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There remains his placing of the Pyrales (in this last 
work) next after the Noctuce and before the Geometre. 
This is clearly a step in the direction of the new arrange- 
ment, and it remains as some testimony in its favour ; 
but Latreille considered Pyralis as a division of Vortriz ; 
and Crambus, which he admitted to be separate, he 
placed after Geometra (as im the Linnean order), away 
from Pyralis altogether : so the new arrangement Noctua, 
the Deltoides, Pyralis, Crambus, Tortriz, obtains very small 
countenance from Latreille. 
Inow leave this author, whose various classifications, the 
work of a vigorous and intrepid systematist, all strongly 
favour the coherency of the Bombyciform genera; and 
the order of arrangement, Sphinx, Bombyx, Noctua, 
Geometra. 
Hiibner’s arrangement also affords a contrast in the 
classification of the Bombyces, to the new one now in 
vogue. One of his three sections is termed “ Vere” 
(or ‘‘the true”); and this section includes Clostera and 
Diloba, two genera of the new ‘“‘ Pseudo-” Bombyces. 
The remainder of the species of this so-called group 
Hiibner classes under the name Sphingoides, and places 
at the head of the Bombyces following the Sphinges. 
Now, anything in the same class of natural objects more 
dissimilar than Sphinx and Geometra I have never read of. 
Hiibner considered Notodonta as allied to Sphinw: the 
promoters of the new arrangement appear to consider it 
allied to Geometra. Hubner, also like the authors of the 
Vienna Catalogue, illustrates the affinities between the 
groups by using appropriate names; thus, besides the 
Bombyces commencing with the Sphingoides, he makes the 
Noctuce commence with Bombycoides, and end with Semi- 
Geometree, etc. 
There are but two other writers before 1840, whose 
works it is necessary to notice (one of them an English- 
man), Dr. Horsfield and M. Guenée. A very few words 
will express all that need here be said about both. 
Dr. Horsfield plans out the Macro-Lepidoptera, follow- 
ing the Linnzan order without the smallest deviation. 
His Bombycide include, of course, Pygera, Cerura, 
Notodonta. He has no group Pseudo-Bombyces. The 
fifth and last section of his Noctuidae is Senw-Geometire 
