10 JANUARY. 



waste of time and destruction of larvae to examine 

 them all. 



Now let us examine the fallen leaves. If we care- 

 fully turn over the fallen leaves, we shall probably see 

 some that have oval pieces cut out of them ; this has 

 been done by the larvae of Incurvaria pectinea and 

 I. muscalella ; they are now in pupa, so that there is 

 no chance of seeing them moving about, but you will 

 find the cases on the ground under the leaves, with the 

 pupae in them ; they are found among birch and oak 

 leaves. 



The pupae of the Lithocolletides are very readily 

 collected in this way in the fallen leaves of oak and 

 hornbeam, and in this manner the pupae of those spe- 

 cies that feed upon the higher branches of the oak may 

 be readily obtained ; besides, we have thus a chance of 

 breeding the scarce species, L. irradiella, a specimen 

 of the perfect insect having been bred by the late Mr. 

 Wing " from oak leaves collected near Beckenham in 

 the autumn" (Entomologist's xinnual for 1855, p. 81, 

 2nd ed.) 



On the licheny trunks of the trees and on old 

 palings the larvae of Solenobia i?iconspicuella may be 

 found, if the day be mild, crawling about in their 

 portable cases. 



This is, " par excellence," the best month to obtain 

 the various root-feeding larvae of ' JEphippiphora Fcene- 

 ana, Argyrolepia ^Eneana, &c. 



The head-quarters of E. Fceneana are at Northfleet 

 (although they may be found sparingly at Charlton 

 sand-pits). Northfleet is best reached by the " North 

 Kent" Rail. Having alighted at the Northfleet Sta- 



