THE ATLAS MOTH. 



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the pensile butterflies being content with suspending themselves 

 by a couple of threads, without taking the trouble to build or 

 spin a nest. 



OIKETICUS AND ATLAS MOTH. 



On the right hand of the accompanying illustration may be 

 seen a large moth flying downwards, and just above it are a 

 couple of oval objects attached to a slender bough. This moth 

 is that magnificent insect the Atlas Moth {Saturnia Atlas), 



