LEPIDOPTERA OF NEW YORK AND NEIGHBORING STATES 



99 



SUPERFAMILY ZYG&NOIDEA 



(Slug caterpillars) 



This series, which seems to be derived from a stock intermediate 

 between the Hepialidse and the lowest known Tineidae, apparently 

 became adapted very early, in the larva, to external feeding. The 



66 



FlGS. 6a-66i ZYG^NOIDEA : PYROMORPHID.3: 



62, Pyromorpha dimidiata, %, venation. (The asterisks indicate accessory 

 veins, the other abbreviations as in figure 19.); 63, Acoloithus falsarius, 

 venation ; 64, Harrisina texwna,, venation ; 65, Harrisina americana, venation 

 of fore wing; 66, Zygcena, trifolU (Zygcenicke, Europe), seta map 



families Eucleidae and Megalopygids, with their extralimital relatives, 

 the Dalceridae and Aididae, are closely related; the Zygaenidse and Pyro- 



FIGS. 67-71. ZYG^NOIDEA: 

 67, Phobetron pithecium, $, venation; 68, Adoneta spinuloides, venation; 69, 

 Euctea delphinii, venation; 70, Prolimacodes scapha, venation; 71, Packwdia 

 geminata, venation 



