FEATHER-WINGED MOTHS. 



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long to the genus Alucita are said to live in buds, and 

 undergo their transformations in thin, transparent cocoons. 

 The number of species in this tribe is small ; and those that 

 are found in this country are so few, and of so little conse- 

 quence, in an economical point of view, that a particular 

 description of them will not be necessary in this treatise. 



