THE CORK MOTH. 





T may appear to many 

 readers a most unlikely 

 thing that even in our 

 sitting-rooms, on our win- 

 dow-panes, or in our wine-cellars 

 we should find subjects for study 

 in natural history, but I will try 



to show that there is some truth 



^PP" 



in such a statement. 



We only need to be careful observers to be 

 rewarded from time to time by finding material 

 for thought and investigation in very unlikely 



