proud] study of moths FROM LIVING SPECIMENS 291 



This piece of work is the latest I have done. However, I have 

 a multitude of ideas and plans to be realized. One of the most 

 cherished plans is to capture males and females of the same species 

 and let them mate. Then I want to rear the young caterpillars 

 and get new moths. In order not to lessen the number of moths 

 in the vie nity o^ my home, I alwa/s distribate a part o^ any brood 

 of caterpillars I have, upon their favorite trees Another plan 

 is to get pictui-es of different spejies of moths from eej to maturity. 

 I am very anxious to learn how to care for the pupating caterpillars 

 through the winter. 



With all this planning of future work, I anticipate a very pleasant 

 and profitable continuation of my study of moths, during the ccan • 

 ing summer. 



The Tiger Moth 

 Charles R. Fox 



Float in the shadow of night! 

 Orange thy wings and rich parded, 

 Figitred and blotted w4th velvet — 

 Thickening the dust with thy stillness, 

 Fold thy soft plumes like a blossom! 

 Hooded thine head with fur helmet, 

 Antlered with fiercely pale feelers, 

 Sensitive, set with saw edges, 

 Float in the shadow of night — 

 God through the darkness beholds thee 

 Fleeced with farina of flowers, 

 Mealy with dust of the rainbow. 



Shine then my soul in night's bosom. 

 Hid in the dark of this human, 

 Eyes may not see thee, but round thee 

 Lives the transparence of heaven. 

 Fixed with full face on the God-Hght, 

 Shadows and fears drop behind thee. 

 Sifting thy sources of being: 

 Darkness is God looking down thee. 

 Draining all Ught by His presence; 

 Darkness is but thine own shadow. 

 Cast by the glory above thee. 



