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Show i ji I aiwyMSa.w . awwtmialMBMaiit. A IleanUfiit Cronturo Tlint lIuiinN lli r.lnolila I.IkIiI'. Bhadows of flitting tioctarnnl things that hover about tho street clcetrio lights are seen, thrown UKn street or pavement, by huuilrcdsof passers by who never know If tho croitures that cause, them nro huts, moths or soino smaller thlnigs whoso nearness near-ness to tho light magnifies tho flitting shadow. In fact, thero nro all of thoso creatures frcii.ue.ntly hovering about the llKhts; tho bats, doubtless, In pursuit of onio of tho liny Insect brood, Mhllo tho larger moths nro drawn, llko tlio mlhuto In ect swarms, nbout tho light ns a brilliant objoct. Mr. 1). XT. O. 1,'ond, of Hartford, Conn., showed a Hartford Times reporter a beautiful green moth which his wlfo succeeded suc-ceeded In bringing down With a stroka of n whip. It U tho Attacus I.uun perhaps tho most beautiful of all our moths. It is not as brilliant, nor qulto so large, ns somo others, but tho exquisite delicacy of its wlngt, both In toxturo and tint, aurpassos that of any other variety that flics here. Tho wings expand nbout live Inches-lii huoa pale, dcllcalogroon. A broad bordor of purplo runs along tho front edga of tho foro wings, and tho hind wings ara tipped with tho samo color all around. In tho center ot radio t tho four wings Is a tr&nipurent cyo-llko spot, encircled byn -Ingot black and yollow on tho upper slda ot tho wing, aud whlto beneath, Kach hind wing has a slender, symmetrical tnll, nearly two Inches long. Tho good-sized body Is thickly covered with a halr-llko mantloof whlto aklndot down, which looks llko n soft Rind of slightly curled hair of tho whlto boar. Tho oyes, rather larue, nro deep, dark, dull purplo; and thero nro two inlnuto boad-llko hlulng lnt hi tho whlto down, beneath tho head proer, that took like tbo creature's sparkling llttlo ImUlkn eyos, but nro hot. Tho nntonnto nro yellow and beautifully feathered, nnd tho legs nro purplo llko tho border. Tlio worm of tho Luna moth lives on walnut trees; a large, ugly-looking-creature, which spins Its shroud lasldaa nost mado of the dead or dying leaves In autumn by tjlng two , or threo leaves to. gcther, a brown looking mess, which would attract no notice among tho similarly ool-ored ool-ored dead leaves on tho hrar.ch or on the ground for It sometimes drops and U kicked over with tho rest by boys poking tho dead leaves In October In search of walnuts. wal-nuts. 8ofound.lt taken homo and kept in a quiet placo In n room, tho cocoon win burst lu May, and tho young moth will emerge. Its swift growth und transformation transforma-tion beforo your eye, as it becomes In a fow minutes n beautiful green moth, Is ona of tho marvels of tho oroaturo's changes. Itchangcs in twenty minutes 'from iiwet, whlto, half worm-llko thing mto a charm lay grocu moth. -,. ,., , .. . |