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Show 1897.] WEST-INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 61 15. PTEROPHORUS BIPUNCTATUS, Mschl. = *~MICRODACTYLUS, Hdm. (nee Hb.). Pterophorus bipunctatus, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. X V. 346, 354 (1890) \ Alucita bipunctatus, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 496, 542 (1892)2. Leloptllus mlcrodactglus, Helm. Stett. Ent. Ztg. LVII. 9 (1896)3. Hab. U N I T E D STATES-Florida (Morrison, Mus. Wlsm.). West Indies - PORTORICO1'2; ST. CROIX, 28 IV. (Gudmann); ST. THOMAS, 20 III. (Gudmann), IV.3; G R E N A D A (Balthazar, 250 ft., windward side, 5-27 IV.-H. H. Smith). I am unable to agree with Heer Snellen, as quoted by Baron von Hedemann (I. c. No. 3), that the West-Indian species allied to mlcrodactylus, Hb., is actually our common European insect. Baron von Hedemann has sent me the specimen determined for him by Snellen, and I must certainly regard it as distinct. A very noticeable spot occurs on the lower margin of the anterior lobe of the fore wings a little beyond the opposite costal spot, and this is not present in mlcrodactylus ; moreover, the anterior wings appear to me to be distinctly narrower in proportion to their length. In any case there can be little doubt that it is the bipunctatus of Mdschler. 16. PTEROPHORUS PARTICIPATUS, Mschl. Pterophorus participates, Mschl. Ab. Senck. Nat. Ges. XV. 346, 354 (1890) \ Alucita participatus, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 496, 542 (1892)2. Hah. West Indies-PORTORICO l»". 17. PTEROPHORUS AGRAPHODACTYLUS, Wkr. n. s\n. = ASPILODACTYLUS, Wkr. Pterophorus agraphodactylus, Wkr. Cat. Lep. Ins. B. M. X X X. 941 (1864)L Pterophorus aspilodactylus, Wkr. Cat. Lep. Ins. B. M. X X X . 941-2 (1864)2; Butl. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1878, 4953. Lioptilus agraphodactylus, Wlsm. Pter. Cal. & Or. 46-7, PL ILL 6 (1880) *. Pterophorus agraphodactylus, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond. 1891, 496, 542 (1892)5. Pterophorus aspilodactylus, Wlsm. Pr. Z. Soc. Lond'. 1891, 496, 542 (1892)6. Hah. UNITED STATES-Oregon, V.4 West Indies-JAMAICA2' 3-8; SAN DOMINGO1'4'3. I can only regard the type of aspilodactylus as a worn specimen of agraphodactylus, and Walker himself suggested that it might be only a variety or a faded example of this species. II. ORNEODID.E. 7. ORNEODES, Ltr. - *ALUCITA, Z., auct. 18. ORNEODES EUDACTYLA, F. & R. Alucita (Pcelia ?) eudactyla, F. & R. Reise Nov., Lep. Pl. CXL. |