Chapter Ten 

 THE GIANT GAMIN 



TELEA POLYPHEMUS 



A COCOON JUST FINISHED BY POLYPHEMUS 



Ti :vi E 

 cannot 

 be used 

 to tell of mak- 

 ing the acquain- 

 tance of this 

 moth until how 

 well wort h 

 knowing it is, 

 has been ex- 

 plained. That it 

 is a big birdlike 

 fellow, with a 

 six inch sweep 

 of wing, is indi- 

 cated by the fact 

 that it is named 

 in honor of the 

 giant Polyphe- 

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