 | Zoology - 1829 - 494 pages
...holes through the leaves and covers : it appears, to the naked eye, a small, glittering, pearl-coloured moth, which, upon the removing- of books and papers in the summer, is often observed to go into some corner, where it may the better protect itself from apparent danger. Its head is blunt,... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - Natural history - 1850 - 630 pages
...holes through the leaves and covers : it appears, to the naked eye, a small, glittering, pearl-coloured Moth, which, upon the removing of books and papers in the summer, is often observed to go into some corner, where it may the better protect itself from danger. Its head is blunt, and... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Entomology - Beneficial insects - 1891 - 50 pages
...holes through the leaves and covers. It appears to the naked eye a small, glittering, pearl-colored moth, which upon the removing of books and papers...very nimbly to scud and pack away to some lurking cranny where it may better protect itself from any appearing dangers. Its head appears big and blunt,... | |
 | Anthologies - 1888 - 438 pages
...holes through the leaves and covers ; it appears to the naked eye a small, glistering, pearl-colour'd moth, which upon the removing of books and papers in the summer, is often observ'd very nimbly to scud, and pack away to some lurking cranney, where it may the better protect... | |
 | Entomology - 1896 - 144 pages
...holes through the leaves and covers. It appears to the naked eye a small, glittering, pearl-colored moth, which, upon the removing of books and papers...very nimbly to scud and pack away to some lurking cranny where it may better protect itself from any appearing dangers. Its head appears big and blunt,... | |
 | Entomology - 1896 - 786 pages
...holes through the leaves and covers. It appears to the naked eye a small, glittering, pearl-colored moth, which, upon the removing of books and papers in the summer, is often observed very nimbly to send and pack away to souio lurking cranny where it may better protect itself from any appearing dangers.... | |
 | Bibliography - 1917 - 442 pages
...Hooke described in Observation LI I the ' small silver-colour'd Book-worm ', ' which upon the removal of Books and Papers in the Summer, is often observed...very nimbly to scud, and pack away to some lurking cranny '. The third figure of the 33rd scheme pictures a monster so formidable-looking that Blades... | |
 | Glenn Washington Herrick - Beneficial insects - 1914 - 522 pages
...eats holes through leaves and covers ; it appears to the naked eye a small glittering Pearl-coloured Moth, which, upon the removing of Books and Papers in the Summer, is often observ'd very nimbly to scud, and pack away to some lurking cranney, where it may the better protect... | |
 | Jos. A. Arnold - 1917 - 526 pages
...Lcpismatidse. through the leaves and covers. It appears to the naked eye a small, glittering, pearlcolored moth, which upon the removing of books and papers...very nimbly to scud and pack away to some lurking cranny where it may better protect itself from any appearing dangers. Its head appears big and blunt,... | |
 | jos. a. arnold - 1917 - 530 pages
...idse. through the leaves and covers. It appears to the naked eye a small, glittering, pearlcolored moth, which upon the removing of books and papers...very nimbly to scud and pack away to some lurking cranny where it may better protect itself from any appearing dangers. Its head appears big and blunt,... | |
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I found much conversant among books and papers, and is supposed to be that which corrodes and eats holes through the leaves and covers. It appears to the naked eye a small, glittering, pearl-colored moth, which, upon the removing of books and papers in... 
