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in some cases the existing of the hilobing. In Rliodophaea advenella the 

 hist member is not on the end of the one below. In Dioryctria inenda- 

 cella and Pevipclia ornatella the bilobing is distinct, the end member 

 being set nearly at tiie base of the one below it. In Pcmpelia ornalella 

 as in others of the pencil-tnfied species where tlie bilobing does not exi^^t, 

 the antepenultimate member is long, filiform, just as it is found in some 

 of the Kpipaschiinae and the counter[)ait of its appearance in Oneida 

 luiiit/a/is. 



The antennal process is not possessed by any Phycitid, yet 

 Etiella has a more marked basal antennal protuberance than has 

 Atlacapa callipepleLa. Indeed, if the antennal proce-s be insisted upon 

 as a subfamily characteristic, Etiella must be catalogued with the Epi- 

 paschiinae. 



The frenulum is a secondary sexual character, though one we con- 

 sider of^ very great value, and so far as we have observed, no Phycitid 

 has the frenulum doul)le in the 9> '^^ 'S the case with all Epipaschiinae. 



The pectination of the knver median vein of the hind wings separates 

 them so far as we are aware from all Phyci/idae. But to make this 

 peculiaiity a basis of suhfainily separation seems to us to be giving it an 

 unwarranted importance. Mr. Merrick (Trans. N. Zealand Inst., Vol. 

 XVII, 6y, 1S84), [ilact-s in the Scopaniiioe two genera and in the 

 i?w//c//;/(?t' one genus, (Tians. Ent. Soc. Lond., Oct. 1884, pp. 293 and 

 3281, in which the lower median is pectinated. This peculiarity is not 

 made a necessary basis of separation in the Tortricidac, for in s[)ite of 

 it, in view of othc^r characteristics, Prof. Fcrnald and Mr. Meyrick place 

 those with and without this distinction in tlie sime subfamily when they 

 agree in the ])os-<tssi"n of the dL'\elo|ied genital uncus, (Trans. N. Zea- 

 land Inst., Vwl. XVII. 141, 1884). 



We can not, of course, make linear catalogues, but from what has 

 been said we think in American cataT gues the Epipaschiime aiid Phy- 

 citidae must go together, and that they cannot, without violence, be 

 sejiarated. 



In our stud}' of the North American species we have found some 

 novel and ti) us unique characteristics to which reference has already 

 been made. 'These we will now ri.:vicw' more in detail. 



PALPI. 



In these species the most remarkable characteristics are the length of 

 this organ, and the length and position of the end member. In all cases- 

 the palpi are long, and when erect, exceed the head. 'The 2nd member 

 is cimiparatively long, in some cases very long, and is always heavily 

 scaled, more especially in the male 'The end member is comparatively 

 short, sometimes exeedingly short ; it is variable in shape, sometimes 



