
  reads 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  lobes 
  extend 
  to 
  more 
  than 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  wing-expanse, 
  are 
  narrow, 
  and 
  

   the 
  upper 
  wants 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  plumule 
  linear, 
  before, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   with 
  black 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  fringes. 
  Only 
  the 
  similarity 
  of 
  the 
  markings 
  and 
  general 
  

   appearance 
  places 
  this 
  group 
  here 
  ; 
  a 
  thorough 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  the 
  

   wings, 
  would, 
  without 
  fail, 
  place 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  third 
  group. 
  The 
  lobes 
  and 
  the 
  

   plumules 
  are 
  much 
  narrower 
  and 
  longer 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  group 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  

   lobe 
  is 
  very 
  pointed, 
  and 
  its 
  anal 
  angle 
  has 
  disappeared 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  lobe 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  

   elongated 
  apex. 
  In 
  the 
  hindwings, 
  the 
  first 
  fissure 
  runs 
  to 
  within 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  

   of 
  the 
  wing, 
  the 
  second 
  nearly 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  base. 
  The 
  linear 
  plumules 
  become 
  

   gradually 
  narrower 
  from 
  their 
  commencement 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  apices 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  has 
  no 
  

   distinct 
  anal 
  angle, 
  but 
  has, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  apex, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  itself, 
  either 
  in 
  

   the 
  fringes 
  of 
  both 
  margins, 
  or 
  in 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  only, 
  a 
  crowded 
  vow 
  of 
  

   black 
  scales. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  held, 
  in 
  rest, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  group, 
  namely, 
  the 
  

   forewings 
  are 
  stretched 
  out 
  Hat, 
  and 
  the 
  hindwings, 
  folded 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  group, 
  are 
  

   all, 
  except 
  the 
  scale-tuft, 
  hidden 
  beneath. 
  The 
  markings 
  are, 
  from 
  the 
  very 
  near 
  

   relationship 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  much 
  in 
  agreement. 
  Before 
  the 
  fissure 
  lies 
  a 
  generally 
  

   smaller, 
  paler, 
  dash, 
  and 
  before 
  this, 
  in 
  the 
  disc, 
  another 
  larger. 
  Right 
  across 
  the 
  

   lobes, 
  more 
  sharply 
  defined 
  on 
  the 
  upper, 
  run 
  obliquely 
  two 
  whitish, 
  usually 
  some- 
  

   what 
  shining, 
  transverse 
  lines, 
  between 
  which 
  the 
  ground 
  colour, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  appears 
  

   especially 
  dark. 
  Those 
  are 
  also 
  present 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  ; 
  only 
  the 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   first, 
  transverse 
  line 
  is 
  wanting 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  Lobe. 
  The 
  first 
  plumule 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  

   wings 
  has, 
  on 
  the 
  underside, 
  two 
  pale, 
  yellow, 
  transverse 
  dashes, 
  which 
  lie 
  in 
  

  

  