This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ...different travels into the country; out now my surprise is at an end; and I daresay you will be greatly pleased to hear that 1 liave twenty drawings, with the larvae, chrysalis, and moths complete for engraving, of species H'nlch feed by night, and secrete themselves in a hole either in 'he body or branches of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ...different travels into the country; out now my surprise is at an end; and I daresay you will be greatly pleased to hear that 1 liave twenty drawings, with the larvae, chrysalis, and moths complete for engraving, of species H'nlch feed by night, and secrete themselves in a hole either in 'he body or branches of a tree. There they lie hid all the day, nd sometimes for several days together; for when they want to feed, they come out at night and gnaw off a small twig and drag it to their hiding-place to feed on at their leisure. They cover up their hole with a web in a very careful manner, so that it requires a careful person to find their hiding-place." The species here figured is distinguished by its dusky grey anterior wings, thickly speckled with brown and white dots, a conspicuous ear-like mark, and an angular patch of dark dots near the shoulder; the hind-wings are dark, with a silvery margin. The eggs of this moth are deposited on the bark of the Casaurina figured, where some branch shoot from the stem; and the larva, when hatched, immediately enters into the bark, boring downwards a cylindrical cell to the centre of the stem, which it increases as it grows in bulk, and uses as a retreat and dwelling-place, weaving over its entrance convex covering, in which is interwoven the ends of leaves, together with some of its excrement, as represented on the plate. This covering is fastened securely at the upper end, while the lower is left in such a manner that the larva can pass and repass at pleasure. After sunset it goes in search of food, which it conveys, a leaf at a time, to its dwelling, where it is deposited by being dragged part down the cell. Thus the larva proceeds during the whole night, and on the approach of day retires with...
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