166 THE LITTLE WAGGONER MOTH. 



AN example of another family, the Coleo- 

 phoridse, is found in the small but pretty insect 

 which is given in Plate XII. fig. 1, much magni- 

 fied. This is the LITTLE WAGGONER (Coleophora 

 curmcipennella). 



The upper wings of this species are white, and 

 the veins are yellow, becoming brownish towards 

 the tips of the wings. The lower wings are grey 

 brown. 



The larva of this insect feeds upon the 

 leaves of various trees, such as oak, hornbeam, 

 sallow, &c., and makes for itself a curious little 

 blackish case from the leaves. The form of the 

 case is something like that of a pistol stuck 

 muzzle downwards in the leaf, and in this case 

 the caterpillar resides throughout its life. 



There are more than fifty acknowledged species 

 of this genus. 



THE tiny Nepticulidas are represented in this 

 work by the GOLDEN PIGMY (Nepticula aurelld), 

 a Moth which is shown much magnified in Plate 

 XII. fig. 2. 



This family contains the smallest and yet the 

 most brilliant examples of British lepidoptera, 

 most of them being so tiny that the aid of a 

 magnify ing -glass is required to set them when 



