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The usual type of the Micro's is to be founcl evciy where, but in 

 all gToups modifieatious in place as well as in number of setae occur. 



Froni tliis point of the series Fracker passes on to the Pym- 

 lidoitlea, which IIandlirsch places before the Thtjrididae and 

 after the GeoDietridae. 



Handlirsch on the contrary goes on to the Zygaenidae^ and I 

 therefore prefer to insert the ZYGENOID SERIES of the NON- 

 ACULE ATA in this place, with the observation that Handlirsch dis- 

 cusses the faniily of the Megalopijgldae, belonging to it, a little carlier. 



Family Chaleosidae and 



Family Dalceridae were not examined by Fracker (1915). 



Family PyromorpJiidae. Fracker (1915, p. 95) finds that these 

 larvae form the transition from a typical Micro into a Slug-cater- 

 pillar. These larvae possess verrucae to wit : 'V. dorsaUs grown 

 together with v. suhdorsalis. According to Fracker's fig. 59 be- 

 side these large verrucae occur : v. siiprastig mails, v. infrastigmalis, 

 V. hasalis, v. pedalis. 



The pattern reminds us a little of the Saturnidae or the 

 Lymantridae. 



In the various genera there is some difference in the arrangement. 



Family Epipyridae. Fracker says on p. 96 that there is no 

 sign of verrucae and that secondary setae are sparsely scattered 

 over the entire body. In this respect the family differs very 

 much from the former. 



Family Megalopygidae. Fracker (1915) considers this family 

 as the transition from the Zygaenidae to the Cochlidiidae. 



There are verrucae, on the abdomen : v. dorsaUs united with 

 V. suhdorsalis, i\ poststigmalis Consolidated with v. infrastigmalis, 

 V. hasalis and besides on abdomen 1 also one v. propedalis and 

 i: postpedalis. The thorax is a little different. 



Family Cochlidiidae. Dvar (1899) has given a synopsis of the 

 Slug-caterpillars. 



Fracker (1915, p. 97) only says that the verrucae some- 

 times have the form of scoli and that some of the genera are 

 entirely smooth. 



