and iiiiicli roiindi-d. Thr iii;i\dl;r in ilirsc ircnrr;i aic slill slinilcr llian in 

 aii\' I'lialu'iiid will) \\ liicli 1 am ac(|iiainli'd. 



Ill llie venation tlicsr LfciuM'a arr trnr .Xorliiidii; the sulicustal cell is 

 Ibrnif'd liv the anastomosis ol' tlie second siilicostal \iiiidr with its main vein, 

 and there are four median veiiides. i'drliiiriiciiiid and Doriiadi's are nearly 

 identical in their venation. The torincr ireiins, in the siiape of the wings, is 

 also triilv noctuiform. 1 liav,' l)ecii miahlc to liiid in the aceoiints ot tiie 

 cateipillar given !)v J'oisdiival. and (|iiotcd liy (inciu'c and Newman, whether 

 it is a geometer or not, Imt suppose it is: lint thci-c are \i\\'\iv o^' \\m' Nocliiidn- 

 which are partially loopcrs ; liir example, 'ranirlir rdndefactu has hut three 

 pairs of alidominal feet, and is a looj)!'!-. The palpi n\' Pachyciiemla are much 

 like those of the PhaUnikUe. 



In Doryodes, Ligi(i,iun\ its ally, Sitdar/ophoia, recently placed by Professor 

 Zeller* anioiiir the Fhalanidtr, the palpi are truly noctuilorm, as well as the 

 shape of the wings. 



'V\\v PhalanidcKiXYC sometimes contbundtMl with certain Bo/nhi/cidre, i>uch 

 as Dirpuna and its allies, Plaii/ptcrii.r i\\M\ Dnjopterin. i>ut iu-re a slight exami- 

 nation of the structure of the head and the venation is siiftieienf to show that 

 the resemblance i.s one of mere analogy. 



With Euphanessa, a near ally of the European genus Nudcuid, the case is 

 didcrent, since ]Mr. W. Saunders'sf discovery of the larva of this genus. IV 

 raisinir them from the egg. he ascertained that the larvie are loopers. He says 

 that "thev were extremely active, aliout one-tenth of an inch long, with 

 (tvlindrical bodies, and true geometers in their larval (diaracteristics and modi; 

 of progression." with two pairs only of abdominal Icet. 



I have carefully recom[)ared this genus whic h was ])ropose(l by myself and 

 placed next toi\«r/«y/tf,and am still of the opinion tiiat this is its proper jiosifion. 

 In th(> small head, with the large occiput and the male irenital arinatnre, it is 

 much like Crocota; the anteniije and legs are much as in other Lithosians. 

 Till! venation, though diirerent in some important respects from that 

 of Crocota (there beinir a sul)costal cell where there is none in Crocota, and 

 but five subcostal veins where in Crocota there are six), is still Lithosian in 



• VerliamUangen der K. K. But. Ziiol. Ges., 1872, 489. Doryodes and Ligia are, in Lederei's (lb."):!) 

 and Gncnde's works (1657), ,and in Stauilinfjcr & Wocko'.s Catalogue (1871), placed among the Phahrnidu: 

 Dr. Clemens was the fir.st, as I am inl'dnued by Mr. Grote, to remove DornodcsXo ihn yoduklw. InGrote's 

 catalogue of the Xorluidu; DonjotUn is included iu that family. 



t Canadian Naturalist, iii, tc<71, 227. 



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