88 Mr. A. D. Taylor — Moths and Butterflies. 



The larvae of each genus of this family have, as far as is 

 known, their own peculiar habits and modes of life, except as 

 regards one large genus which contains species representing, 

 in the habits of their larvae, nearly all the other genera of the 

 family. 



Some (Tina) feed on waste substances, some (Lampronia, 

 &c.) are case makers, some live in large families in webs 

 (Yponomeuta), some mine in grasses, some form blotches under 

 leaves in which they dwell, some make a white slime like lime 

 on trees (Cemicostema), others (Depressaria) live in the heads 

 o young plants. 



