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tremity as to deviate but sliglitly from tbat shape. 
The palpi are placed close together, ascending, and 
clothed with scales, the terminal portion narrow and 
very much compressed : abdominal margin of the 
inferior wings curved downwards, and forming a 
deep groove for receiving the body. Discoidal cell 
of the posterior wings open behind ; claws bifid. 
The caterpillars vary in form, as well as the chry- 
salides, and may probably, if more fully known, 
enable us to subdivide this family into more natural 
groups. 
