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tains much silk, and, toward winter, falls to the ground 
with the dry leaves. There it remains until the following 
July or August, when the perfect moth issues from its 
damp prison, having spent the whole of the cold season un- 
injured under deep snow or on the moist ground. The 
cocoons of this Moth, producing silk of the same quality 
and in the same quantity as those of the Cecropia, may be 
found, in the spring, under oak, elm, or lime trees. 
The Luna Mors (Attacus Luna), Fig. 36, has wings of 
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