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THE INSECT WORLD. 



end of the month of March, the Nyssia zoiiaria (Fig. 267), the males 

 of which insect remain during the day motionless on the grass."* 

 There are some species of this family in which the wings of the 



Fig. 265. Chlmatobia bnimata, male. 



Fig. 266. — Chimatobia 

 bruniata, female. 



females are developed like those of the males.t Such are the 

 Peppered Moth {Amphidasis hetularia) and the Currant Moth 



Fig. 267. — Nyssia zonaria, male and female. 



.>^& 



{Abraxas grossulariatd), whose caterpillar lives on the red currant 

 and gooseberrv, and an immense number known as Thorns, Carpets 

 Waves, &c. 



The section of the Pyralina contains the smallest nocturnal 



* In England this insect has a very limited range, being found only at New 

 Brighton, near Birkenhead, where it is most abundant. — Ed. 



f The exception is with those in which the wings are not developed in both 

 cases, and in England this peculiarity is confined to species appearing diTMig the 

 winter and early .spring. — Ed, 



