THE MOTH. 
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There are no butterflies or moths to be found 
without the scales or plumes, that I described to 
you, upon their wings. But there is a family of 
moths that have them only fringing the edges, 
or covering the nervures, and they are called 
66 clear-wings,” because the rest of the wing 
is quite transparent. They are so much like 
flies and wasps, that you would not think they 
were moths at all; and on this account, they are 
named u bee-clear-wing,” u hornet-clear-wing,” 
“ gnat-clear-wing,” u fly-clear-wing.” 
Another group of moths is called u plumed 
moths,” because the wings are cut up into very 
narrow strips, like feathers. 
The white-plumed moth is constantly to be 
seen in hedges and lanes; and her wings are 
Many-plumed moth. 
