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CHAPTER VII. 



: AND PTEROPHORI. 



WE now come to a vast group of Moths, some of which 

 are moderately large, while some are so very minute 

 that they scarcely seem to be ranked among the 

 Lepidoptera. 



The name Tinese is taken from a Latin word 

 signifying a Clothes Moth, and has nothing to do with 

 our word ' tiny,' however appropriate that may be in 

 many cases. The number of these Moths is really 

 unknown, for there is scarcely a year in which some 

 new species of the Tineae is not discovered and placed 

 on the list. Indeed, so numerous are they that they 

 have collectively been ranked under a separate name, 

 viz. Micro-lepidoptera, and their study has become 

 quite a distinct branch of entomology. 



We will now proceed to examine a few examples 

 of this group of Moths, and begin with the very beau- 

 tiful and very mischievous insect called by the popular 

 name of the LITTLE ERMINE (Hyponomeuta padella}. 

 With respect to the first of these names, I must mention 

 that some writers on entomology omit the H and spell 

 the word Yponomeuta. This practice, although it is 

 followed by various writers, is utterly wrong, as it 



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