. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 56 tifully soft grey velvet or short plush. The surface is perfectly even and very smooth to the touch. Since the specimen was received I have shown it to a great many, and until placed under the microscope together with one of the feathers with which the pile was made, it has proved altogether too much for anyone's credulity to believe that it was the work of insects. When magnified, however, the identity of the minute threads of the pile with the portions of the plumules of the feathers with whic
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 56 tifully soft grey velvet or short plush. The surface is perfectly even and very smooth to the touch. Since the specimen was received I have shown it to a great many, and until placed under the microscope together with one of the feathers with which the pile was made, it has proved altogether too much for anyone's credulity to believe that it was the work of insects. When magnified, however, the identity of the minute threads of the pile with the portions of the plumules of the feathers with which the pillow-case had been formerly stuffed, is made quite evident. The pillow-case was made of ordinary strong cotton ticking, conspicuously striped with wide blue, and narrow black and red stripes. After the remarkable operation described below the blue and red stripes were entirely obliterated, and the black stripes could only be discerned faintly through the feather felt- ing. Miss Eaton gives the following particulars with regard to this new fabric: " The pillow was made in the fall of 1889 and was filled with turkey feathers, which as you probably know are very downy near the base, and it is with portions of this down that the pillow is covered. The pillow was made in 1889 and I opened it in the winter of 1891, during that time it had very little actual use. People who slept on this pillow made no remarks about it; but I found it in the morning more often on the floor than in the bed. It remained for about six months in an unused room, when one day think- ing nothing of the matter I placed it on my own bed and I found that I actually could not sleep for the noise, which was like something crawling slowly back and forth. I turned it over several times ; but it always seemed right under my head. Then I began to think that I had discovered the reason why other people had thrown it on to the floor so often, and I myself threw it out of bed. I then left it alone for about
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