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THE MOTHS. 
wings are of an afh-colour ; the body and the legs black, 
and the antennae Cetaceous*. 
Another moth, diftinguiflied by its deftru&ive effe&s 
among woollen articles of apparel is thus characterifed in 
the Fauna Svuecica : The antennae are fctaceous, the 
tongue fpiral, and the thorax marked on each fide with a 
white fpot. This animal is of fmall fixe ; the wings nlh- 
coloured ; the head, legs, and the whole under fide of the 
body are white f. 
Thefe moths conftruft the abode in which they refi.le, 
of the grains of wool which they gnaw off the cloth : 
Their food is of the fame fubftance ; and what greatly 
increafes the extent of their devaluations is, that every 
ilep they advance upon cloth, feeling themfelves incom- 
moded by the wool in their way, they gnaw a fmooth 
pafiage for themfelves, like a man with a fey the in his 
hand, cutting down the grafs of the meadow as he goes 
along t* 
Thefe habits of the moth render them among the mod 
defh'uiilive of infects. The mod coftly articles of fur are 
thofe which are not worn every day ; and for that very 
reafon they are mod expofed to their attacks. The me- 
thods for preventing their devadations may be reduced 
to the two following ; either we mud deftroy the infeifts, 
or render our clothes difagreeable food for them. 
The moths may be deftroyed by oil, or the fumes of 
tobacco. And as wool is never fubject to their depre- 
dations, fo long as it remains upon the (beep, the mod 
likely 
* Rai Infeft. p. 204. n. 98. 
| Vide Reaumur, Tom. III. & Regne Animale, Tom. II. j>. 16©. n. 83, 
1 Reaumur, Tom. III. p. 5 , 
