HISTORY OF INSECTS. 17 



having made a smooth chamber big enough for 

 his wants, he spins a beautiful little milk-white 

 silken case, in which, after a few weeks, he 

 becomes a chrysalis. 



48. In this state he remains throughout the 

 winter and until the following June, unless some 

 unlucky, blackheaded tit, running up the trunk, 

 peeping into every cranny, and whistling out his 

 merry see-saw, happen to spy him, in which case he 

 is plucked without ceremony from his retreat, and 

 his last moments are spent in the bird's crop ; 

 but supposing no such ill-fortune betide him, by 

 the middle of June he is again on the wing, and 

 hovering round the young apples on a midsummer 

 evening as before. 



49. By burning weeds in your gardens at this 

 time of year you will effectually drive away this 

 little moth. If you have trees, the crops of which 

 you value, make a smoking (mind, not a blazing) 

 fire under each; it will put you to some incon- 

 venience if your garden be near your house, but 

 the apples will repay you for that. 



