Ann. New York Ac. viii. 1893, p. 48.
Tr. ent. Soc. London, n.s. iii. 1854, p. 1.
Dyar says, "We may surmise that it is to present a terrifying appearance toward small enemies." He calls the Insect both Perophora and Cicinnus, melsheimeri, and states that it belongs [according to the larva] to Tineidae; the appendages he considers to be enormously developed setae. J. N. York ent. Soc. iv. 1896, p. 92.
Tijdsch. Ent. xxxviii. 1895, p. 56, Pl. 4.
Ann. New York Ac. viii. 1893, p. 48.