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THE INSECT WORLD. 



end of the month of March, the Nyssia zonaria (Fig. 267), the males 

 of which insect remain during the day motionless on the grass."* 

 There are some species of this family in which the wings of the 



Fig. 265. — Chimatobia brumata, male. 



Fig. 266. — Chimatobia 

 brumata, female. 



females are developed like those of the males.t Such are the 

 Peppered Moth {Amphidasis betidaria) and the Currant Moth 





Fig. 267. — Nyssia zonaria, male and female. 



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I 



{Abraxas grossulariata), whose caterpillar lives on the red currant 

 and gooseberry, and an immense number known as Thorns, Carpets, 

 Waves, &c. 



The section of the Pyralina contains the smallest nocturnal 



* With us this insect has a very limited range, being only found at New 

 Brighton, near Birkenhead, where it is most abundant. —Ed. 



t The exception is with those in which the v/ings are not developed in both 

 cases, and in England this peculiarity is confined to species appearing during the 

 winter and early spring. — Ed, 



