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mlties nearly approaching each other. It changes 
in May and June into a black chrysalis, out of 
which in June or July proceeds the Moth. 
To this division also belongs that beautiful in- 
sect called the Currant-Bush Moth, or Phalcena 
grossulariata, so frequently seen in gardens in the 
month of July. It has somewhat the appear- 
ance of a butterfly, witli rounded white wings, 
marked by numerous black spots; the upper pair 
being still farther decorated by a pair of deep yel- 
low bands : the body also is of a deep golden yellow 
with black spots : the caterpillar is of similar 
colour, and the chrysalis black. 
In the division Tortfices, so named from the 
faculty which their caterpillars possess of rolling 
or twisting the leaves of the vegetables they in- 
habit into a tubular form, stands the elegant 
Phalcena prasinanay an inhabitant of the Oak, and 
;sometimes of the Alder: the upper wings are of a 
fine green, with two oblique yellow, stripes; the 
lower wings pale or whitish. The caterpillar is 
of a yellowish green, with white specks, and the 
end of the body orange- coloured. 
In the division Pyrales stands the Phalcena fari- 
nalisy distinguished by the polished surface of its 
wings, which have a large glaucous-brown middle 
area or patch, while the remainder is marked by 
whitish streaks: this insect, when sitting, has an 
obtusely triangular outline, and the abdomen is 
turned up at the tip. 
The division called Tinecc comprehends those 
moths which are, in general, of a small size, though 
