The Banded Monk 



his cocoon, which might easily be confused 

 with that of the Oak Bombyx. I am deceived 

 at first by the resemblance. Out of six co- 

 coons, from which I expected to obtain 

 Banded Monks, six females of the other spe- 

 cies hatch at the end of August. Well, 

 around those six females, born in my house, 

 never a male appears, though there is no 

 doubt that the tufted ones are present in the 

 neighbourhood. 



If spreading feathered antennae are really 

 organs for receiving information at a distance r 

 why are not my richly-horned neighbours in- 

 formed of what is happening in my study? 

 Why do their fine plumes leave them indiffer- 

 ent to events that would bring the Banded 

 Monk hastening up in crowds? Once more r 

 the organ does not determine the aptitude. 

 This one is gifted and that one is not, despite 

 organic similarity. 



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