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MEMOIES OF THE KATIOl^AL ACADEMY OF SOIEiSTCES. 
In tbe pupa of Solenohia tvalshella Clemens (fig. 26)^ tlie maxillm (mx.) Lave undergone less 
reduction than in Taliei)oria, as they are well developed^ but the European species S, ^ineti 
'andella; outer eyepiece and inaxil- 
Jary palpi not dra'vrn; mx', labium. 
Fig. 22. — Cast sliell of pupa of 
Cryptolechia schlaf/iniella; p, pnra* 
clypeal piece ; rnx', labium. 
lechia qtiercella, 9 5 I — III, 
legs. 
Zellerj has outstrijiped the American one in the process of 
degeneration and modification, and the maxilhe (fig. 27, mx,) 
are very much shorter and smaller, though the maxillary iialpi 
are of the same shape and size. In this 
genus the ■abdomen has no cremaster and no 
terminal hooked spines, the pujia in exuvia- 
tion being fastened to the sides of the cocoon 
by numerous hooked setie (fig. 26, A). 
Family P.sychif]a \ — The transition from 
the TalieporidiB to the Psychida? is a most 
natural one, whether Ave compare the pupa 
or imago. In Fumea the Aviiigiess females 
liaA^e legs ami antennm, 
while in Psyche they 
are wanting and they 
neA'cr leaA’e their case, 
pr Avhen the female of 
, Fumea ‘‘escapes from 
1 
<es> 
\ <s> 
1 ^ 
& 
the i)upa, it 
from the case and sits 
on the outside” (Stain- 
ton). On reading the 
A'iews of Simler Ave dis- 
coA’^ered, by comparing 
the pupje of the two groups, their evident relationship. Indeed, Spuler appears to place 
^Talfeporia in the Psychida3, though at present they are universally referred to the Tineina, 
!Fig. 24. — Pupa of Talceporia pseudobombycella; A, Lead enlarged; J?, end of body. 
