The Life- History and Anatomy of Moths 



reference. An even more valuable work than these is the great 

 "Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalsense contained in the Collec- 

 tion of the British Museum," which is being prepared bv Sir 



FIG 15. Wing of Noctuid Moth. (After Beutenmuller, 

 "Bulletin American Museum Natural History," Vol. XIV., p. 230.) 



C, collar lappet; tg, patagium or shoulder lappet; T, thorax; 

 ab, abdomen; H, head; p, palpus; E, eye; ant, antenna; b, basal 

 line; bd, basal dash; ta, transverse anterior line; cl, claviform; 

 or, orbicular; ms, median shade; ren, reniform; tp, transverse 

 posterior line; ap, apical patch; apex, apex; //, terminal lunules; 

 st, subterminal line; fr, fringes; om, outer margin; ha, hind angle; 

 ds, discal mark ; el, exterior line; an, anal angle; im, inner margin. 



George F. Hampson, and published by the Trustees. The 

 endeavor in this work is to give a complete view of the entire 

 subject in compact form, and the learned author has enlisted 

 the cooperation of the most distinguished lepidopterists through- 

 out the world in the prosecution of his great task. The work is 

 of course somewhat expensive, but the working lepidopterist 

 cannot well do without it. Much help may also be derived from 

 the older works of Burmeister and Westwood, which, though 

 old, are far from being obsolete and useless. 



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