322 THE LIV^ING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



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COCOONS OF CYPRESS-MOTH 



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CYPRESS-MOTHS AT REST 



}n the month of July they Hart lueaniin^ their cocoom, in luhu h they remain fo 

 seventeen days. A couple of lueeks after their eg^s are hatched^ and the 

 young caterpillars run up the tree^ an J feed from the end of 

 j^u^uity during autumn^ luinter^ and spring 



uf the same family, called Yeli.ow 

 UXDERWINGS, measuring nearl\- 2 

 inches across the wings, and like!}' to 

 be flushed in strawberry-beds or ha}'- 

 fields. They have brown fore wings, 

 and bright yellow hind wings, with a 

 black border. The Red-UNDERWING 

 Moth is about 3 inches in expanse, 

 and has greyish-brown fore wings, and 

 red hind wings, with a black cen- 

 tral band; it is often seen flying 

 about willow-trees in the afternoon, 

 or resting on tree-trunks, when the 

 bright-coloured hind wings are quite 

 concealed. 



The LOOPER-MOTHS are those 

 produced from caterpillars which have 

 only ten legs instead of sixteen, as 

 already explained. Most have slender 

 bodies of moderate length, and broad 

 and rather brightly coloured wings, 

 green, russet-brown, yellow, etc. 

 Some, measuring about an inch in 

 expanse, are called Carpet-MOTHS, 

 from the zigzag patterns on the fore 

 wings, which are generally black and 

 white, or brown and white, and 

 sometimes green. The Yellow- 

 SHELL, a yellow moth, with some zig- 

 zag brown and whitish lines across the 

 wings, which expand about an inch, 

 is common in hedges and bushes. 

 The white, black-and-yellow-spotted 

 GoOSEBERRY-MOTH, or MaGPIE- 

 MOTH, SO common in gardens, is also 

 one of the Loopers. 



Among the smaller moths are the 

 Pearl-moths, with long slender 

 bodies, wings longer than broad, and 

 often with a pearly lustre, one or two 

 species of which are common among 

 nettles. We may also mention the 

 SXOUT-MOTH, a brown slender-bodied 

 moth, with a pointed beak projecting 

 in front of the head,likewisea common 

 insect among nettles. The Gr.\ss- 

 MOTHS are small moths, with narrow 

 whitish fore wings, and broad brownish 

 hind wings, which they wrap round 

 their bodies when at rest. The}- are 

 common in every field and meadow. 

 The Bell-moths have broad truncated 



