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shut together flatly on the top of the back, slope steeply down- 
wards at the sides, and are turned up at the end somewhat like 
the tail of afowl. The female is much larger than the male, and 
much darker-colored. There are two broods of these insects in 
the course of the year.* Some winged moths of the first brood 
begin to appear towards the end of April or early in May —ear- 
lier or later, according to climate and season. Those of the 
second brood are more abundant in August; but some may be 
found between these periods, and even much later.” 
No writer with whom we are acquainted has given such an 
exact description of the differences between the sexes, that 
they can always be readily distinguished. The wood-cuts 
of the moths, larve, and cocoons, which we present to our 
readers, were drawn from nature, by Mr. M. M. Tidd, of 
Boston, Mass., and engraved by Mr. D. T. Smith, of the 
same city. Mr. Tidd seems first to have 
noticed that the snout or palpus of the fe- 
A male, projects so as to resemble a beak, 
Fig. 189.—Female. while that of the male is very short. 
While some males are larger than some females, and 
some females much lighter-colored than 
the average of males, and occasionally 
some males as dark as the darkest females, 
the peculiarity of the snout of the female is 
so marked, that she may always be distin- 
guished at a glance. 
804. These insects are seldom seen on the wing, unless 
started from their lurking places about the hives, until to- 
wards dark. On cloudy days, however, the female may be 
noticed endeavoring, before sunset, to gain entrance into 
the hives. 
“If disturbed in the daytime,’ says Dr. Harris, ‘‘ they open 
their wings a little, and spring or glide swiftly away, so that it is 
very difficult to seize or hold them.” 
Fig. 190.—Male. 
* Prof. Cook is of opinion (Guide, page 315) that there may be three broods 
in a year and we believe heis correct. We hareseen them most numerous in 
hot October weather. 
