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ligna; these may also be obtained by beating ivy. 

 While on palings, among brambles, the handsome 

 N. Aurella will be found ; and among orpine (Sedum 

 telephium) the rare and distinct Hyponomeuta viginti- 

 punctatus occurs. 



In houses Tinea pellionella and biselliella and En- 

 drosis fenestrella may be found " at home" as usual. 



If we examine the stems of the common reed 

 (Arundo Phragmites) we shall find, in them the larvae 

 of Chilo Phragmitellus ; while in the stems of the reed 

 meadow-grass (Poa uquatica) the larva of Chilo for- 

 JiceUus is still feeding ; in moss, in silken galleries, we 

 shall find the larvae of Cr ambus fa Isellus and Or. tris- 

 tellus ; and in the stems of thistles the larva of Myelois 

 cribrum occurs. 



Among seeds we shall find the larvae of Tinea fus- 

 cipunctella and Endrosis fenestrella ; while, snugly 

 ensconced amid the careful housewife's stores of clothes, 

 furs, feathers, &c, the larvae of Tinea Pellionella and 

 biselliella " cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war." 



In cases among wild strawberry {Fragaria vesca), 

 on the underside of the leaves, the larva of Lampronia 

 prcelatella occurs ; and in the shoots of raspberry bushes 

 the larvae of Lampronia Mabiella may be found ; 

 while, feeding on the pith in the young shoots of currant 

 bushes, the larvae of Incurvaria capitella works un- 

 seen ; and under the leaves and on the flowers of the 

 coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), the hairy larva of Pte- 

 rophorus trigonodactylus will be found ; while, feeding 

 in moist decayed wood, the larva of CEcophora uni- 

 tella occurs. 



And now for the benefit of the tyro who, in the ardent 



