THE TINELYA. 



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iif granaries, and it unites several seeds together with a pure white 

 silk, and lives in the midst as in a case. Its house, however, it 

 devours. 



AliLcita porcctcUa is found in gardens, and its beautiful net- 

 worked cocoon is hidden within curled-up leaves ■ or underneath 



Tinea tapetzella. 



A rug attacked by the caterpillars. Cases suspended on the beam before the meta- 

 morphosis into the chrysalis state. The moth, the size of life. A caterpillar out 

 of its case and magnified. Caterpillars and their cases magnified. 



them, but the Brazilian species spin most elaborate, perfect, and 

 regular network cocoons, of violet or red-coloured silk, which 

 makes them very distinct and visible. 



There are some species of Tincidce which represent the habits 

 of the larvae of the Psyches amongst the Boiihycidce, and they are 

 called the ColeopJiora. The moths hide themselves in trees during the 

 day-time, and are nocturnal in their habits. They appear in July, 

 and the eggs being laid and the caterpillars hatched, these lust 



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