THE GIPSY- MOTH. 



of skill not unworthy of the most consummate 

 thatcher. She arranges the hairs of the down 

 just as the thatcher does his stems of straw 

 for the cottage roof, so that they all slope down- 



The Nr.st fo the Gipsy -moth. 



wards, resembling much the smooth pile of a hat. 

 By this arrangement of the down, it is next to 



