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common names; the large "swallow-tails" (Papilios) are known to 

 every country child. One family of the butterflies, the Hesperidse, 

 or "skippers," have the antennas terminating in a point, and some 



Fig. 49.— The eight-spotted forester, 

 Alypiaoctomaculata: a, Larva; 6, en- 

 larged segment of same; c, moth. 



Fig. 50.— A cutworm moth, Noctua onigrum: 

 a, Moth; 6, caterpillar. 



entomologists believe they should form a third primary division called 

 Grypocera. 



The moths have the antennas of various shapes, but not knobbed 

 at tip. The. wings are usually depressed at rest. They are mostly 

 nocturnal in their habit, and the pupa is usually within a silken cocoon 





Fig. 51.— A Geometrid, Cleora pampinaria: a, Moth; 6, c, caterpillar; 



d, PUPA; C,f, ENLARGED PARTS. 



spun by the larva. The Sphinges, or hawk moths (fig. 48), are inter- 

 mediate in habit, flying mostly at twilight, and their antennae, 

 although thicker near tip, terminate in a fine point much like those of 



