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BRITISH MOTHS. 



About the 10th of September they begin to 

 contract in length and to grow pale, and in a 

 day or two spin themselves up in very tight- 

 fitting little cocoons of close-woven gi'ay silk, 

 wrapped about with some of the leaves and 

 stems of their food. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in June and 

 July, and occurs occasionally almost every- 

 where in England, Scotland, and Ireland. 

 (The scientific name is Phytometra (iinea.) 



