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from five-eighths to three-quarters of an inch in length, 
and its wings expand from one inch and one-tenth to one 
inch and four-tenths. The fore-wings shut together flatly 
on the top of the back, slope steeply downwards at the 
sides, and are turned up at the end somewhat like the 
tail of a fowl. The female is much larger than the male, 
and much darker-colored. There are two broods of these 
insects in the course of the year. Some winged moths of 
the first brood begin to appear towards the end of April 
or early in May — earlier or later, according to climate and 
season. Those of the second brood are most abundant in 
August ; but some may be found between these periods, 
and even much later.” 
No writer with -whom I am acquainted has given such 
an exact description of the difference between the sexes, 
that they can always be readily distinguished. The 
beautiful wood-cuts of the moths, larvae, and cocoons, 
which I present to my readers, were drawn from nature, 
by Mr. M. M. Tidd, of Boston, Mass., and engraved by 
Mr. D. T. Smith, of the same city. A large number of 
specimens were furnished to Mr. Tidd, 
and great accuracy has been secured. 
He seems first to have noticed that the 
tongue of the female projects so as 
to resemble a beak, -while that of the 
male is very short.* 
While some males are larger than some females, and 
some females much lighter-colored than 
the average of males, and occasionally 
some males as dark as the darkest 
females, the peculiarity of the tongue 
of the female is so marked , that she 
may ahcays he distinguished at a glance. 
* Dr. Harris speaks of the tongue of the moth as w very short, and hardly 
visible." This Is true only of that of the male. 
Female. 
