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ARTICULATA. INSECTA. 



of the bramble ; others form to themselves little 

 tents or cases, like the Caddis-worms ; others again 

 roll up leaves, or bind several together with silk 

 for a habitation ; others live in society in an enor- 

 mous web ; and others again dwell beneath the sur- 

 face of water. One large tribe, to which the useful 

 Silkworm belongs, (Bombyx* Mori,) spin an oval 

 case of silk around themselves, in which they be- 

 come pupae. A very great number of the species } 

 however, change beneath the earth. 



THE ATLAS MOTH (Saturnia Atlas'). 



Its ancient Greek and Latin name. 



