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THE STUDY Of INSECTS. 



phod'e-rus pol-i-ta'na). One of the most interesting of Tor- 

 tricid nests occurs commonly on white pine. Each nest 

 consists of from six to ten leaves drawn together so as to 

 form a tube, and is lined within with silk. This tube serves 

 as a protection to the larva, from which it comes out to feed 

 upon the ends of the very leaves of which the tube is com- 

 posed ; in this way the tube is shortened. We bred the 

 moth from nests collected at Ithaca, New York; but we 

 have found similar nests as far south as Florida. The moth 

 expands one half inch. Its head, thorax, and fore wings are 

 of a dull rust-red color, with two oblique paler bands cross- 

 ing the fore wings, one a little before the middle, the other 

 beyond, parallel to it. 



Superfamily TlNElNA (Tin-e-i'na). 

 The Tineids ( Tin'e-ids). 



The Tineids are nearly all minute moths with narrow 

 wings, which are bordered with wide fringes. A few species 

 are of considerable size, and have broader wings, with nar- 

 rower fringes. 



The narrow-winged forms can be distinguished from all 

 other moths by the shape of the wings and the great width 

 of the fringes. The moths figured below .(Fig- s - 298, 299, 

 300, 302) illustrate this. It should be remembered that in 



each of these figures the insect 

 is represented greatly enlarged ; 

 in most cases the size of the 

 insect is represented by a hair- 

 line near the figure. 



The wide- winged forms are 

 most surely distinguished by 

 the venation of the wings. In 

 F.G. 29 6.-wings of De/ressaria '** roore general features the 



heracliana. VCHatlOn of tllC willgS ill this 



family is similar to that of the Tortricids ; it differs, how- 



