1895,] Of a New Classification of the Lepidoptera. 797 
acters. We should, after studying the pup of five or six gen- 
era, agree with his suggestion that this and the family Megalo- 
pygide (Lagoide) should be removed from the Bombyces and 
placed near the Tineoids, from which they have undoubtedly 
descended. That the line of descent, however, was directly 
from the Eriocephalide seems to us a matter of doubt. The 
larve of the Cochliopodids present some notable differences 
from that of Eriocephala, whose so-called “ eight pairs of ab- 
dominal legs” appear to be merely spine-bearing tubercles. 
Although the head of Eriocephala is partially retractile, this 
adaptation may have no phylogenetic significance. 
Figure 13 represents the front of the head of Parasa chloris, 
showing the maxillary palpi and a lateral process connected 
with it, which I have not seen in any other pup, and may be 
internal. I have also observed it in the cast pupal skin of 
Tortricidia testacea. The maxille are either shorter or no 
longer than the large labial palpi. The paraclypeal tubercles 
are well developed in this group. 
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Remarks on the Megalopygide——The genus Megalopyge 
(Lagoa) is remarkable for the shape of the pupa, which is some- 
what as in Cochliopodide, confirming the view that the two 
families are allied, though still presenting some notable differ- 
ences in larval characters. Figure 14 represents the pupal 
features as seen in the front of the head of a Megalopyge from. 
