268 



THE INSECT WOELD. 



(Abraxas grossulariata) , whose caterpillar lives on the red currant 

 and gooseberry, and an immense number known as Thorns, Car- 

 pets, Waves, &c. 



The section of the Pyralina contains the smallest nocturnal 

 Lepidoptera, and nearly all those tiny species which flutter round 

 our lights in the evening. 



Here are some drawings of a few of the numerous species of this 

 section, remarkable for their small size and beauty : Penthina 



Fig. 268. Penthina pruniana. 



vrunlana, ^Edia pusiella, Xylopodafabriciana, Poedisca autumnana, 

 Tortrix roborana, Philobacera fagana, Tortrix sorbiana, Antithesia 



Fig. 269. yEdia pusiella. 



Fig. 270. Xylopoda fabriciana. 



salicana, Pcedisca occultana, Argyrolepia ceneana, Sericoris Zinhe- 

 nana, Sarrothripa revayana, Cochylis fmncilana, Choreutes dolo- 

 sana (Figs. 268 to 281).* 



* Many of these are placed by some authors among the Pyralina, and by others 

 among the Tortricina. Er>. 



