Of the white Moth. 81 
Thefe little animals may be pinched in the nippers, 
or {hick upon the point, and fo applied to the micro- 
fcope; and its feathers may be placed between two 
Mufcovy talcs. 
Of the wolf, or fmall moth. 
T HIS infedl is a little white worm, which infedh 
granaries and corn-chambers. In its perfedl (late 
it is really a moth, of the fize and form reprefented at 
fig. 140. it has four whitilh wings fpotted with black 
fpots. 
When in the reptile {late, it appears as reprefented 
under fig. 141. a magnified reprefenuation of which is 
feen at K L, the fore part of its body had fix feet, which 
were not difcernable till the worm was turned on his 
back, with its belly upwards 3 in this pofition part of its 
body is reprefented at MN, fig. 146. wherein its fix feet 
may be feen. As it creeps along, an exceeding fine thread 
or web iflues from its mouth, by which it hangs to every 
thing it touches, its mouth is armed with a pair of reddifh 
forceps, wherewith it gnaws its way, not only into wheat, 
and other grain, but even perforates into wood, and al - 
moil any thing it meets with. 
In thofe corn-chambers that are infefted with this 
vermin, they may be feen near the decline of the fummer, 
crawling up the walls in great numbers, fearching out for 
places where they may abide in fafety, during their 
aurelia ftate: for when the time of undergoing a change 
into that {late approaches, they forfake their food, and 
thofe little cells they had formed of hollowed grains of 
corn, clotted together by means of the web coming from 
their mouths 3 and wander about till they find fom-e 
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