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THE MOTH. 
withered leaves, gnawed round the edge by insects. 
If they are disturbed, they do not fly, hut 
choose a more cunning way of escape. They drop 
to the ground, and lie there quite still, so that they 
are lost to sight, amongst the grass and leaves. 
The lappet-moth is not uncommon; but if you 
saw her reposing, you would take her for a bundle 
of withered leaves. One pan of her wings projects 
very much beyond the other, and both are notched 
round, like the edges of a leaf. She is called 
u lappet,” because when she was a caterpillar, 
she had fleshy protuberances or u lappets” along 
her sides. 
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