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horizontal during repose, and have in general more sombre 

 colours than the preceding. These are the sphinx (Fig. 477), 

 the silkworm moths (Figs. 454 and 478), the phalsense, the 



Fig. 473. Bombus, or Humble Bee (Apis muscorum). 



tineite, &c. The pyralis (Fig. 479), which occasions also 

 such destruction to the vineries, "belongs to this group. 



Fig. 474. Gigantic Sirex (Sires gigantea). 



544. The hemiptera also have the mouth formed for 

 suction, not consisting in a single proboscis, but with the 



