720 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



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COCOONS 



OF CYPRESS-MOTH 



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CYPRESS-MOTHS AT REST 



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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 ir 

 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 zig- 

 zag 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 twc 

 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,likewisea 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 



