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THE JOINTED ANIMALS 



This moth flies in June and conceals itself in the daytime in a crevice in the 

 bark, with whose tints its gray mottled wings readily assimilate. The family of 

 the clothes moths ( Tineidce) is typically represented by the lesser clothes moth 



I. CORN MOTH, WITH LARVA ; 2. LARVA OF CLOTHES MOTH ; 3. HONEYCOMB, with 4. LARVA OF WAX MOTH ; 



5. PUPA ; 6. WAX MOTH. 



{Tinea pellionella) , although it must be borne in mind that there is not one 

 particular moth which destroys clothing, but that the larvae of several species are 



i. NEST, WITH LARVAE of Hyponomeuta malineUa, and 2, The moth ; 3. Depressaria nervosa (enlarged); 4. The 

 moth (natural size); 5. I^arva (enlarged); 6. Pupa ; 7. COMMON PLUME MOTH (Pterophorus pentadactylus.) 



equally destructive. T. pellionella is one of the smaller of these, whose larvae, of a 

 silky yellow color, attack all kinds of clothing, as well as the upholstery of our 



