. Our young folks [serial]. JllliliL» pushed up the glass, and very soon a great moth fluttered wildly into theroom. It darted round and round the lamp, and, blinded by the glare of light,seemed in great danger of burning itself to death. At last it alighted on thetable. Tom had his net all ready, and in a moment the creature lay still anddead in his hand. Poor fellow ! The ether had done its work faithfully, andthe moth would flutter no more among the sweet honeysuckles in the coolnight air. How much it looked like a creature of .the night! Its large, heavyeyes and sober-suited wings seemed f
. Our young folks [serial]. JllliliL» pushed up the glass, and very soon a great moth fluttered wildly into theroom. It darted round and round the lamp, and, blinded by the glare of light,seemed in great danger of burning itself to death. At last it alighted on thetable. Tom had his net all ready, and in a moment the creature lay still anddead in his hand. Poor fellow ! The ether had done its work faithfully, andthe moth would flutter no more among the sweet honeysuckles in the coolnight air. How much it looked like a creature of .the night! Its large, heavyeyes and sober-suited wings seemed fitted to the quiet, dark hours inwhich it loved to play. Here is a picture of this moth, showing just how itlooks in Toms case of specimens. Its wings are black and gray mixed together with great delicacy. Do yousee that long tube partly rolled up in the picture ? It is through this tubethat the moth draws its food. It unrolls it, and thrusts it down into the deep 1868.] Midsummer BtUterflies. 477 cups of the honeysuckle a
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