LEPIDOPTERA. 



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egg-sacs of Pulvinaria, Like other members of this family 

 the larva spins a silken tube, within which it lives. On a 



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Fig. i^i.—Lcetilia coccidiTora ; a^ egff; <5, larva ; r, pupa; dy adult; ^, ^, moths natural; 



size resting on egg-sacs of Pulvinaria. 



thickly-infested branch these tubes may be found extending, 

 from the remains of one coccid to another. 



Family Pterophoridae (Pter-o-phor'i-dse). 



The Plume-moths, 

 The Plume -moths are so called on account of the 

 remarkable form of the wings, which are split by longitu- 



