326 MOTHS AS FEEDERS. 



down through the tubular pipe wherewith he drew it up in 

 syrup. Keaumur speaks of others which regaled on sweets 

 from off his finger, "comme aurait pu faire un oiseau prive" 



To many, on the contrary, of the moth fraternity, eating 

 would seem a thing not only undesired, but absolutely for- 

 bidden, by the absence 01 any perceptible organ 'wherewith 

 to eat. It is thus, amongst others, with the " Great Goat," 

 the " Emperor," and the moth of the silk- worm, which latter, 

 besides having no tongue to use, seldom takes the trouble to 

 employ its wings. 



Thus is the most noted and useful of all " Moth Opera- 

 tives," of all " Motlv Idlers" one of the most pre-eminently 

 lazy. 



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