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did this the Archbishop should curse tlie rest, and allow al). 

 those out of bounds to be destroyed. The Archbishop, con- 

 sidering that the Church gained a nice piece of ground by this 

 transaction, willingly agreed to form a procession round the 

 country, and to do the required cursing, after which, however 

 the farmers were to do penance^ and to pay up all their 

 tithes. 



The Toi'tj'icina which eat fruits principally belong to the 

 CarpocapsidcB ; one kind, Endopisa proxiniana, has a yello\\-ish 

 white caterpillar, which feeds upon the peas inside pea-pods ; 

 and the Carpocapsa ponioncUa loves the insides of apples and 

 pears. When this caterpillar is full grown, it eats its way out 

 of the fruit, and then spins a cocoon on some twig or other. 

 The moth is very pretty, and its iron-grey wings are orna- 

 mented with brilliant copper-coloured streaks. The caterpillar 

 is of a pinkish colour, and the second segment is pale yel- 

 lowish brown. Many a plum pie contains the pale red lar\a 

 of a closely allied kind, and others may be found even in 

 acorns and beech-nuts. One species, Carpocapsa splcndaua,-\\ycs 

 in the edible chesnut. Some of the caterpillars of these fruit- 

 eaters move very actively in the insides of the seeds or fruits 

 they are devouring. M. Lucas had some large Euphorbia seeds, 

 which came from Mexico, and which, when exposed to gentle 

 heat, jumped up a few lines into the air. It was difficult to 

 account for this, but it was found that the movements were 

 produced by the caterpillar inside jumping about. Some of the 

 same group choose very different food, and one caterpillar feeds 

 within a hollow resinous exudation from the branches of fir- 

 trees ; another, which is very common everywhere, feeds on almost 

 any plant. This caterpillar is of a dull olive green colour, with 

 a pale brown head, and is very sluggish. When it is disturbed 

 it does not attempt to run away, or to fall down, hanging on 

 with its silken thread, but curls itself up like a ball, and shams 

 being dead, and trusts to circumstances. 



The Tineina are the smallest of the small amongst tlic 

 Lepidoptcra, and they are, perhaps, the most eccentric in their 

 habits of life and peculiarities. The perfect insects have narrow 

 wings, bordered with a long silken fringe, and long palpi. The 



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