Some British Moths Described 
plentiful, this fine moth can be taken in some quantity 
at rest on the rocks or low stone walls. The moth in 
August ; the larva from October to April. 
Chesias spartiata: the Streak (Plate XIIL, Fig. 25). 
—Expanse, to 13 inches. Must be looked for where 
Broom abounds, and there it is generally common 
enough in the dusk of the September evenings. The 
larva can be beaten from Broom in May and June. 
Family SIonIDzA. 
Tanagra atrata: the Sweep (Plate XIII., Fig, 26). 
Expanse, 1 inch. All sooty black except the extreme 
tips of the fore-wings, which are bordered with white— 
an odd little moth flying in the daytime in meadow- 
lands in June. Larva in May on Rough-Chervil, and 
probably on other Umbelliferz. 
The types we have been considering are all of com- 
paratively large size, and so are called Macro-Lepidop- 
tera) We now propose to briefly touch on the 
Micro-Lepidoptera. They are all much smaller ; some, 
indeed, are very minute. But what they lack in size 
they more than make up for in numbers, and, we may 
add, in economic importance. Some attack growing 
crops ; others are found in warehouses and stores. 
Grains, roots, fruits, timber, furniture, textiles, furs, 
are all food for some of these little marauders. The 
great majority, however, prefer the country life, and 
have their likes and dislikes as to food-plants, just like 
their larger brethren. There are five distinct groups of 
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