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Family XXXIV. The Tortricidae 417 



Family XXXV. The Yponomeutidae 423 



Family XXXVI. The Gelechiidae 424 



Family XXXVII. The Xyloricitidae . . . -. . . .428 



Family XXXVIII. The CEcophoridae 428 



Family XXXIX. The Blastobasidae . ... . . . .'429 



Family XL. The Elachistidae 430 



Family XLI. The Tineidae "... 430 



Family XLI I. The Hepialidae . . 443 



Family XLI 1 1. The Micropterygidae . 444 



DIGRESSIONS AND QUOTATIONS 



The World of the Dark 77 



"Splitters" and "Lumpers" 112 



Sugaring for Moths 146 



The Tragedy of the Night Moth (Thomas Carlyle) . . 209 



Walking as a Fine 'Art 270 



Das Lied vom Schmetterlinge (Herder) 290 



Ode to an Insect (Anacreon) ; 291 



Nasu-no Take 301 



Moth Song (Cortissoz) 310 



The History of Silk Culture 316 



Transformation (Henry Brooke) 321 



Living and Dying (Gosse) 355 



Far Out at Sea (Home) 363 



Faunal Subregions 387 



Cupid's Candle (Felix Carmen) . , 427 



Clothes-moths ' . 434 



The End of All (Tennyson) 445 



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