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Family XXXIV. The Tortricidae 417 



Family XXXV. The Yponomeutidie 423 



Family XXXVI. The Gelechiidae 424 



Family XXXVII. The XylorictidcT 428 



Family XXXVIII. The CEcophoridre 428 



Family XXXIX. The Blastobasidae 429 



Family XL. The Elachistidae 430 



Family XLI. The Tineidae 430 



Family XLII. The Hepialidae 443 



Family XLIII. The Micropterygidse 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) 355 



Far Out at Sea (Home) }6^ 



Faunal Subregions 387 



Cupid's Candle (Felix Carmen) 427 



Clothes-moths 434 



The Er.d of All (Tennyson) 445 



