DIFFERENCE OF THE ANTENNA. 65 
Lucy, It is, indeed, something like a 
stick with a knoh at the end ; I think, 
it might answer as a club for the little 
fairies, who are said to make their cloaks 
of the butterflies* wings. 
Mother, It would suit them ad- 
mirably. Tbis one 
you see is of another shape. 
Lucy, It is quite diftbrent : very fine 
at both ends and thick in the middle. 
Mother, That is always the case in 
the antennae of the sphinx ; it is called 
fusiform*, and is, I believe, peculiar to 
that tribe. Now look at the antennae of 
the moth. 
which you see are thicker next to the 
head, and taper gradually to the point, 
Lucy, Has this kind of antenna any 
name ? 
* From FusuSf a distaff or spindle. 
