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UNRECOGNIZED FAMILIES. 
The following families, occurring in North America, have 
been temporarily omitted, as I have not yet seen suflicient 
material to place them. Thyridz and genus Nola of the Litho- 
slide. 
COMPARISON WITH RECENT CLASSIFICATIONS. 
I have already shown that my classification of the larve does 
not corroborate Prof. Comstock’s minor divisions of the Fren- 
ate. By taking his characters in different order, I was able 
approximately to define the ‘ Generalized” and “ Specialized 
Frenate;” but with the correction of my account of the tuber- 
cles of the Saturnina, these divisions do not correspond to my 
primary division of the larve. The generalized Frenatze com- 
prise only the Cossina and Anthrocerina, with the exception of 
the Lacosomide. 
Recently Mr. G. F. Hamnson reviews Prof. Comstock’s work,* 
and proposes a somewhat different classification of the Frenatee. 
The characters he uses are as follows 
Mores winOpwiltlveLmel: C DLOSCI.yata55 ofeilabajeie,<: ators) ae a) shea) ayer /av sheets po eialererer'e 2 1. 
Fore wing with vein 1 ¢ absent. 
Fore wing with vein 5 from the middle of the cross vein, the venules 
arising Aiea aTy GISbANGES Ua se) athe wis bra) ararwietets e154 2). of'e,e ate slesaiehe , 
Fore wing with vein 5 arising nearer 4 than 6. 
Hind wing with vein 8 nearly or quite touching 7 or connected with 
SEIRHCOS Lee OL) yr MLO ttt or Abe ore) Ses, Pocemsiuectercisieen]s of eo cicheusic ea’s.« 43. 
Hind wing with vein 8 remote from 7 DEVORGTOTIOING scsi. - @ 4. 
Fore wing w ith vein 5 from middle of cross vein or near er 6 than 4, the 
veins not arising at regular distances around the cell, ......... Sy. 
The first two sections correspond to my Cossina and Anthro- 
cerina, but with the families mixed, except the Pyralidz, which 
which are in section 3. Sections 3 and 4 correspond to my 
Noctuina in part with the Pyralide included. Section 5 takes 
derived from a consolidation of these tubercles. I place the Papilionide lowest in the° 
following 
SYNOPSIS OF FAMILIES. 
Tubercles converted into papillose warts, at least in part; primitive first 
SERS (P Ay Rn ne Seer SAAR SCOR aS Scie 30 Nas Goce an DCeponOe aa sbosobiaec ce. PAPILIONID.E. 
Sete single or multiple, no true warts. 
Setze simple or normal, reduced and supplemented by secondary hairs 
in later stages, head proportionate ............-22-.0- seensecceces PIERIDE. 
Sete simple; head disproportionately large, prothoraci ic segment 
SSN T eM Notes cre lana ott srw aeeteneaoerm vip ata a a aint a\sle[s)=i Colds Sin|y face niujplol vs nlu(= aleieterelereiey HESPERID®. 
Sete confused and supplemented by secondary hairs in the first stage ; 
hody flattened ; head Tretractile... .... tie. ce cote e cee arenes ee nsece LYCENIDZ. 
Setee primitive and rudimentary or normal or reduplicated, occa- 
sionally displaced, iv being moyed up out of line with v, in which 
case the mature armor iS S€CONGATY.........cecececcecesecccceesNYMPHALIDE. 
* Annals and Magazine of Nat. Hist. (6), XTV. pp. 254-261 (1894). 
