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The Living Animals of the World 



Photo by C. N. Mavroyeni] 



COCOONS OP CYPRESS-MOTH. 

 These yield. silk. 



[Smyrna. 



Photo by C. N. Mavroyeni] 



CYPRESS-MOTHS AT REST. 



[Smyrna. 



In the month of July they start weaving their cocoons, in which they remain 

 for seventeen days. A couple of weeks after their eggs are hatched, and the young 

 caterpillars run up the tree, and feed from the end of August, during autumn, winter, 

 and spring. 



of the same family, called YELLOW 

 UNDERWINGS, measuring nearly 2 

 inches across the wings, and likely to 

 be flushed in strawberry-beds or hay- 

 fields. They have brown fore wings, 

 and bright yellow hind wings, with a 

 black border. The RED-UNDERWING 

 MOTH is about 3 inches in expanse, 

 and has greyish-brown fore wings, and 

 red hind wings, with a black cen- 

 tral band ; it is often seen flying 

 about willow-trees in the afternoon, 

 or resting on tree-trunks, when the 

 bright-coloured hind wings are quite 

 concealed. 



The LOOPER-MOTHS are those 

 produced from caterpillars which have 

 only ten legs instead of sixteen, as 

 already explained. Most have slender 

 bodies of moderate length, and broad 

 and rather brightly coloured wings, 

 green, russet-brown, yellow, etc. 

 Some, measuring about an inch in 

 expanse, are called CARPET-MOTHS, 

 from the zigzag patterns on the fore 

 wings, which are generally black and 

 white, or brown and white, and 

 sometimes green. The YELLOW-SHELL. 

 a yellow moth, with some zigzag 

 brown and whitish lines across the 

 wings, which expand about an inch, 

 is common in hedges and bushes. 

 The white, black-and-yellow-spotted 

 GOOSEBERRY-MOTH, or MAGPIE-MOTH, so 

 common in gardens, is also one of the 

 Loopers. 



Among the smaller moths are the 

 PEARL-MOTHS, with long slender bodies, 

 wings longer than broad, and often 

 with a pearly lustre, one or two species 

 of which are common among nettles. 

 We may also mention the SNOUT-MOTH, 

 a brown slender-bodied moth, with a 

 pointed beak projecting in front of the 

 head, likewise a common insect among 

 nettles. The GRASS-MOTHS are small 

 moths, with narrow whitish fore wings, 

 and broad brownish hind wings, which 

 they wrap round their bodies when 

 at rest. They are common in every 

 field and meadow. The BELL-MOTHS 

 have broad truncated fore wings, 



