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shall find the larvae of Crambus hortuellus, culmellus 

 and tristellus; while in the moss growing upon the 

 thatch of the neighbouring barn the larvae of Cram- 

 bus falsellus may be found ; and in the boggy places, in 

 the seeds of the flea bane {Inula dysenterica) the larvae 

 of Gelechia bifractella and Gel. inopella occur ; while 

 in the fallen leaves of oak and hornbeam the pupae of 

 the Lithocolletkles may be obtained, as enumerated 

 last month. 



On palings near Convolvolus septum we shall find 

 Pterophorus pterodactytus ; while in houses, playing 

 upon the windows, and flying along hedges among 

 honeysuckle, we shall find the pretty and delicate 

 Alucitina polydactyla. 



And now, if the tyro has neglected to do anything 

 that ought to have been done at the commencement 

 of the year, he must delay it no longer : if he has 

 neglected to provide breeding-cages and air-tight bot- 

 tles or jars for his pupae or larvae ; strips of smooth flat 

 cork for his setting-boards ; pins of various sizes for his 

 insects (these may be obtained of Edelsten and Wil- 

 liams, Crown Court, Cheapside, London; they are 

 sold in half-ounce boxes, and entomologists in the 

 country can have them forwarded by post : the proper 

 sizes to order are — 



No. 6, for Sphinges and Bombices; 



No. 8, for Noctuce ; 



No. 8 and No. 10, for Geometrce ; 



Nos. 19 and 20, for Micro-Lepidoptera ;) 

 small boxes, either of wood or tin, corked at bottom 

 and top, and covered, in the case of the wooden ones, 

 with smooth paper, for carrying in the pocket on an 



