TIE BER-MOTH. 465 
discharge of the eggs, it is only necessary to seize a female moth, 
t~vo or three days old, with tinger and thumb, by the head — she 
will instantly protrude her ovipositor, and the eggs may then be 
istinetly seen passing along through the semi-transparent duct. 
Fig. 194. 
WEBS AND REMNANTS OF COMBS DESTROYED BY MOTHS. 
“Last Summer I reared a bee-moth larva in a small box It 
spun a cocoon, from which issued a female moth. Holding her by 
the head, I allowed her to deposit eggs on a piece of honey-comb. 
Three weeks afterwards, I examined the comb, and found on it 
some web and two larve. The eggs were all shrivelled and dried 
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