THE MOTHS are divided into the following groups : 



SPINNERS : Feeler feather-like or comb-like ; forewing broad and large ; 

 body stout ; heads sunk in the woolly chest part, mouth-feelers not 

 visible. Caterpillars spin a cocoon of silky threads around their 

 pupa: ........ Bombiridic, Page 8. 



OWLETS : Feeler hair-like and smooth, or sometimes a little comb-like ; 

 forewing narrow, generally marked with zigzag cross lines and two 

 peculiar dots or eye marks ; body stout, head and mouth-feeler promi- 

 nent. Caterpillars form mostly naked pupa; or with only a few hairs 

 which they bury in the ground . . . Xoctttif, Page 22. 



SPANNERS OR LOOPERS : Feelers of both kinds ; wings large, body slender; 

 fore and hind wings mostly alike in color and character. Their cater- 

 pillars have only fore and hind legs and therefore span, measure or 

 form a loop in walking . . Phaliente, Geomefruta, Page 47. 



