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NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS. 



The Beautiful Wood-nymph (Pig. 17) ; the Eight-spotted 

 Forester (Fig. 202), and the American Procris (Fig. 203), are 

 excellent examples of this Family. 



SPINNERS (Bombycidtz). These moths are nocturnal in their 

 habits; the body is quite stout, the head is small and appar- 



