CHAPTER V. 



DELTOIDES, AVENTI^, PYRALtDES, CRAMBITES, 

 TORTRICES, TINE-a:, AND PTEROPHORI. 



"We now leave the Noctuas, and come to a 

 series of groups of a totally different character. 

 As a general rule, the IToctuas are tolerably 

 large, and some of them, such as the Clifden 

 Nonpareil, take rank among the giants of British 

 Moths. In the group which we are about to 

 examine, the reverse is the case, none of them 

 being large, and many of them so small that a 

 magnifying glass is needed before the markings 

 of their wings can be satisfactorily made out. 

 Their number is enormous, and many of them 

 resemble each other so closely, that to distinguish 

 them is a business of the greatest difficulty. I 

 have therefore selected some of the largest and 

 most conspicuous insects as examples of these 

 groups. 



