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Twenty-Plume Moth (Alucita Hexadactyla), our only represen- 

 tative of the family Alucitidce, has each wing split up into six 



Twenty-Plume Moth (A India Hexadactyld). 



feathers. It is also a common garden insect, and may often be 

 seen resting with its wings expanded. It expands rather more 

 than three-quarters of an inch. 



FLOWERS AND INSECTS. 



A great many flowers are very attractive to butterflies in the 

 daytime, and to moths in the evening. Among those which 

 deserve special notice are sallow in spring, ivy in autumn, 

 catch-fly and viper's bugloss on the sea-coast, thistles and rag- 

 weed in waste places, honeysuckle in hedges, and valerian, 

 petunia, etc., in gardens. 



