. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. TUK LITTLE EILMrNi:-MOTIL ivntly i , tlimi-li Ihcir vast oftoti -rivo tlicm of ,]o<h. r . The Pki-xk IIooK-TiP AroTH, Hocn towards the of the iMnstration ig n rnr' inset, and unn tha^, ha. greatly perplexed to pht it ? proper i-osihon The (;. as a rrle, have the antenna, perteetlv iâ ,1 "' thread-hke Imt the nmle of (his insect has organs in a feathe
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. TUK LITTLE EILMrNi:-MOTIL ivntly i , tlimi-li Ihcir vast oftoti -rivo tlicm of ,]o<h. r . The Pki-xk IIooK-TiP AroTH, Hocn towards the of the iMnstration ig n rnr' inset, and unn tha^, ha. greatly perplexed to pht it ? proper i-osihon The (;. as a rrle, have the antenna, perteetlv iâ ,1 "' thread-hke Imt the nmle of (his insect has organs in a featherV fonâ 111 ]t;"' other lunnhes The larva, a.^.iin, is of rather ccoen?,i,. shape, Mill, lnTH\vti . s â 1 '⢠^ Kick, ^nth tuft. ofsti, as^nnnn,. an attitude vJry like that' S^^ ten;4icol the] u»-nit)th larva alreadv scribed. " ^^^i'^" « ciiara,:. The popular nMiuo of this nioili is derived from the lu,ok-lilcG tips of the wi,,., t, CO our ,s but; over which aro drawn a ],er of waved dusky s vaks "]â ' centro of the w,n,i,r h.^re is a dusky spot, and au orange-brown stripe 4 ditwâ'*'' the inner niargni to the t'xtrcniity. ^ ^^^'^ â¢" The family of the Ypononieutidre contains many very beautiful species none nf-r - areof ,.-roa ...., hut which when naignified and a thrown upcmK^l;^:^ be among the loveliest of the moth tribes. The graceful LoncMIohn Moth s on. 7n prettiest .-,nd most c^ egant of ihese insects. If a'^ observer be walking n th wif n should keep a careful watch muong the leaves of the siunbs and , I e w Ift '^"' sundry e tilam-nts, like the threads of the , wavino. iMhi jTrj havu^g an iridescent surface, which shows that they could never have derive th?.', from the spider. On following these filaments to thdr source, he will li tha ., '? 0 a httleredd,sli coloured moth, which sits on the branch wiilnlosed w liTa ^^^^^^^^ the long thiead-hke antennae to wav
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