291 INSECTS. 



base of wings, round or oval ; the other 'kidney- 

 shaped, and four transverse lines. 



Ex. Dagger ; Common Wainscot ; Satellite ; 



Gonoptera Libatrix (PI. X. 6). 

 b. Body slender. 



IV. Geometrina. 



Fore -wings broad. 



Larvae with ten legs, walking in loops. 

 (Fore-wings generally bearing a dark central spot 

 between two dark lines.) 



Ex. Oak Beauty; Large Magpie (or Currant 

 Moth) ; Carpets ; Pugs. 



V. Pyralidina. 



Fore-wings long and triangular ; much longer 



than hind-wings. 

 {Fore-wings in some cases bearing the same marks 



as in Noctuina.) 



Ex. Snouts (PI. XI. 2) ; China Mark; 

 Pearls; Small Magpie (PI. XI. 1). 

 The Galleridce. 



VI. Tortricina. 



Fore-wings rather broad; costa much curved 



at base. 



Colour often in patches. 

 Larvae mostly leaf-rollers. 



Ex. Green Tortrix; Zanthosetia (PI. XI. 3). 



VII. Tineina. 



Fore- wings long, with very long fringes. 

 Larvae leaf-miners, case-bearers, &c. 



Ex. The Clothes-moths ; Leaf-miners (PI. XI. 

 4), *c. 



