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ed ; wings large, extended horizontally ; legs 

 slender, fore-tibias armed internally with a 

 spur. Caterpillars naked, looping. 



17. FAMILY. Meal -Moths (Pyralidas). Antennas 



simple or ciliated in the males ; proboscis 

 moderate ; thorax never crested ; body slen- 

 der, elongated ; wings moderate, arranged 

 in a triangle during repose; the anterior 

 angled at tip. Caterpillars long and slightly 

 hairy. 



18. FAMILY. Leaf-rolling Moths (Tortricidse). An- 



tennae simple ; fore-legs with a central spur ; 

 body slender ; fore- wings broad, deflexed at 

 the sides, dilated at the shoulders, forming a 

 triangle in repose. Caterpillars naked, living 

 in cylindric tubes which they form by rolling 

 up leaves. 



19. FAMILY. Ermine-Moths (Yponomeutidse). An- 



tennas long, slender, simple ; labial palpi long 

 and slender; maxillary palpi slightly deve- 

 loped ; body slender, rather depressed, wings 

 entire, long and narrow, the hinder fringed 

 with very long cilia. Caterpillars often living 

 under the parenchyma of leaves. 



20. FAMILY. Clothes-Moths (Tineidas). Antennas 



moderate, slender, simple, pubescent beneath 

 in the males ; proboscis short ; thorax rarely 

 crested ; body long and slender ; wings en- 

 tire, often narrow, mostly convoluted in re- 

 pose. Caterpillars usually living in portable 

 cases, which they form of various materials. 



