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into joining them as somewhat aberrant members of the same subfamily. 
Taking the 11-veined American species, almost every peculiarity pos- 
sessed by them is found among the PAycitide, and even in the antennal 
process there is an insensible intergradation into what is found in the 
Phycitide. 
At is highly probable that too much importance has been given to 
the possession by these insects of this peculiar antennal process. One 
ought to be cautious in giving even generic weight to a secondary sexual 
character, but when there is a gradation from a strong development into 
the entire lack of the character, relationships should be sought for on 
other grounds, and if possible in those which like the antennal process are 
more or less peculiar, viz: the pencil-tufted maxillary palpi, the bitufted 
antennz, the erect recurved palpi, the cross ridges of scales on wings, 
the costal fold beneath the fore wings, and the genital armature. Taking 
all these characteristics we feel certain our American species are very’ 
nearly related to the Phycitde and that they connect these with the 
Pyrahidine though much closer to the former than the latter. 
The points of affinity to the PAycitide are not a few and even in 
their widest differences the two groups are strongly correllated. 
In the palpi, antennae, clypeus, ocelli, pencillate maxillary palpi, 
venation, costal fold, viteous spot, scale ridges and general construction 
of the genitalia the Z/zpaschine agree with certain of the Phycitide, or, 
what amounts to quite as much, they do not agree with each other. 
The points of difference are as follows: rst, the bilobed maxillary 
palpi; 2nd, the antennal process ; 3rd. the basal tuft on underside of 
fore wings on inner margin ; 4th, the frenulum, single in <j‘, double in 
© ; 5th, the hair pectination of the lower median vein of the hind wings. 
In all these the LAipaschine are distinct from the PAveiide. 
In most of these very peculiarities of the Apzpaschinae however, 
there is an approach to the PAycitidae, or the tendency is found among 
the Phycitidae. ‘The bilobed maxillary palpi we speak of as a difference 
though it is by no means such. It is rather one of the most convincing 
proofs of close relationship to the PAycitidae ; for this peculiarity, other- 
wise so far as we know unique, is possessed by some of the PAyeridae. 
The bilobing is a modification of the two ultimate members in which 
the last is set not on the end but on the side of the one below, and 
generally near its base, so that in some instances the two members seem 
to be almost set together on the summit of the antepenultimate member. 
Among the £fzpaschinae there is some variation, for in Oneida lunulalis 
the end member is above the middle of the one on which it is piaced. 
Among the PAycitidae in all cases of the hair pencilling of the maxillary 
palpi examined by us, both the end members are pencilled, and there is 
