796 The American Naturalist. [September, 
In the Australian Metura elongata the short reduced labial 
palpi are much as in Psyche graminella, but are more deeply 
divided ; the two divisions or lobes I am inclined to consider 
as the second maxillary (labial) palpi. In this genus the first 
maxillary palpi are also as in Psyche graminella. 
It will thus be seen that in the pupa of this family the first 
and second maxillary palpi vary very much in form, as they 
probably do in the imagines, being more or less atrophied in 
the latter, where they need to be carefully examined. On 
the other hand, the maxille themselves (for in their pupal con- 
dition in haustellate Lepidoptera they have retained the sep- 
arated condition of the laciniate Lepidoptera) though short are 
quite persistent in form. The pupa of Plateceticus gloverii dif- 
fers from that of Œceticus abbotii in the undivided first maxil- 
lary palpus (eye-piece), and the elongated second maxille, as 
well as the narrower clypeal region, and the lack of a cocoon 
or case-opener. | 
By an examination of the figures it will be seen that the 
outer division of the eye-piece varies much in size; this is due 
to the varying width of the male antennz, which, when wide, 
as in Pinara (Entometa), Metrua, Thyridopteryx and Psyche, 
overlap and nearly conceal it, while it is entirely hidden in 
Plateeceticus. On the other hand in male pupæ of Hepialus 
and Oncopera, where the antenne are small, narrow and not 
pectinated, these pieces are large. The end of the body has 
no cremaster, but what is unique, a hook arising from each 
vestigial anal leg. 
Finally it will be readily seen that from an examination of 
the pup, the views of Speyer, of Chapman, and of Comstock, 
as to the position of the Psychide is fully confirmed, while I 
should go a little further and place them still nearer the Hepi- 
alide. They are, however, still more modified than this last 
named group, since the females are wingless and limbless. It 
is very plain that they are an offshoot from the Tineoids, and 
especially from the Taleporide which have no tongue and 
whose females are wingless and sackbearers. 
Remarks on the Cochliopodide.—Chapman removes this group 
from the Bombyces from a study of their larval and pupal char- 
