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of blood that have been recorded to have happened 

 took place in the warm seasons of the year 5 when 

 the butterflies are most numerous. 



THE MOTHS. 



THE Moths are only to be seen flying abroad in 

 the evening and during the night, which are their 

 times of feeding. The larvae or caterpillars are 

 mostly smooth, and more or less cylindrical : they 

 are very active creatures, and prey with great vora- 

 city on the leaves of various plants. Their chry solids 

 are either concealed in the ground, or protected from 

 the inclemency of the weather by a silky covering, 

 spun by the larvae, round their bodies. In this state 

 they are either simple, or have a kind of hook at 

 their extremity. 



The antennae gradually taper from the base to the 

 tip. The tongue is spiral, and the wings, when the 

 animals are at rest, are generally deflected. 



THE SILKWORM *. 



The Silkworm is found in a native state on mul- 

 berry-trees in China, and some others of the eastern 

 countries, from whence it was originally introduced 



• Synonyms.— Phakena mori. Linn. — Bombyse mori. Fabri- 



