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INSECTS ABROAD. 



One of the most remarkable points in this insect is the 



structure of the fore-legs, 

 which are so thickly co- 

 vered in front with long 

 white down, that they look 

 as if the insect had put its 

 feet into a couple of white 

 muffs, and as it has a way 

 of holding them side by 

 side in front of the head, 

 the effect is very remark- 

 able. The insect is a na- 

 tive of North America, 

 and the larva feeds upon 

 the grape-vine. The 

 generic name is formed 

 from two Greek words, 

 one signifying "beautiful," and the other "a wood-nymph." 



Fig. 420.— Eudryas grata. 

 (Cream-white, yellow, and purple.) 



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ii... 121.— Nyctalea supercilioaa. 



(.Blown.) 



THE reader would scarcely think, on looking at the illustration 



