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MISCELLANY. 



A Moth that bores for its Food. The 

 order of Lepidoptera, which includes moths 

 and butterflies, is almost universally char- 

 acterized as possessing a flexible trunk, 

 by means of which the insects suck up 

 the nectar of flowers. Indeed, the pos- 

 session of a flexible trunk is commonly re- 

 garded as one of the distinguishing char- 

 acteristics of this order. A few years ago, 

 however, a French botanist, M. Thozet, then 

 residing in Australia, discovered a moth 

 (Ophideres fullonica) which possessed a 

 trunk so rigid as to be able to pierce the rinds 

 of oranges and suck their juice. Another 

 Australian observer having since called at- 

 tention to the depredations of this moth, M. 

 J. Kiinckel was led to examine the trunks of 

 Ophidercs which had been sent to him from 

 Australia by M. Thozet. This trunk he de- 

 clares to be a perfect instrument, and says 

 that it would be an excellent model for the 

 making of new tools to be employed in 

 boring holes in various materials. It re- 

 sembles the barbed lance, the gimlet, and 

 the rasp, and hence can pierce, bore, and 

 tear, at the same time allowing liquids to 

 pass without impediment by the internal 

 canal. The two applied maxilla; constitut- 

 ing the organ terminate in a sharp triangu- 



