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than in Orgyia] costa of fore wings straighter from base to middle, hind 
wings more rounded at apex ; abdomen with a spreading apical tuft, and with 
tufts of metallic scales on second and third segments. Known species : P. 
achatim (Hiibn.) ,* and P. leucophcea (Smith). P. hasifiava^ sp. n., Packard, 
1. c. p. 333, from Nonantum. 
Orgyia d^niia^ Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii. p. 332, from 
Boston. 
Lagoa crispata, Packard (=X. opercularis, Harris), l.c, p. 336, from Mas- 
sachusetts. — Lagoa cretatay Grote, ibid. p. 624, from Louisiana. 
{Liparides.) 
Lacosoma, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii. p. 77. Fore wings large^ 
broadly subfalcate, costa straight ; hind wings ample, entire, anal angle pro- 
minent j antennje (S rather short, bipectinate, with a basal tuft j anterior tarsi 
naked; posterior tibiae with two small apical spurs ; palpi rudimentary. Sp. 
L. chiridotaj Grote, sp. n., p. 78, pi. 2. fig. 8. 
(Notodontides.) 
Apatelodes, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii. p. 363. Antennae 
strongly pectinated j palpi slightly ascending, broad at tips, third joint 
minute ; fore wings broad, triangular, costa straight, outer margin incised 
near the apex ; hind wings irregularly pentagonal ; femora densely pilose j 
hind tibiae with four large spurs. Known species A. torrefacta (Smith). 
A. hyalinopunctaf sp. n., Packard, 1. c. p. 364, from Massachusetts. 
Lophodontaj Packard, 1. c. p. 367. Allied to Notodonta ; head large, fore- 
head more prominent ; palpi stout, porrect ; prothorax slightly crested ; fore 
wings triangular, costa straight, apex obtusely pointed. Known species L. 
angulosa (Smith). European species L. dromedanus. L. ferruginea^ sp. n., 
Packard, 1. c. p. 367, from Massachusetts. 
(EdemasiUy Packard, 1. c. p. 359. Allied to Schizura ; palpi short, porrect, 
third joint short; fore wings obtuse at apex ; hind wings rounded, reaching 
little beyond basal half of abdomen. Known species (E. concinna (Smith). 
(Edemasia nitida, sp. n., Packard, 1. c, p. 360, from Maryland ; (E. hadiaj 
Pack. 1. c. p. 361, from Massachusetts. 
Dasylophia, Packard, 1. c. p. 362. Vertex with two erect tufts, meeting at 
the tips ; palpi long, slender, acute, slightly ascending ; costa of fore wings 
slightly concave for two-thirds of its length. Kno^vn species D. anguina 
(Smith). D. internaj sp. n., Packard, 1. c. p. 363, from New Hampshire. 
Coehdasys, Packard, 1. c. p. 363. Vextex with a flattened hollow tuft pro- 
ject’ng between the antennae ; antennae in cf two-thirds or three-fourths 
pectinated, in $ simple ; palpi short, very obtuse, porrect ; a large conical 
tuft of hairs in front of first pair of legs ; fore winge narrow, costa nearly 
straight ; abdomen slender. Known species C. unicornis (Smith). Packard 
describes four new species of this genus ; Ccelodasys edmondsii, 1. c. p. 364 ; 
C. biguUatus, 1. c. p. 366 ; C. harrisii, ibid. ; and C, chiereo-frons, 1. c. p. 366 ; 
all from Massachusetts. 
XylinoJes, Packard, 1. c. p. 367. Allied to Heterocampa ; antennae broadly 
pectinated for two-thirds of length ( d ) J palpi short, stout, porrect ; prono- 
tum distinctly scaled ; sternum pilose ; fore wings naiTOw, tufted near inner 
