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larva? of these insects construct their cases from the body of their parent, 
and MacLachlan confirms this in the case of Fumea, J. c. p. xii. 
Lucas describes and figures the case of an insect, probably belonging to this 
subfamily, from the southern part of Algeria (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4®ser. tome 
vi. pp. 223-224, pi. 3. fig. 4). It is of a quadrangular form and composed of 
little fragments of a plant arranged transversely and parallel to each other. 
Milliere describes and figures the various states of Psyche leschenaulti 
fStaud.), Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, xiii. p. 21, pi. 66. figs. 1-3, P. fulminella 
(Stand.), 1. c. p. 27, pi. C6. figs. 6-8, and Fumea surtens (Reutti), /. c. p. 26, 
pi. 06. ligs. ^,6. 
Claus has bred tho male of Psyche helix. Sitzungsb. Oes. Bofbrd. der 
Naturvs^., Stett. ent. Zeit. 1866, p. 368. 
IIy77ienopsyche, g. n., Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 248. Allied to 
Oiketicus’, head small, more immersed; abdomen long, stout; tarsi naked, 
unguiculate ; wings nearly hyaline ; fore wings broad, hind wings small. 
Type Oiketicus comferarum (Harr.). Newsp. IL thoi'acimn^^. 249, Cuba. 
Psychonoctua^ g. n., Grote, 1. c. p. 249. J and $ winged (?) ; antennse in 
S' half bipectinate, in $ long *and simple; head projecting ; clypeus broad ; 
labial palpi not passing front. Sp. P. pcrscmalis, sp. n., p. 261, Cuba. 
Perophora packai-dii, sp. n., Grote, /. c. p. 251, pi. 4. fig. 6, Cuba. 
Dasychirides. 
Parorgyia (Pack.). Grote & Robinson (Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vi. p. 2) 
discuss the synonymy of some species of this genus in connexion with P. 
achatina. 
Parorgyia. Grote & Robinson (Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, vi.) describe the fol- 
lowing new species : — P. clintonii., p: 3, pi. 1. figs. 2 3, P. obliquata, Gr. & 
Rob. 1. c. p. 4, pi. 1. fig. 4, P. parallela, Gr. & Rob. 1. c. p. 6, pi. 1. fig. 6, and 
P. cmnamoynca^ Gr. & Rob. 1. c. p, 6, pi. 1. fig. 6, Rhode Island. 
Orgyia duhia (Hiibn.) = seleniaca (Fisch.) = splendida (Ramb.) occurs in 
Algeria. Lucas, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1866, p. x. 
Orgyia antiqua. A. E. Eaton records a case of parthenogenesis in this 
species. Ent. M. Mag. ii. p. 188. 
Gascoyne records the production of a second brood of Orgyia gonostigma 
in the summer of 1866. Entomologist, iii. pp. 162-163. 
Orgyia gonostigma. Tho economy of this species is noticed by Clifford 
(Entomologist, iii. pp. 7-8) and Pristo (1. c. pp. 8-9). 
Orgyia suhfascia, sp. n., Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 803, Bengal. 
Dasychira hhana and D. Jiavimaculay spp. nn., Moore, 1. c. p. 804, Dar- 
jeeling. 
Ljpnantria hasinigra and L. mathura^ spp. nn., Moore, 1. c. p. 806, Bengal. 
Euproctis rana, sp. n., Moore, /. c. p. 806, Silhet. 
Jana cervinay sp. n., Moore, 1. c. p. 807, Darjeeling. 
Heraculay g. n., Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 804. Allied to Dasychira ^ 
abdomen slender, palpi short, densely pilose, joint 3 conical ; antennae short, 
minutely serrated ; fore wings broad, rounded at apex, with 4 superior veins, 
second 3-branch ed, cell closed; middle tibiae with 1, hind tibiae with 2 
pairs of long apical spurs. Sp. H. discivitta, sp. n., Moore, I c. p. 804, 
pi. 43. fig. 2, Darjeeling. . 
Phrynty g. n., Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 246. Allied to Euproctis ; 
1866. [voL. III.] 2 1 
