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MOTHS AS OPERATIVES. 



" Millions of spinning worms, 



That in their green-shops weave the smooth-haired silk." 



" The flowery leaf 

 U ants not its soft inhabitants. Secure 

 Within its winding citadel, the stone 

 Holds multitudes." 



HAVING " shewn up' already some of the most glaring enor- 

 mities committed by moth caterpillars in the character of 

 " Destructives/' we shall now, in justice, advocate their claim 

 to the title of Operatives. TTe might even consider them 

 under the name of Conservatives, both general and particular ; 



