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pupal characters, those of the Arctian pupe being slightly less 
primitive than in the more generalized Lithosiide. It is also 
interesting to note that in ascending from the Tineoid pre- 
cursors of the Lithosiide to the members of the latter family, 
we pass from incomplete to complete pupæ showing that the 
division into pup incomplete and obtectæ may be at times 
artificial. 
Family Nolide.—The structure of the pupa of Nola (N. 
ovilla), besides its larval and adult characters, convinces me 
