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HEXAPODA 



CLASS, HEXAP'ODA (" six-fOOted "). 



ORDER, lepidop'tera (" scaly-winged "). 



SUBORDER, heteroc'era (" Dot clubbed antennae "). 



FAMILY ARCTIID^ 



FAMILY, arcti'id^ ("fuvry, bear-like"). 



SUBFAMILY, ARCTii'NiE (" furry, bear -like "). 



MOST of the arctians are rather small moths, with 

 broad wings and thick bodies, and the caterpil- 

 lars are more or less densely hairy, the " woolly 

 bears " being the best known, perhaps. The sex of the 

 moth can usually be told by the difference in the 

 antennae. 



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