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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6)

Note 73 — BOOK XI. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS.

John Bostock translation

There are two kinds of hive-moth—the Phalæna tinea mellanella of Linnæus, and the Phalæna tortrix cereana. It deposits its larva in holes which it makes in the wax.

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