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A Good Natural History Morsel.
Vacation and moth-time come hand in hand the first week in July.
The boys of the neighborhood come yelling from school to eat
supper and go to bed to be up at six o'clock. At six o'clock
around comes a man with a leather pouch filled with carbon sticks.
One by one the boys, some on bicycles, some on foot, begin to
follow him. Let us suppose we have joined the procession. We come
to an electric light. As the light is let down the boys begin to
jump up and down, yell, push, etc., to get first pick.
The man takes a fine brush and quickly cleans the globe. As the
insects fall to the ground there is a general scramble. We are
lucky enough to get a fine specimen of a Luna, and start for home
to save us from getting mobbed. One of the most common of the
large moths found in the globes is the Luna (_Attacus luna_). The
spread of the wings is from three to four inches. The general
color is a beautiful tint of green. The edges of the fore wings
are brown, the streak crossing the body. There are four eye spots,
one on each wing. A white furry body and light golden antennae
complete the colors of this beautiful, delicate moth.
Another of the beautiful moths is the Cecropia (_Attacus
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