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THE LIVING WORLD. 
The Blood Drop ( Tygena lonicercz ) belongs to tropical climates. The 
tygena resemble the bee-moths. They are day-fliers, and as their cocoons are put 
under ground, they cover them with a varnish as a protection against dampness. 
Green Leaf ( Geometra papilionaria) is of great size and of equal destruc- 
spinning moth ( Liparis dispar ). night hawk ( Salumia pavonia). 
tiveness. Its common name is the measuring-worm , and hence it has been 
named the geometer, or surveyor. 
The Apple Winder ( Carpo-capsa pomonana ) occurs wherever there are 
apple orchards. The egg is laid in the undeveloped blossom, and the young 
caterpillars eat out the substance of 
the fruit before it matures. 
The Brown Bear ( Antia capa) is 
beautiful in form, and in appearance 
resembles the brown bear. The cat¬ 
erpillar is black-haired, and looks like 
a hearth broom. The moth has brown 
fore wings, irregularly marked with 
broad white lines, and the hind wings 
are a lighter brown, having a map 
of Africa about the centre, and three 
large black eyes in the margin. 
The Linden ( Smerinthas telice) is 
common to elms and horse-chestnuts. 
Its upper wings are a grayish-green, 
„ „ _ ^ banded; its banded thorax is gray. 
GREAT ICE BIRD. ^ J . 
The Death s-Head ( Acherontia 
atropos ) is found, in Europe, Asia and Africa. It is from four to five inches in 
length, brown fore wings ; hind wings yellow, banded with black. It feeds upon 
the tomato, potato, and similar vegetables. It has a skull-like mark on the thorax, 
and in flying emits a sound, whence it is regarded with superstitious veneration. 
Oak Leaf ( Tortrix viridanci) is green in color, and lays its eggs upon 
