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weeks, then issues forth the moth, I believe a 
species of the Phaloena. The wing-s are buff- 
coloured, shaded with a shade or two darker, across 
the wings, in different forms. It is rarely seen 
in the day-time, but, like the rest of its genus, 
rather chooses that its busiest moments should be 
in the night. About the latter end of July, or 
beginning of August, the parent deposits her eggs 
upon the underside of the leaves, and, from the 
aid of the sun, in a short time produces those 
voracious animals which immediately make their 
attacks upon the leaves. They there form for 
themselves a sort of ai’bour, which has the resem- 
blance of a very small white cobweb, generally 
connected with the principal rib of the leaf; or 
sometimes two or more leaves will be drawn 
together, or the edge of the leaf rolled up. There 
they are supported and pi’otected till about the 
middle or the latter end of September, when they 
leave. Here I cannot reflect, without astonish- 
ment, that the Divine Director has so ordered, 
that these little animals should seek for refuge, 
before the leaf, from which they derive their sup- 
port, falls from the tree. It appears still more 
astonishing that they should exist thi’ough the 
winter without food. We find that they next fix 
their abode upon the rough part of the branches, 
on spurs, and in the joints between the spurs and 
branches. Their cell or arbour is formed of cot- 
ton-like materials, together with a coating of par- 
ticles from branches, or refuse leaves, drawn to- 
