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INSECTS AT HOME. 



wings and the abdomen are g'rey, as is the under surface of the 

 wings. 



The larva of this insect is bluish-bhick, witli an orange stripe 

 on each side, and is really a handsome little creature. It feeds 

 on the Hemlock Water Dropwort {(E nardhe crocata). A mag- 

 nified figure of this caterpillar is given at Fig. a of the same 

 Woodcut, and Fig. h shows the caterpillar of its natural 



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1. Depressaria nervosella. 2. Coleopliora ibipennella. 



a and 6. Depiessaria, larva. r- Coleophora, larva. 



3. Tischeria complanella. 

 d. Tischeria, larvn. 



size, feeding on the flowers of the dropwort which it has drawn 

 together with silken threads. 



I CANNOT pass unnoticed the very beautiful and very mis- 

 chievous insect called by the popidar name of the Little Ermine 

 ( Hyponomeuta padella). With respect to the first of these 

 names, I must mention that some writers on entomology omit 



