148 MINUTE MARVELS OF NATURE 



places which give no hope for the future larvae. 

 Many moths, including lappets and swallow- 



Fig. 96. The silvery reticulated eggs of the Currant or Magpie 

 Moth, x 20 diameters 



tails, in the giddy fascination of the electric arc 

 and other street lights, become so enthusiastic as 

 to leave their eggs carefully placed over the wires 

 and globes ; while the other day my laundrywoman, 

 in a mystified manner, brought me a few inches 

 of an apron-string just taken from the clothes- 

 line, which was " not like that when she hung 

 it out." 



A silly moth that usually deposits its eggs on 



