. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. FOSSIL ALUCITA (Jfatui-al Size aixd ilagnifiei.) many species measuring nearly an inch across the wings. Many of the larvie of the Cohophoridm lorm cases on various plants, like tlie Psijchidw ; those of the Ehichislidic live in the stems of grasses. Those of many groups of 'I'iitew live in blotches or galleries mailc in the interior of the l<'a\es of rliff'erent plants. Among these are the Nepticulidte, to which family belongs the smallest Moth known (^Xepticuki microthe- riella), which measures only about t
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. FOSSIL ALUCITA (Jfatui-al Size aixd ilagnifiei.) many species measuring nearly an inch across the wings. Many of the larvie of the Cohophoridm lorm cases on various plants, like tlie Psijchidw ; those of the Ehichislidic live in the stems of grasses. Those of many groups of 'I'iitew live in blotches or galleries mailc in the interior of the l<'a\es of rliff'erent plants. Among these are the Nepticulidte, to which family belongs the smallest Moth known (^Xepticuki microthe- riella), which measures only about the eighth of an inch across the wings, which are piu' - brown, with a whitish mark beyond the micklle. The sateipillav feeds in the leaves of the nut, &c., and twenty or thirty mines may often be seen in a single leaf, accord- ing to Mr. Stainton. The perfect msect lias nevei-, so far as I know, been observed at large, on account of its very small size. All the specimens in collections are bred. The Plume Moths (Pterophoridw) may be known from all other Moths by the fore wings being cleft into two distinct feathers, and the hind wings into thi'ee. Most of the species are brown or grey, but the commonest, the White Plume Moth, found in gardens, is nearly pure white It expands rather more than an inch across the wings, and is a very delicately-formed insect, ".vith long slender legs. The only British repre- sentative of the family, AlucUidce (Alucita hexadactyla, the Twenty-plume Moth), is a small brownish insect measuring three-quarters of an inch across the wings, each of which is split into six separate feathers. It is common in gardens, kc, and the caterpillar feeds on the buds of the honeysuckle. FOSSIL BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS. On account of their fragile nature, very few Lepidoptera have Ijeen found in a fossil state. Some entomologists are said to have described fragments of fossil leaves as the remains of Butterflies, and there is much difference of opinion a
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