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THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



Museum," ma\' not be 

 uninteresting to our 

 readers : — 



" In the first 

 month of spring orders 

 were issued to the 

 forester not to cut 

 down the mulberr\-- 

 trees ; and when the 

 cooing doves were ob- 

 served fluttering with 

 their wings, and the 

 crested jays ahghting 



fhcn by J. Ptal Millar-] TB'"* 



DEATH'S-HEAD MOTH 



Remarkable for the skuU-likt pattern or. the hack 



upon the mulberry-trees, people were to prepare 

 the trays and frames for the purpose of rearing 

 the silkworms. 



" In the spring season, when the empress and 

 her ladies had fasted, they proceeded to the east, 

 and personally engaged in picking the mulberry- 

 leaves. On this occasion the married and single 

 ladies were forbidden to wear their ornaments, and 

 the usual employments of females were lessened, in 

 order to encourage attention to the silkworms. 

 When the rearing of the silkworms was completed, 

 the cocoons were divided (for reeling) and the silk 

 weighed (for weaving), each person being rewarded 



Thstt h) J. F-al Millar^ 



CONVOLVULUS HAWK-MOTH 



^ i^rey TtKth, -.vith pink bandi on the body 



Ph,l, ht If. Sa-nilli-K/nt, F.7..S., 

 Mitford-an-Se-t 



DAV-FLYLNG MOTH 

 OF MADAGASCAR 



Remarkable for the brilliancy of 



its colours — gf-^^" ^"*^ black, 



ivith the hind icings brilliant 



coppery red toiuards the 



extremity 



according to her 

 labour, in order to 

 provide dresses for the 

 celestial and anccstorial 

 sacrifices. In all this 

 none dared indulge in 

 indolence. 



" In the last month 



-i of summer the order 



was given to the 



female officers to dye 



the silk of various 



