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Show Machinery in Moth'i Head The head of a butterfly or moth contains the eyes, a pnir of antennae anten-nae or feelers, and a loni: and dpll-cate dpll-cate apparatus which we call the tonzr.e. the latter often being seen coiled np like a tiny spiral spring at The base of the hn.nd. This tongue varies In lemth with differen.' species. spe-cies. The great death's head hawk moth, the largest t'.ritlk moth, na? one five Inches In lencth. A-hPe pomp of the smaller butterflies nn1 moths can extend It to over an Inch. Tit-Bits Tit-Bits Magazine. |