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MEMOIES OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



In tbe pupa of Solenohia icalshclla Clemens (fig. 20), the niaxilhe (mx.) liave undergone less 

 reduction than in Taheporia, as tbey are well developed, but the European species S. pineti 



I'll). 21. — Pupa of Chorcutes hjerk- 

 andella; oiiter eyepiece and maxil- 

 lary palpi not drawn; mx', labium. 



Fig. 22. — Cast sliuU of puna ai' 

 Cryi'tolechia schlafjinU'lla ; 21, para- 

 clypeal piece; 7/ia:', labium. 



Fia. 23.— Pupa of Crypto- 

 lechia ijurrccUa, $ ; I — III, 



lejis. 



3'"[(). 24.— Pu)ia it( Talitpuria 2>seudnhomtiiicella: .1, bend eular^ed; B. end of boily. 



Zeller, has outstripped the American one in the process of 

 degeneration and modification, and the maxilhe (fig. 27, mx.) 

 are very much shorter and smaller, though the maxillary palpi 

 are of the same shape and size. In this 

 genus the abdomen has no eremaster and no 

 terminal hooked spines, the pupa in exuvia- 

 tion being fastened to tlie sides of the cocoon 

 by numerous hooked seta^ (fig. 20, A). 



Family rmjchirliv. — The transition from 

 the Talu'poridie to the Psychida' is a most 

 imtural one, whether we compare the pupa 

 or inmgo. In I'^umea the wingless females 

 have legs and antenna', 

 wliilc in Psyche they 

 are wanting and they 

 never leave their case, 

 or when the female of 

 I'^umea "escapes from 

 tlu' ])ui)a, it emerges 

 from the case and sits 

 on the outside" (Stain- 

 ton). On reading the 

 views of Simler we dis- 

 covered, by comparing 



tbe pupa' of the two groups, their evident relationsbip. Indeed, Spuler appears to place 

 Tala'poria in the Psychidse, thougb at present tbey are universally referied to tbe Tineina, 



