218 THE CORK MOTH. 



The wonderful beauty of the wings could only 

 be discerned by using a powerful magnifying glass. 

 Seen in sunlight the little moth looked as if it were 

 made of atoms of gold and silver, its eyes were 

 black, its legs striped, its antennae long, the under 

 wings being adorned with very long silken fringes. 

 To the naked eye the Oinophila is an inconspicu- 

 ous grey object, and may well pass unobserved, 

 especially in the semi-darkness of a cellar, and if 

 one did remark it, the idea of destructive powers 

 would never be suggested by anything so small 

 and fragile. 



