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cidce. Attacus luna and Polyphemus, notwithstanding the 

 difference in their hind wings, cannot be separated generically, 

 for their larvae [PI. iv, figs. 14, 17] and cocoons are almost ex- 

 actly alike. These two will form one section of the genus, 

 while Cecropia and Promethea constitute another. Bombyx lo 

 is much nearer to Saturnm than is Proserpina, inasmuch as 

 the joints of the antennae are each doubly bipectinated. In 

 Aglia tau each joint seems to have only one branch on each 

 side ; but there are, in fact, two branches which are so close 

 together as to appear like one. In our Proserpina I cannot 

 find that the apparently single branches are in reality bifid ; 

 nevertheless Proserpina comes nearer to Aglia than to Satur- 

 nia. Perhaps lo and Proserpina should be types of new 

 genera. Endromis versicolor, in the perfect state, is evidently 

 very near to our Proserpina ; but is, with great propriety, made 

 the type of a distinct genus, on account of the form and habit 

 of the larva. It approximates very remotely to Bonibyx mori, 

 to use an Irishism. The Q&ratocampiadcR cannot come among the 

 Notodontiadce (although like some of the latter, e. y.,Pyacera, 

 they are not true spinners), because the hind wings of the 

 former are reversed in repose, in which they exactly agree with 

 B. lo ; while the hind wings in the Notodontiadce are never re- 

 versed. The cocoon of B, lo is very slight, consisting only of 

 a little gummy matter, with which a few leaves are fastened 

 together and lined. B. Proserpina is said by Abbot to trans- 

 form in the ground without making a cocoon ; both of them are 

 gregarious, at least while young. The Ceratocampiadce are gre- 

 garious also, and transform in the earth without making cocoons. 

 In this respect, too, they agree with Pygcera and the larva of 

 Dryocampa senatoria. Beginning the Notodontiadce with Py- 

 gcera, I leave it with Limacodcs, which certainly ought to come 

 in this family, rather than among the Arctics. The cocoons 

 are egg-shaped, and very hard, as those of Cerura, Without 

 doubt, that very curious and beautiful moth, the B. torrefacta 

 of Smith- Abbot, should come among the Liparidce. It is the 



