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THE LIVING ANIMALS OL THE WORLD 
Photo by C. N, Mai’royeni^ \_Sm)rna 
COCOONS OF CYPRESS-MOTH 
These yield silk 
Photo by C, N. Xlavroyeni'\ \_Smyrna 
CYPRESS-MOTHS AT REST 
the month of they; start ^ivea'ving their cocoons^ in ^vhich they remain for 
se'i'enteen days. A couple of ^veeks after their eggs art hatched.^ and the 
young caterpillars run up the tree^ and feed from the end of 
AugU't^ during autumn^ ^inter^ and spring 
of the same family, called Yellow 
Underwings, measuring nearly 2 
inches across the wings, and likely to 
be flushed in strawberry-beds or hay- 
fields. They have brown fore wings, 
and bright yellow hind wings, with a 
black border. The Red-UNDERWING 
Moth is about 3 inches in expanse, 
and has greyish-brown fore wings, and 
red hind wings, with a black cen- 
tral band ; it is often seen flying 
about willow-trees in the afternoon, 
or resting on tree-trunks, when the 
bright-coloured hind wings are quite 
concealed. 
The Looper-MOTHS are those 
produced from caterpillars which have 
only ten legs instead of sixteen, as 
already explained. Most have slender 
bodies of moderate length, and broad 
and rather brightly coloured wings, 
green, russet-brown, yellow, etc. 
Some, measuring about an inch in 
expanse, are called Carpet-iMOTHS, 
from the zigzag patterns on the fore 
wings, which are generally black and 
white, or brown and white, and 
sometimes green. The Yellow- 
SllELL, a yellow moth, with some zig- 
zag brown and whitish lines across the 
wings, which expand about an inch, 
is common in hedges and bushes. 
The white, black-and-yellow-spotted 
Gooseberry-moth, or Magpie- 
moth, so common in garden‘d, is also 
one of the Loopers. 
Among the smaller moths are the 
Pe.vrl-MOTHS, with long slender 
bodies, wings longer than broad, and 
often with a pearly lustre, one or two 
species of which are common among 
nettles. We may also mention the 
Snout-MOTH, a brown slender-bodied 
moth, with a pointed beak projecting 
in front of the head,likewisea common 
insect among nettles. The Grass- 
MOTIIS are small moths, with narrow 
whitish fore wings, and broad brownish 
hind wings, which they wrap round 
their bodies when at rest. They are 
common in evety field and meadow. 
The Bell-moths have broad truncated 
