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In a book of this kind we can only mention some types among 
aese last insects, which claim our attention in what we might 
Imost call a tyrannical manner. We will, therefore, content 
urselves by saying a few words about the Green Tortrix, the 

Fig. 271.—Pcedisca autumnana. 
>yralis of the Vine, the Bee-hive moth, some species of the 
Ylothes moth family (Tenezna), and finally of the Gicophore. 
| The Green Tortrix (Tortrix viridana) has wings of a green 
‘olour, with the margin and fringe whitish on the anterior, and of 


















































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Fig. 273.— Philobacera fagana. Fig. 274.—Tortrix sorbiana, 
in ashy grey on the posterior wings. The under-side of the four 
wings is of a bright white, as if it had been silvered. This 
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ioretty moth comes out in the month of May. It 1s so common 
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everywhere, that at this season it is only necessary to shake 
the branches of the oaks which border the alleys of the | 
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woods to set in motion hundreds of them. The caterpillar is 

