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Family XXXIV. The Tortricidae.417 
Family XXXV. The Yponomeutidae.423 
Family XXXVI. The Gelechiidae.424 
Family XXXVII. The Xylorictidae ..428 
Family XXXVIII. The CEcophoridae.428 
Family XXXIX. The Blastobasidae.429 
Family XL. The Elachistidae.430 
Family XLI. The Tineidae. 430 
Family XLII. The Hepialidae ..443 
Family XLIII. The Micropterygidae ....... 444 
DIGRESSIONS AND QUOTATIONS 
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The World of the Dark ..77 
“ Splitters ” and “ Lumpers ”.. 112 
Sugaring for Moths. 146 
The Tragedy of the Night Moth (Thomas Carlyle) . . . 209 
Walking as a Fine Art ..270 
Das Lied vom Schmetterlinge (Herder) ........ 290 
Ode to an Insect (Anacreon). 291 
Nasu-no Take. .301 
Moth Song (Cortissoz). 310 
The History of Silk Culture.316 
Transformation (Henry Brooke) ..321 
Living and Dying (Gosse) ..335 
Far Out at Sea (Horne) ..363 
Faunal Subregions .............. 387 
Cupid’s Candle (Felix Carmen).427 
Clothes-moths. 434 
The End of All (Tennyson) ..445 
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