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INSECTS AT HOME. 



wings and the abdomen are grey, as is the under surface of the 



wings. 



Thf larva of this insect is bluish-bhick, with an orange stripe 

 on each side, and is really a handsome little creature. It feeds 

 on the Hemlock Water Dropwort {(EiuititJtecrocata). A mag- 

 nified figure of this caterpillar is given at Fig. a of the same 

 Woodcut, and Fig. b shows the caterpillar of its natural 



L.X 



1. Depressaria riervosoUa. 2. Coleophora ihiponnella. 



a and b. Depressaria, larva. <•• Coleophor;i, larva. 



3. Ti^oheria complanella. 

 d. Tisclieiia, larvii. 



size, feeding on the flowers of the dropwort which it has drawn 

 together with silken threads. 



I CANNOT pass unnoticed the very beautiful and ver^ mis- 

 chievous insect called by the popular name of the Little Ermine 

 ^ HyponoTYieuta padella). With respect to the first of these 

 names, I must mention that some writers on entomology omit 



