214 CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS. 



a close gummy cocoon, pointed at both ends, and attached 

 generally to a blade of grass. Imago with clavate anten- 

 na ; slightly pectinated in the males. Zygaena, Ino. 



Pearl-moths or Pyralites. Larva rather more slender 

 than the foregoing, slightly hairy, with ten prehensile feet. 

 Pupa elongate, very lively ; changes in a silken cocoon. 

 Imago with filiform antennae ; wings somewhat triangular, 

 deflexed ; legs very long, and furnished with long spurs. 

 Ennychia, Pyrausta, Hydrocampa, Botys, Scopula, Pyra- 

 Us, Polypogon, Hypena* 



Veneer-moths or Crambites. Larva elongate, naked, 

 with ten prehensile feet. Pupa elongate ; changes in a 

 slight cocoon. Imago with very prominent labial feelers ; 

 antennae filiform, sometimes pubescent ; wings ample, 

 folded round the body ; flight in the evening. Crambus, 

 and allied genera. 



Ermine-moths or Yponomeutites. Larva elongate, slightly 

 hairy, with ten prehensile feet ; gregarious, spinning a web ; 

 if touched, runs backwards, falls and suspends itself by a 

 thread. Pupa elongate, smooth ; changes in a cocoon 

 amongst its food. Imago with filiform antennae; wings 

 folded round the body, often beautifully dotted and marked 

 with black. Yponomeuta, and neighbouring genera. 



Bell-moths or Tortricites* Larva more obese than the 

 foregoing, slightly hairy, with ten prehensile feet ; grega- 

 rious, spinning a web ; if touched, runs 

 "~^^^r backwards with a rapid twisting motion, 



/^ and falls, hanging by a thread. Pupa 



pp elongate, attached by the tail ; changes 



JPHH in a silken cocoon, generally amidst the 



web of the larva. Imago with filiform 

 antennae ; the fore wings with a promi- 

 nent shoulder, which gives the insect, when at rest, pre- 

 cisely the shape of a bell. Tortrix, and allied genera. 



