SEASONS OF INSECTS. 527 
of trees and plants. Moths, especially the Noctuidce, 
may often be met with in woods, as before observed a , 
on the north side of the trunks of trees. Mr. Marsham 
related to me, that once a little before sunset, observing 
over his head a number of insects on the wing moving 
on in one direction, he caught some of them, and they 
proved to be Labia minor. Struck with the circum- 
stance, he watched them several evenings ; and on one, 
as he was looking about a melon-pit for insects, he saw 
these little animals alight on the frame, hastily fold up 
their wings, and entering under the glasses, run down 
its sides and bury themselves in the loose earth. This 
he observed repeatedly. The onward flight of these in- 
sects was therefore evidently their return from their 
diurnal cruise to their nocturnal station. — This happen- 
ed in September. 
I am, &c. 
a Vol. II. p. 217. See above, p. 200. 
