THE ATLAS MOTH. 
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the pensile butterflies being content with suspending themselves 
by a couple of threads, without taking the trouble to build or 
jj; spin a nest. 
OIKETICUS AND ATLAS MOTH. 
On the right hand of the accompanying illustration may be 
seen a large moth flying downwards, and just above it are a 
couple of oval objects attached to a slender bough. This moth 
is that magnificent insect the Atlas Moth (. Saturnia Atlas), 
