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MOTHS AS FEEDERS. 



down through the tubular pipe wherewith he drew it up in 

 syrup. Reaumur speaks of others which regaled on sweets 

 from off his finger, " comme aur ait pu fair e un oiseau prive" 



To many, on the contrary, of the moth fraternity, eating 

 would seem a thing not only undesired, but absolutely for- 

 bidden, by the absence of any perceptible organ wherewith 

 to eat. It is thus, amongst others, with the " Great Goat," 

 the " Emperor," and the moth of the silk-worm, which latter, 

 besides having no tongue to use, seldom takes the trouble to 

 employ his wings. 



Thus is the most noted and useful of all " Moth Opera- 

 tives," of all " Moth Idlers' one of the most pre-eminently 

 lazy. 



jiuvvirums ftciV-vr. amourist [IUD ffuttercrs.' 



