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divided, but the few species which it comprises, only one of which, *A. Beiiiiciiii, Curt., is 

 British, may easily be recognised by their peculiar shape.) We have figured three species of 

 this family on PI. 62. *Pteivp/ionis Ptcrodactylus, Hiibn. (Fig. 17), and * P. Pentadac/ylics, 

 Linn. (Fig. ig), are very common in England, especially the latter, which frequents weedy 

 places in gardens, &c., and has a peculiar floating flight ; their larvae feed on convolvulus. 

 P. Carphodactylus, Hiibn. (Fig. 18), is common on the Continent, but is not a British species ; 

 the larva feeds on Conyza squarrosa. 



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The AliicitidcE, the last family of the Lcpidoptcra, includes only the single genus Ahtcita, 

 Linn., which contains a few small dull-coloured insects, only one of which {*A. Hcxadactyla, 

 Linn., the Twenty-Plume Moth) is British, with broad wings, each divided into six separate 

 feathers. The larva of our British species feeds on the buds of the honeysuckle, and the 

 little yellowish-grey moth, with darker lines on the wings, is often seen resting on tree-stumps, 

 out-house walls, or even windows, in the country, with its wings expanded, for it is a common 

 garden insect. It expands nearly three-quarters of an inch. 



The Twenty-Plume Moth 

 (Alucila Hcxadaclyla). 



