Excerpt from Episodes of Insect Life: By Acheta Domestica, M. E. S All the Moths in the above engraving are drawn half the size of nature. Most of them, as perfect insects, are described in the episode called Moths as Idlers, p. 272; and some, in their preparatory stages an e referred to in Moths as Destructives, p. 104, and in Moths as Operatives, p. 239; also, in The Tribes of an Oak, p. 173. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.