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mities nearly approaching each other. It changes 

 in May and June into a black chrysalis, out of 

 which in June or July proceeds the Moth. 



To this division also belongs that beautiful in- 

 sect called the Currant-Bush Moth, or Phaltzna 

 grossulariata, so frequently seen in gardens in the 

 month of July. It has somewhat the appear- 

 ance of a butterfly, with rounded white wings, 

 marked by numerous black spots; the upper pair 

 being still farther decorated by a pair of deep yel- 

 low bands: the body also is of a deep golden yellow 

 with black spots : the caterpillar is of similar 

 colour, and the chrysalis black. 



In the division Tortrices, so named from the 

 faculty which their caterpillars possess of rolling 

 or twisting the leaves of the vegetables they in- 

 habit into a tubular form, stands the elegant 

 Phalcena prasinana, an inhabitant of the Oak, and 

 sometimes of the Alder: the upper wings are of a 

 fine green, with two oblique yellow stripes; the 

 lower wings pale or whitish. The caterpillar is 

 of a yellowish green, with white specks, and the 

 end of the body orange-coloured. 



In the division Pyrales stands the Phalcenafari- 

 nalis, distinguished by the polished surface of its 

 wings, which have a large glaucous-brown middle 

 area or patch, while the remainder is marked by 

 whitish streaks: this insect, when sitting, has an 

 obtusely triangular outline, and the abdomen is 

 turned up at the tip. 



The division called Tineec comprehends those 

 moths which are, in general, of a small size, though 



