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as well. They are fond of sweets, and it is for the various 
members of this group that the entomologist plasters 
over with sugar and beer the trees of his garden for the 
capture of specimens. Their bodies are generally stout 
and smaller than the other two groups; their fore¬ 
wings are narrow, and fold over the broader hino.- 
wings. The antennse generally are slender. A certain 
pattern occurs very constantly in the markings of the 
Nigiit-Flying Motiis. 
1. Cosmia Pyralina, Lunar Spotted Pinion-Moth. 
‘2. Lackey-Moth (Bornbyx neustria). 
The Sprawler ( Peta&ia cassinea). 
fore-wings; thus, near the costa (i.e., front edge of 
the wings) of the fore-wings, about the middle, are two 
spots called the stigmata; that nearest the base is round 
or oval, and is therefore called the orbicular stigma ; the 
other is kidney shaped, and is called the reniform stigma; 
beneath the orbicular stigma is frequently a third, of a 
wedge shape, called the claviform stigma. There are 
moreover certain lines that run transversely along the 
