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finest flavour. The moth is sometimes produced in Sep- 

 tember, and sometimes in the beginning of the following 



Transformations of the honeycomb-moths, a a a, Galleries of the cell-boring caterpil- 

 lar; b, the female; c, the male moth (Galleria alvearia); d d d d, galleries of the 

 wax-eating caterpillar, e, seen at the entrance ;/, the same exposed; g, its cocoon; 

 h, the moth iGalleria cereana). 



summer. It is probable that, like the cheese-fly, it might, 

 in default of chocolate, select some other aliment.* 



Grubs. 



We frequently hear farmers and gardeners complaining 

 that their produce is destroyed. by " the grub ;" they might 

 with equal propriety accuse ''the bird" when their ripe 

 seeds are devoured by sparrows, chaffinches, linnets, and 

 other seed- eaters. Instead of one sort of grub, as the 

 expression seems to indicate, we are far under the mark in 

 reckoning a thousand species indigenous to Britain, each 

 peculiar in its food and its manners. We shall, however, 

 adhere as nearly as possible to the terms in common use ; 

 but as the larvae of the crane-flies (^TipuUdce, Leach), being 

 without legs, cannot be accurately ranked with the legged 



* Keaumur, vol. iii. p, 277. 



