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meria Cardui, Golias Edusa, C. Lesbia, Polyomat- 

 us Phloeas, and the beautiful P. Argus, which the 

 Italians call Hundred Eyes. 



The Humming-bird Hawk Moth or Bahria is 

 sometimes called the Pigeon's Tail Sphinx. The 

 Death's Head Moth is called Farfett el Meut or 

 Eas el Meut. The Humming - bird Hawk Moth is 

 looked upon as the harbinger of bad news, whilst 

 the sight of the two varieties of the Eed News- 

 monger is considered a happy omen. The Convol- 

 vulus Moth feeds upon the Convolvulus whilst in 

 the Caterpillar stage. 



A solitary specimen of Saturnia pavonia major 

 has been caught. The Mulberry Silkworm called 

 Dud or Farfett tal harir has been reared here for 

 centuries, and Sir "W. Reid when Governor introduced 

 the Palma Christi species called Duda tal Harir 

 ta Riccinu. 



Clothes Moths are destructive, and other species 

 spoil quantities of grain. Deiopeia pulcliella is seen 

 at eventide. 



Two kinds of cicala feed upon the sap of 

 trees and plants, and Aphidae or Brighet-tas-sigiar 

 are numerous on the centaurea, bean, oat, cabbage, 

 etc. Indeed every plant seems to have its parti- 

 cular aphis. Scale insects including the cochineal va- 

 riety are likewise not wanting. The latter however does 

 not thrive in Malta. Would that we could say the 

 same of Black, Green, Wild, and Bed Bugs, with 



