Casandria Walker, 1857, is transferred from the Nolidae (Collomeninae) to Erebidae (Catocalinae), as senior synonym of Acathodica Schaus, 1894. Consequently, species formerly associated with Acanthodica are herein Casandria: C. albiplena (L. B. Prout, 1919) (Acanthodica), comb. n., cabra (Dognin, 1894) chiripa coelebs drucei 1889) (Calocampa), emittens 1857 [=Agrotis daunus Druce, 1894)], syn. ...

The taxonomic composition and systematic position of Agriopodes Hampson is examined through an integrated approach using adult and larval morphology, biology, and molecular sequence data. The type-species of Agriopodes, Moma fallax Herrich-Schäffer is shown to be derived within the Acronicta grisea Walker species-group; accordingly, Agriopodes is relegated to synonymy under Acronicta Ochsenheim...

R. Atkinson, D. L. Baulch, R. A. Cox, J. N. Crowley, R. F. Hampson, R. G. Hynes, M. E. Jenkin, M. J. Rossi, and J. Troe Air Pollution Research Center, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK Centre for Atmospheric Science, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EP, UK Max-Planck-In...

A new species of the genus Toxoides, T. sichuanensis sp. n. is described based on specimens collected in Sichuan, China. Illustrations of male adult and male genitalia are provided, together with a distribution map of the genus Toxoides.

The mango leaf webber, Orthaga exvinacea makes silken webs and galleries during its larval stage. Silk is produced from the silk gland of this insect. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of proteins from the silk glands of last three larval stages and pre-pupae were conducted. Significant differences were observed among different stages. SDS-PAGE of proteins from anterior, middle and posterio...

this paper presents a new arc starter circuit that is usable in manual metal arc welding (mma) power supplies. the proposed circuit uses an auxiliary circuit and a series coupling transformer for adding high frequency spikes to output dc voltage during arc striking. the proposed circuit is usable in inverter based arc welding supplies and it could result in a decrease of weigh, volume and expen...

introduction : arsenic trioxide (as2o3) causes antitumor effects by various mechanisms, including degradation of pml-rara in the acute promyelocytic cells, growth inhibition and induction of apoptosis. however, the precise mechanisms of these processes remain incompletely understood. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of arsenic trioxide on cell growth, cell cycle regulation ...