THE MOTH. 
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about it; and long as they are, they never get 
injured. 
The butterfly, as you know, holds her wings 
erect when she settles on a flower, but the moth 
never does. Even when at rest, they are held in 
a horizontal manner, and very often, just in the 
same position as when the insect is flying. They 
are furnished with a curious apparatus, that keeps 
them steady, and will not allow them to stand 
upright. Beneath the upper wings, and attached 
to them, there is a hook ; and to the base of the 
other pair of wings, there grows a bristle, which 
goes into it. When the moth opens or shuts 
her wings, the bristle does not come out of the 
hook, but moves backwards and forwards, and 
keeps them always inclined. The female moth 
flies about very little, and though she often has 
the bristle, she never has the hook. 
The wings of moths grow in a great many 
different ways, and the difference serves to divide 
them into groups. 
Many of the smaller moths have their wings 
rolled round and round, and sometimes the wings 
completely embrace the body. 
One species is called “ notch wings,” because 
the moths have notches on the edges of the 
wings, as if a round piece had been cut out. 
Some of these moths look very much like 
