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to produce conflicting results. It is scarcely possible in using one 

 set of characters only, to adequately differentiate between the 

 characters due to adaptation and those of real phylogenetic signi- 

 ficance. Now it is hoped that the present attempt to combine two 

 classifications founded on two very different sets of characters, 

 may tend to show which of the characters in each set are reliable, 

 or at least which are evidently unreliable ; in other words parallel 

 adaptations. 



Before proceeding to the discussion, I will dispose of a few 

 notes on larval tubercles, which extend my former observations 

 to certain families not then examined. 



Family ADELID^. 

 On larval characters, the group represented by Adela must be 

 given family rank. I have not studied the moth. I have examined 

 the following species. 

 Adela viridella. 



A dorsal shield on each thoracic segment as in the Psychidas. Sets fine, pale, 

 arising from large, diffuse, brown, corneous areas; i and ii remote, out of line; 

 iii above the spiracle; iv and v from a single area close below and behind the 

 spiracle (on joints 5 and 6 the areas of iii and iv-f-v are fused); vi sub ventral; vii 

 without corneous area, represented by a very indistinct, small seta on the anterior 

 outer side of the slight foot prominence. Feet represented by two transverse 

 multiple rows of rudimentary hooks, grading off imperceptibly into the skin surface. 



This is the most generalized larva of Frenatte that I have seen. 

 It should be placed at the bottom of the series and be followed by 

 the Psychidoe. 



Family TINEID^. 



Only a single dorsal (prothoracic) shield, rarely a mesothoracic 

 one; abdominal feet more or less well developed, the crotchets in 

 one or more circles or two transverse rows, but not grading off into 

 the general surface; rarely entirely absent. The following species 

 represent many of the " families " (= sub-families*) of the Tineidae 

 which I have not previously described. The descriptions are from 

 beautifully prepared larvii; received from Staudinger & Haas, 

 Blasewitz-Dresden, Germany, ,» 



Simasthis .pariana. 



Cervical shield scarcely corneous, obscure. Setii; distinct, arising from large 

 black areas, normal; i dorsad to ii; iv and v on a single area, consolidated; vi with 



* Some of these may really be of family rank, but it is scarcely probable that 

 they all are. 



