168 PLUME MOTHS. 



The upper wings of the Golden Pigmy are of a 

 rich golden "brown, becoming deep purple beyond 

 the middle, across which runs a single baud as 

 of burnished gold. Other species possess a 

 golden band very similar in appearance, but the 

 Golden Pigmy can always be distinguished by 

 the purple hue which has been described. 



The larva of this pretty little Moth is one of 

 the bramble miners ; and can easily be procured 

 and reared into the perfect state. 



The illustration in. the preceding page represents 

 the earlier stages of this Moth. Fig. 1 is a much 

 magnified representation of the maggot-like larva, 

 which has no projecting feet, because it needs 

 none to enable it to force its way through the 

 leaf. Fig. 2 shows the bramble leaves, with the 

 mined tracks in them, and fig. 3 is a magnified 

 representation of the tiny cocoon, found at tha 

 end of the burrow. 



PTEROPHORI. 



We have now but two Moths to describe, both 

 of them belonging to the strange family of 

 Pterophoridse, or Plume Moths. The wings of 

 these insects are most curiously formed, and bear 



