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MOTHS. 



The Moth is the owl of the insect race. He 

 creeps out later in the day than his brethren. 

 A most remarkable circumstance has been 

 observed among some of the Phalasnae family, 

 that, while the male is a winged insect, the 

 female is a creeping thing without wings. 

 With these wingless lady Moths we have no 

 dealings ; nor do we wish to have any with 

 those that sometimes infest our wardrobes. 



I cannot help feeling a very decided an- 

 tipathy to the owl, the cat, and the Moth ; — 

 to the owl, because, his singular downy feathers 

 enabling him to fly so noiselessly^ he the more 

 easily surprises his prey ; — to the cat, because, 

 from an equally noiseless movement with the 

 owl, an idea is engendered that her talons, 

 though they may be hid within their sheath, 

 are always quivering to pounce upon something, 

 whether in jest or earnest it matters little ; — 



