P/iylogeny and Evolution of the Lepido'ptera. 587 



Geometrfe and Spltlngcs, and deriving it (with them^ and 

 at some distance) from Lasiocavvpa. 



Mr. Dyar really agrees with me as to Notodonta, placing 

 it in Noctuina (Mr. Meyrick^s Caradinina), but differs as 

 to Lasiocavvpa, which he places above Notodonta. On 

 each point, therefore, I have the agreement of one of 

 these authorities, as against the other. I also agree with 

 them as to the many points of resemblance between 

 Notodonta and Lasiocampa, but differ in regarding 

 them as the result of parallel and not of derivative 

 variation. 



