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to its six proper horny, eight abdominal and two 

 anal spurious feet.* 



The larva of a circulio, which, with us, is 

 most destructive to the blossom of the apple, 

 by forming to itself a close canopy of the petals 

 under which it consumes the seed vessels in 

 security, has, besides its proper ones, only two 

 abdominal and two anal spurious feet. These 

 abdominal feet are furnished on their outward 

 edges only with numerous small homy claws, 

 hooked inwards, whilst, on the anal feet, these 

 claws are set all round, excepting at the heel, in 

 the shape of a horse shoe. The use of these 

 claws is obvious ; for in walking, lar\'8B of this 

 description first draw their hinder parts as near 



• I often see the sparrows, early in the morning, busily engaged 

 in picking out these grubs, which I consider as some reparation 

 for the attacks which this mischievous bird makes upon our fruit 

 and corn. 



The moths, in their perfect state, seldom take wing before 

 twilight, when the swallows, and other fly-catching birds arc gone 

 to rest ; and, therefore, they are comparatively little kept under 

 by these active and useful strangers. I have generally a good 

 crop of jargonelle pears, which, next to a rich soil and healthy 

 condition of the trees, I attribute to a pair of Bats that annually 

 attend my garden, and usually make their first flights in the even- 

 ings of June and July, in front of the wall-trees, clearly for the 

 purpose of intercepting these moths as they spring from the 

 leaves : the gardens attached to more modern houses are seldom 

 frequented by these solitary, night-flying quadrupeds. 



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