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Among the great hairy willow herb {Epilohium 

 hirsutum), LaveniQ Epilobiella, will be found ; while 

 by beating ivy we may obtain Laverna decorella ; and 

 sitting on the flowers of Stellaria holostea, Asychna 

 modestella occurs. 



Among the common hemp agrimony (Eupatoria 

 cannabinum), Pterophorus microdactyly occurs. Of 

 the very rare Pterophorus brachydactylus, " Professor 

 Frey finds the larvae on the underside of the leaves of 

 Prenanthes purpurea in fir woods in May ; that 

 plant is not British, but is not unfrequently found in 

 woods escaped from cultivation," (Entomologist's An- 

 nual, 1856, p. 60) ; and of Pterophorus tephradacty- 

 lu.s " Professor Frey finds the larva on Solidago vir- 

 gaurea in May. I met with the young larvae on that 

 plant at Clovelly in September." (Idem.) And in 

 houses, and among honeysuckle in hedges, the pretty 

 Alucitina polydactyla is common. 



And now we will suppose the tyro, for argument's 

 sake, to have worked assiduously at collecting the 

 objects of his study, and by industry and perseverance 

 to have got together a great number of species, which, 

 apart from their intrinsic value as insects for the pur- 

 poses of study, and as objects of great beauty and deli- 

 cacy, possess an extrinsic value in his estimation, as 

 being the fruits of his own labour and diligence, and 

 as reminding him of the exquisite pleasure he has 

 experienced in their collection. Full of this feeling, 

 and wishing others to share his pleasures with him, 

 he in an unlucky or incautious moment shows his 

 treasures to some friend whom he wishes to entice 

 into the ranks of Entomology ; when, what is his 

 disappointment to find his friend does not appreciate 



