MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACxVDEMY OF SCIENOE«. 



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GENEALOGICAL TREE OB" THE LEi'IDOPTERA. 



Lyc'U'uidn' 



X,\ iMiilialidiC 



Papilionidfe Pieridie 



HesperidiB 



I 

 Castniidip 



Noctuidic 



( 

 Agaristida 



Sj)liingidiB 

 lIcmili'UcidEB 



1 

 Saturniidaj 



Geometridaj 



Ceratocaiupidio IMatypteiiridie 

 Notodoiitid:e Eiidriniiidii' 



Hypsidas 



LasiocampidiB 



Megalopygidse 



Cochliopodidte 



Bombycid* 

 Perophoridse 



Liparid;e 



Syntomidie 



Dioptidee 



C'yllopodiditi 

 Nyctemeridie I 



Litliosiidas 

 Chalcosiidie 



ZygjenidiB 



1 



PsychidiB 



Tal!eporid;e 



Tiueiua 

 (10-15 families?) 



Aretiidie 



Xol id;B 



Pyralidina 



Sesiidte Pteiojilioridie. 



I 

 ThyrididiB Alvicitidie 



1 t 



Cossidai Tineolidse 



Hepialida' 

 Piodoxida> Tortricidie 



2. Neolepidoptera (Pujiai incomplete' and Pupa' obtectie.) 



1. Palwolepidoptcra {MicropUryyida- . Piii>a3 liberie). 



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Suborder II. Lej^ido/ilera haioilellata. 

 Suborder I. Lepidoptera hwiniuta (Protolepidoptera. Eriocepbalida^). 



