426 THE CLOTHES-MOTH. 
wardrobes, they expend their attacks in a more open 
form on our gardens and orchards. 
We will give a more careful description of the Clothes- 
moth which was found in its different stages June 12th 
in a mass of cotton-wool. The larva is white, with a 
tolerably plump body, which tapers slightly towards the 
tail, while the head is much of the color of gum-copal. 
The rings of the body are thickened above, especially on 
the thoracic ones, by two transverse thickened folds. It 
is one-fifth of an inch long. 
The body of the chrysalis, or pupa, is considerably 
curved, with the head smooth and rounded. The long 
antennæ, together with the hind legs, which are folded 
along the breast, reach to the tip of the hind body, on the 
upper surface of each ring of which is a short transverse 
row of minute spines, which aid the chrysalis in moving 
towards the mouth of its case, just before the moth ap- 
pears. At first the chrysalis is whitish, but just before 
the exclusion of the moth becomes of the color of varnish. 
When about to cast its pupa-skin, the skin splits open 
on the back, and the perfect insect glides out. The act 
is so quickly over with, that the observer has to look 
sharp to observe the different steps in the operation. 
Our common Clothes-moth, Tinea flavifrontella (Fig: 
4), is of an uniform light-buff color, with a silky irides- 
Fig-4. cent lustre, the hind wings and abdomen being 
a little paler. The head is thickly tufted with 
hairs and is a little tawny, and the upper side 
of the densely hirsute feelers (palpi) is dusky- 
The wings are long and narrow, with the most beautiful 
_ and delicate long silken fringe, which increases in length- 
towards the base of the wing. 
They begin to fly in May, and last all through the sea- 
