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THE INSECT WORLD. 



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

 Noctua tegamoti, Fig. 248 ; Nodua mbulosa^ Fig. 249 ; Noctua inusiva, 



Fig. 248.— Noctua tegamon. 



Fig. 249. — Noctua nebulosa. 



Fig. 250; Noctua brunnea, Fig. 251; Catocala fraxuii, Fig. 252; 

 Catocala Americana^ Fig. 253 ; Catocaia paranymp/ui, Fig. 254 ; 



* In England it numbers about three hundred species. The larviv • are of 

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

 a trunk, and are very partial to bwects. —Ed. 



