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Readers of the American Entomologist, lis- 

 ten to my story, and give me your sympathies. 

 Upon two occasions I have bred two beautiful 

 little moths. One I called the Raspberry Moth, 

 as the little caterpillars fed upon the leaves and 

 fruit of the Raspberry; the other I called my 

 Verbena Moth, as the larva fed upon the buds 

 and flowers of the Verbena. 



I hunted through all the works on Entomology 

 I had access to, and could tind no description of 

 these moths; and I began to flatter my«elf that 

 I really had found two new s-pecies. So I studied 

 them carefully, took notes of all their wonderful 

 ways, and spent much valuable time in watch- 

 ing their proceedings. 



I found my little raspberry caterpillars had a 

 decided preference for the Philadelphia Raspber- 

 ry, though I occasionally found thein upon the 

 r.l It k-caps. They also seemed to have a great 

 [i:i--iiin tor ornaments, for they had stuck all 

 over their bodies dried anthers of flowers and 

 small bits of sticks and leaves, which gave them 

 a very comical and grotesque appearance. 



I confined feveral of these larvre in a box, 

 giving them daily a fresh supply of raspberries, 

 and they seined to thrive as well in coiifinemeiit 

 as in the open air. Knowing their fondness for 

 oi namcnts, I could not deprive them of 1 he.'e; so I 

 cut white iiaper and thread, together with leaves, 

 into small bits, and distributed them in the bos. 

 Very soon they were decked out in these, the 

 white paper and thread adding materially to 

 their grotesque appearance. Not always satis- 

 fled with their own accumulations, they would 

 sometimes take the ornaments from their neigh- 

 bors and appropriate to their own use. 



