IN SECT A : LEPIDOPTERA 



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Sub-order II. Heterocera (Moths). 

 Family 1. Bombycidae. 



The Mulberry Silkworm (Bombyx mori). 

 Family 2. Notodontidae. 



Buff Tip Moth (Phalera bucephala). 



The Puss Moth (Dicranura vinula). 

 Family 3. Sphingidae. The Hawk Moths. 



The Privet Hawk (Sphinx ligustri). 

 Family 4. Zygaenidae. 



The Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae). 

 Family 5. Arctiinae. 



The Tiger Moth (Arctia caia). 



The Buff Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda). 



The Common Footman (Lethosia lurideola). 



The Cinnabar (Hipocrita jacobeae). 

 Family 6. Cossidae. 



The Goat Moth (Gossus ligniperda). 



The Wood Leopard (Zeuzera pyrina). 

 Family 7. Geometridae. The Looper Moths. 



Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria). 



The Magpie Moth (Abraxas grossularia). 

 Family 8. Hydrocampinae. The China Mark Moths. 



The Small China Mark Moth (Cataclysta lem- 

 nata). 



The Brown China Mark Moth (Hydrocampa 



nym,pheata). 

 Family 9. Liparidae. The Tussock Moths. 



The Vapourer Moth (Orgyia antiqua). 



The Pale Tussock (Dasychira pudibunda). 

 Family 10. Tortricidae. The Leaf- rolling Moths. 



The Green Tortrix (Tortrix viridana). 

 Family 11. Tineidae. 



The Clothes Moth (Trichophaga tapetezella). 



The Woollen Moth (Tinea pellionella). 



The Oak Miner (Nepticula ruftcapitella). 



The Small Ermine (Hyponomeuta padella). 



PRACTICAL NOTES ON LEPIDOPTERA 

 Study of the Cabbage White Butterfly. 



1. In May or in July, watch the Large White Butterfly when 

 she visits the cabbage bed or the garden nasturtium, and after- 

 wards hunt for the eggs she may have left behind her. When 



