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William T. M. Forbes 



more or less arbitrary process. Thus the butterflies (Rhopalocera) 

 have been placed at the end, as furthest developed of all, but the 

 relationships of the base of their stock are clearly with the Cossidae — 



Nocfuo/c/ea 



Saturn /o/dea 



. O'ran/o/dea 

 dombc/^ordea 



Preponoidea 

 Geo/rte, 



Pap/Z/ono/dea 



Hesper/'o/dea 



Nepticu 



Hep/a/idoe 



Casfn/zdae 

 .1 

 dae 



dear 



Enocrarr/ /doe 

 M/croptercj g/ cfae 



NEUFOPTERA 



FlG. 1. GENEALOGY OF THE LEPIDOPTERA 



At the time of preparing this chart I was unable to place the Pyralidoidea. I now believe they should 

 be derived from the Yponomeutoidea 



