336 th£ clothes moth. 



of wool externally, and silk internally, in the same 

 manner as in the other parts. It afterwards, at a lit- 

 tle distance from this, makes another slit at the 

 same end, which it also fills up ; then, turning itself 

 within, it repeats the same process from the centre 

 to the other end. 



After changing within its case into a chrysalis, in 

 about three weeks it issues a small-winged noctur- 

 nal Moth, of a silvery-grey colour, well known to al- 

 most every mistress of a family. 



It may be found useful to point out the best 

 modes of preventing the havoc which these insects 

 commit in our wardrobes and furniture. — The smell 

 of oil of turpentine is instantaneous death to them : 

 if, therefore, the goods affected by them be put into 

 a close place, along with a saucer or other open ves- 

 sel containing oil or turpentine, the warm air raising 

 the vapour will immediately destroy them. Some- 

 times, if the caterpillars be old and strong, it may be 

 necessary to brush the clothes with a brush, the 

 points of which have been dipped in the turpentine. 

 The smoke of tobacco also kills them ; and cloth 

 that has been steeped in a decoction of tobacco- 

 leaves will never be affected by them. 



