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third, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and thirteenth segments, 

 there are pairs of conical elevations of a reddish-brown or rose- 

 colour. 



The pupa is pale brownish or reddish above, and greenish- 

 yellow beneath, and is enclosed in a translucent white cocoon. 



The moth appears from May to August. 



FAMILY MECOCERID^E. 



Antennae very long, with long, fine, close pectinations in 

 the male ; palpi scaly, longer than the head ; proboscis long 

 and spiral. Body rather slender ; abdomen laterally carinated in 

 the male, and fusiform in the female. Legs slender, long and 

 bare ; tarsi long ; hind tibiae with two pairs of rather distant 

 spurs. Wings ample ; rather delicate. 



Larva with ten legs, very long and slender ; pupa placed on 

 the surface of the ground. 



This is a small, but very curious, American family, including 

 only a few species. 



GENUS MACROTES. 



Ametris, pt. Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p, 303 (1822?); 



Guenee, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Uran. et Phal. i. p. 387 (1857); 



Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 6 (1858). 

 Macrotes, Westwood, in Jardine's Nat. Libr. Exot. Moths, p. 212 



(1841). 



The antennae are very long, and bipectinated and strongly 

 ciliated to the tips in the male ; the palpi are very long, com- 

 pressed, and scaly, and the legs are very long and slender. 

 The abdomen is very long and slender, and the wings are 

 oblong, dentated, and angulated, with a large transparent spot 

 in the middle of the fore-wings. 



