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and stout. Antennal groove open, spines on second joint equalling tip 

 of joint 3. Head comb of four short, heavy spines, their tips very obtuse 

 and sides nearly parallel ; the second from above reaching as far back as 

 tips of antennae, and slightly longer than the others, which are nearly 

 equal in length. Maxillte very acute, rather broad at base. Maxillary 

 palpi stout, the joints decrease in size in the following order : i, 4, 2, 3, 

 the third being shortest, the fourth narrowed to a slender tip. .Mandibles 

 reaching two-thirds length of anterior coxae. Pronotal comb of twenty- 

 two close-set spines. Bristles on dorsal abdominal segments in two 

 rows, the second of ten to fourteen long and strong bristles^ on ventral 

 segments in single rows of four to eight similar bristles, the tuft on apical 

 ventral segment rather large. Legs rather strongly spined, close-set 

 even rows of spines on posterior margins of all tibise being especially 

 conspicuous. Apical spines on hind tibiae extending nearly two-thirds 

 the length of first tarsal joint. In middle tarsi joint 2 equals 5, 3 is half 

 of I and three-fourths of 5, 5 is twice 4. In hind tarsi joint i is as long 

 as 2, 3, and one-half of 4 together, and about three times the length of 3, 

 2 equals 4 and 5 together, 3 nearly equals 5. Colour pale brownish. 

 Length 2.5 mm. 



Described from a single female taken from " Mus rattiis " at 

 Guanajuato, Mexico, by Dr. Alf. Duges. This very distinct species is 

 easily separated from t\\\\&x gracilis ox f rater 71a by the above description. 



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Mittheilungen aus dem Roemer-Museum, Hildesheim. No. 3. — Jaiuiar, 



1896. Die Apateliden, von A. Radcliffe Grote, A. M. (Mit 2 



photographischen Tafeln und 3 Zinkographien im Texte.) 



Mr. Grote here defines the family Apatelidfe and gives a list of the 



species which can be referred to it with reasonable certainty in the 



present state of our knowledge. The subdivision of the genus Apatela 



on larval and on pupal characters is discussed at some length, and 15 



subgeneric names are recognized, including both European and American 



species. Two of these names are new, and one new species is described, 



Panthea portlatidia, Grote. The two plates represent a number of 



typical European Apatelidae. The moths are excellently done, but the 



larvae are only imperfectly shown, as their cylindrical bodies fail to focus 



sharply in the photographs. 



This paper may also be consulted for a concise statement of the 

 classification of the Lepidoptera on larval characters (page 3), and a con- 

 tinuation of the discussion of the generic term Noctua (p. 4). 



Harrison G- Dyar. 



Mailed March 3rd, 1896. 



