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268 THE INSECT WORLD. 
(Abraxas grossulariata), whose caterpillar lives on the red curran 
and gooseberry, and an immense number known as Thorns, Car) 
pets, Waves, &c. : 
The section of the Pyralina contains the smallest nocturna | 
Lepidoptera, and nearly all those tiny species which flutter roun 
our lights in the evening. | : 
Here are some drawings of a few of the numerous species of thi) 
section, remarkable for their small size and beauty :—Penthim 


Fig. 268. —Penthina pruniana. 
prunana, dia pusiella, Xylopoda fabriciana, Pedisca autumnana 
Yortriz roborana, Philobacera tagana, Tortria sorbiana, Antithesia 











Fig. 269.—Atdia pusiella. Fig. 270.—Xylopoda fabriciana. 
= p g ) 
salicana, Peedisca occultana, Argyrolepia eneana, Sericoris Zinke- 
nana, Sarrothripa revayana, Cochylis francilana, Choreutes dolo- 
sana (Figs. 268 to 281).* 
* Many of these are placed by some authors among the Pyralina, and by cthers 
among the Tortricina.—Enp. 

