MAY. 75 



while on the leaves of the same tree the larvae of Co- 

 leophora hemerobiella occur, and those of Argyresthia 

 ephippella in the shoots of cherry ; Cerostoma sea- 

 brella on apple trees, together with that of Gel. Rhom- 

 bella. On the " black fetid horehound" (Ballota 

 nigra) and the " hedge wound wort" {Stachys sylva- 

 tica) we may find the larvae of Coleophora lineolea ; 

 while the larva of Col. Alcyonipemiella occurs on the 

 leaves of Centaurea nigra. And in folded birch leaves 

 we shall find the larvae of Poedisca Solandriana (in 

 Wimbledon Park) ; this larva prefers the scrubby 

 low-growing birch bushes to tall trees. 



On the " goose-foot" (Chenopodium) and the orache 

 (Atriplex), under a loose web, we may find the larvae 

 of Butalis Chenopodiella ; while on sallows the larva 

 of Gelechia sororculella occurs. 



And now, having spent some considerable time upon 

 the common (which swarms with insect life) let us 

 visit 



" The wood, 



The covert of old trees with trunks all hoar, 



But light leaves young as joy 



A populous solitude of bees and birds, 



And fairy-formed and many-colour'd things." 



Byron — Childe Harold. 



On our way to Coombe Wood we pass the aspens 

 at the edge of the common ; if we examine their stems 

 we shall probably find Clostera reclusa sitting on 

 them ; the larva of this insect is common on them, and 

 on the sallows in September. 



Having reached the wood let us commence opera- 

 tions. What is that large pale-coloured moth sitting 

 e2 



