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THE INSECT WORLD. 



We give representations of some of the species of this group.* 

 Noctua tegamon, Fig. 248 ; Noctua nebulosa, Fig. 249 ; Noctua musiva, 



Fig. 248. Noctua tegamon. 



Fig. 249- Noctua nebulosa. 



Fig 2<o; Noctua brunnea, Fig. 251; Catocala fraxini, Fig. 252; 

 Catocala Americana, Fig. 253; Catocala paranympha, Fig. 254; 



In England it numbers about three hundred species. The larva; are of 

 diverse habits, but the majority feed on low plants ; the moths are provided with 

 a trunk, and are very partial to sweets. ED. 



