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Beautiful Wood-nymph

Plate XVII — Beautiful Wood-nymph is Fig. 23
Plate XVII — Beautiful Wood-nymph is Fig. 23

This is a much larger species than the preceding. It has practically the same range of distribution. The affinity of the genus to the genus Psychomorpha is clearly shown by the larva, a representation of which is given in the annexed cut taken from the writings of Prof. C. V. Riley, who devoted considerable time to the study of the life-history of these insects.