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moderate-sized case, may be sure it is empty. If, by 

 any accident, the larvae, in constructing its new case, 

 should cause it, in cutting it off, to double upon itself, 

 or otherwise make it untenantable, it directly withdraws 

 into its old case, and, disengaging it, proceeds in search 

 of another leaf on which to operate afresh. 



On alders, birches, oaks and sallows, we shall find 

 the fat larva of Dasystoma Salicella ; while on oak, 

 beech, &c, the curious club-footed larvae of Chima- 

 bacche Fagella may be found. 



Among limes we may find the pretty Xanthia 

 aurago, while among brambles the curious larvae of 

 Chrysocorys festaliella may be found. In the " En- 

 tomologist's Annual," 1856, p. 57, Mr. Stainton thus 

 notices this larvae : " Mr. T. Wilkinson, of Scarborough, 

 sent me in September some larvae of this species ; and, 

 subsequently, I found them at Bideford rather com- 

 monly. They feed either on the upper or under side 

 of bramble leaves, eating the leaf half through, and 

 making conspicuous blotches, which are very evident 

 even when you are not specially looking for them. 

 The larva agrees well with Hiibner's figure, which is 

 copied by Curtis." 



Among the golden rod (Solidago virgaurea) we 

 may find the larvae of Botys terrealis feeding upon 

 the flowers. 



If, on some sunny morning, we examine closely the 

 bottom of some old paling we may, perhaps, see some 

 curious little mounds composed of grains of sand, small 

 stones, pieces of the wing cases of beetles, bits of shells, 

 he. ; if we touch one of these mounds, we shall find 

 that it springs to the touch, and, on detaching it, we 



