Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences . milies are isolated among the Macros; the Cochliopodidie and Zygaenida; alike in thepupa state by the delicate integument and the partially loose sheath, these groups standing nearest to the Tineidaewith complete maxillary palpi, forming the oldest branch of the lepidopterous stem, and having been developedearlier than the Jlacros. -A classification of lepidopterous larvii. Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., viii, 1891, p. 196. On Synthetic types in insects, Boston Jour, of Nat. Hist., 1863, pp. 590-«G03. 72 MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. I wil
Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences . milies are isolated among the Macros; the Cochliopodidie and Zygaenida; alike in thepupa state by the delicate integument and the partially loose sheath, these groups standing nearest to the Tineidaewith complete maxillary palpi, forming the oldest branch of the lepidopterous stem, and having been developedearlier than the Jlacros. -A classification of lepidopterous larvii. Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., viii, 1891, p. 196. On Synthetic types in insects, Boston Jour, of Nat. Hist., 1863, pp. 590-«G03. 72 MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. I will now refer to some characters of the Hepialidie wliicU further show that tliey are-colossal Tineoicls, and should be placed very near the base of the order, though still proving, intheir boring larval habits and in the reduced maxillary and labial palpi, the entire absence of ahaustellum and of mandibles, that the family (at least Hepialus and Stheuopis) has undergone aconsiderable degree of moditication, compared with the Micropterygida;..
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