﻿OXYPTILUS 
  PILOSELLJE. 
  435 
  

  

  Wald, 
  near 
  Dotzheim, 
  Wiesbaden, 
  Nassau 
  (R6ssler),Frankfort-on-Main, 
  near 
  Cassel 
  

   (Koch),Waldeck 
  — 
  nearRhoden,Arolsen(Speyer),Thuringia 
  — 
  near 
  Jena(Knapp), 
  near 
  

   Sommerda 
  (Jordan), 
  Province 
  of 
  Saxony 
  — 
  Dolauer-Haide, 
  near 
  NietLeben, 
  HalJe- 
  

   a.-S. 
  (Stange), 
  Brandenburg 
  — 
  near 
  Berlin, 
  Potsdam 
  (Pfiitzner), 
  Silesia, 
  distributed 
  

   (Wocke), 
  Upper 
  Lusatia, 
  near 
  Schonberg, 
  Siegersdorf 
  (Sommer), 
  near 
  Sommerau, 
  

   Lower 
  Friedersdorf, 
  near 
  Neusalza 
  (700 
  ft. 
  -800 
  ft.), 
  Schafberg, 
  near 
  Baruth, 
  Nisky 
  

   (574 
  ft.) 
  (Moschler), 
  Kingdom 
  of 
  Saxony 
  — 
  Saxon 
  Upper 
  Lusatia, 
  distributed 
  

   (Schutze), 
  Bavaria 
  — 
  near 
  Regensburg, 
  on 
  the 
  Keilstein, 
  near 
  Worth 
  (Hofmann 
  

   andHerrich-Schaffer), 
  Schwablweiserberge, 
  Kleinpriifening, 
  near 
  Kelheim 
  (Schmid), 
  

   Wurttemberg 
  — 
  nearUrach 
  (Steudeland 
  Hofmann), 
  Baden, 
  only 
  in 
  high 
  mountains 
  

   — 
  near 
  Ueberlingen, 
  Lahr, 
  Gengenbach, 
  Herrenwies, 
  Tauberbischofsheini, 
  Fried- 
  

   richsfeld 
  (Meess 
  and 
  Spuler), 
  Alsace, 
  the 
  Palatinate 
  (Bertram). 
  Italy: 
  Sicily 
  

   (Mann). 
  Netherlands 
  : 
  North 
  Holland 
  (Kinker), 
  Utrecht— 
  on 
  the 
  heath 
  at 
  Soest 
  

   (Snellen), 
  G-elderland 
  — 
  near 
  Arnhem 
  (v. 
  Medenbach 
  de 
  Rooy), 
  Limburg 
  — 
  near 
  

   Maastricht, 
  North 
  Brabant 
  — 
  near 
  Breda 
  and 
  Rijen 
  (Snellen). 
  Roumania 
  : 
  Varatic 
  

   (Caradja). 
  Russia: 
  Baltic 
  Provinces 
  — 
  Magnusholm, 
  Pichtendahl 
  (Nolcken), 
  

   Livonia 
  (Zeller), 
  Kokenhusen 
  (Lienig), 
  Grosen 
  (Rosenberger), 
  Treyden 
  (Bienert). 
  

   Scandinavia: 
  Blekinge 
  (Wallengren), 
  Gothland 
  (Dahlbom). 
  Switzerland: 
  up 
  to 
  

   6000 
  ft. 
  elevation 
  — 
  Ziirich, 
  Baden, 
  Engadine 
  — 
  Samaden, 
  at 
  6000 
  ft. 
  (Frey), 
  

   Bergun 
  (Zeller), 
  Riff 
  el 
  (Jordan), 
  Ziirichberg 
  (Dietrich). 
  

  

  Oxyptilus 
  piloselljE, 
  Zeller. 
  

   Synonymy.— 
  Species 
  : 
  Pilosellse, 
  Zell., 
  " 
  Isis," 
  p. 
  789, 
  pi. 
  iv., 
  fig. 
  27 
  (1841) 
  ; 
  

   v. 
  Tied., 
  "Preuss. 
  Provinzialblatt.," 
  p. 
  539 
  (1845) 
  ; 
  Dup., 
  " 
  Cat. 
  Meth.," 
  p. 
  383 
  

   (1845); 
  Lienig, 
  "Isis," 
  p. 
  300 
  (1846); 
  Tgstrm., 
  " 
  Finl. 
  Fjar.," 
  p. 
  155 
  (1847); 
  

   Koch, 
  "Isis," 
  p. 
  954 
  (1848); 
  Sta., 
  " 
  Sys. 
  Cat.," 
  p. 
  13(1849); 
  Zell., 
  "Linn. 
  Ent.," 
  

   vi., 
  p. 
  349 
  (1852); 
  Wallgrn., 
  " 
  Oef 
  vers 
  K. 
  V. 
  A. 
  For.," 
  p. 
  220 
  (1852); 
  H.-Sch., 
  

   " 
  Sys. 
  Bearb.," 
  v., 
  p. 
  372 
  (1855) 
  ; 
  supp. 
  fig. 
  16 
  (1853) 
  ; 
  Frey, 
  "Tin. 
  Pter. 
  Schw.," 
  

   p. 
  408 
  (1856) 
  ; 
  Plotz, 
  " 
  Freyer'sNeu. 
  Beit.," 
  vii., 
  p. 
  131 
  (1858) 
  ; 
  Sta., 
  "Man.," 
  ii., 
  p. 
  

   442 
  (1859); 
  Wallgrn., 
  " 
  Skand. 
  Fjaderm.," 
  p. 
  14 
  (1862); 
  Gartn., 
  "Faun. 
  Briinn," 
  p. 
  

   250 
  (1866); 
  Jord., 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  vi., 
  p. 
  122 
  (1869); 
  Staud. 
  and 
  Wocke, 
  "Cat.," 
  

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

   Wocke, 
  "Schmett. 
  Deutsch.,"iii.,pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  790 
  (1877); 
  Frey, 
  "Lep. 
  Schweiz," 
  p. 
  429 
  

   (1880); 
  Jord., 
  "Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  xviii., 
  p. 
  122 
  (1881); 
  Snellen, 
  " 
  De 
  Vlind.." 
  

   ii., 
  pt. 
  2, 
  p. 
  1029(1882); 
  Sorhgn., 
  " 
  Kleinschm. 
  Brandbg.," 
  p. 
  3 
  (1886) 
  ; 
  Leech, 
  

   "Brit. 
  Pyr.," 
  p. 
  57, 
  pi. 
  xvii., 
  fig. 
  1 
  (1886); 
  Tutt, 
  "Young 
  Nat.," 
  x., 
  p. 
  164 
  (1889); 
  

   Barr., 
  " 
  Ent. 
  Mo. 
  Mag.," 
  xxv., 
  p. 
  431 
  (1889) 
  ; 
  South, 
  "Ent.," 
  xxii., 
  p. 
  33 
  (1889) 
  ; 
  

   Meyr., 
  " 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond.," 
  p. 
  485 
  (1890); 
  Tutt, 
  "Brit. 
  Nat.," 
  i., 
  p. 
  182 
  

   (1891); 
  "Pter. 
  Brit.," 
  p. 
  66 
  (1895); 
  Meyr., 
  "Handbook," 
  etc., 
  p. 
  432 
  (1895); 
  

   Hofmn., 
  "Deutsch. 
  Pteroph.," 
  p. 
  107(1895); 
  Staud. 
  and 
  Reb., 
  "Cat.," 
  3rd 
  ed., 
  

   p. 
  71 
  (1901); 
  Barr., 
  "Lep. 
  Brit. 
  Isles," 
  ix., 
  pp. 
  369-370, 
  pi. 
  415, 
  fig. 
  2 
  (1904). 
  

   Didactylus, 
  Stphs., 
  "Illus. 
  Haust.," 
  iv., 
  p. 
  377, 
  in 
  part 
  (1834) 
  ; 
  Wood, 
  " 
  Ind. 
  

   Ent.," 
  1st 
  ed., 
  p. 
  237, 
  in 
  part, 
  pi. 
  Ii., 
  fig. 
  1650 
  (1839). 
  Trichodactyla, 
  Stphs.. 
  

   "Illus., 
  Haust.," 
  iv., 
  p. 
  424, 
  in 
  part 
  (1835). 
  Didactyla, 
  Zett., 
  " 
  Ins. 
  Lapp..' 
  1 
  

   p. 
  1013 
  (1840). 
  Hieracii, 
  Sta., 
  "Cat.," 
  p. 
  32 
  (1849); 
  Tutt, 
  " 
  Brit. 
  Nat.," 
  i., 
  

   p. 
  185, 
  in 
  part 
  (1891) 
  ; 
  " 
  Pter. 
  Brit.," 
  p. 
  69, 
  in 
  part 
  (1895) 
  ; 
  Meyr., 
  "Handbook." 
  

   etc., 
  p. 
  432 
  (1895) 
  ; 
  Barr., 
  "Lep. 
  Brit. 
  Isles," 
  ix., 
  367-36S, 
  in 
  part, 
  pi. 
  415. 
  fig. 
  1 
  

   (1904). 
  

  

  Original 
  description. 
  — 
  Alis 
  anterioribus 
  rufescenti-cinnamomeis, 
  

   laciniis 
  albido-bistrigatis, 
  digito 
  tertio 
  cinnamomeo, 
  paulo 
  ante 
  apicem 
  

   utrinque 
  atrosquamato. 
  Forewings 
  reddish 
  cinnamon-brown 
  with 
  

   two 
  whitish 
  transverse 
  lines 
  across 
  the 
  lobes 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  plumule 
  

   cinnamon-brown, 
  shortly 
  before 
  the 
  apex 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  with 
  deep 
  black 
  

   scaling 
  (many 
  <? 
  s 
  and 
  ? 
  s). 
  This 
  plume 
  differs 
  from 
  Pterophorus 
  

   tristisin 
  its 
  brighter 
  colour 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  bhe 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  

   fringes 
  of 
  bhe 
  third 
  plumule; 
  from 
  /'. 
  nbscunis 
  in 
  bhe 
  lighter 
  ground- 
  

   colour, 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  scales 
  on 
  bhe 
  disc 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  

   plumule 
  and 
  in 
  bhe 
  differently 
  marked 
  fringes 
  on 
  bhe 
  hind- 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   lower 
  lobe; 
  from 
  /'. 
  hieracii 
  in 
  its 
  smaller 
  size, 
  in 
  bhe 
  pale. 
  Less 
  chestnut- 
  

   coloured, 
  ground-colour, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  loss 
  distinct 
  white 
  hind-marginal 
  

   line 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  lobe; 
  finally, 
  from 
  /'. 
  trichodactylus 
  in 
  the 
  unicolorous 
  

   ■disc 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  plumule, 
  and 
  in 
  bhe 
  differently 
  coloured 
  hind-margin 
  

  

  