LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



XI 



PLATE IX. 



SAW-FLIES, GALL-FLIES. AND 

 SJIitJX . . To face p. 300 



L Cimbex lutea. 



2. Cimbex, cocoon. 



3. Cimbex, larva. 



4. Lyda hortensis. 



5. Trichiosoma lucorum. 

 *> Cynips KoUari. 



7. Sirex juveucus (male). 



Plaxts : — 



Oak, i'ii', and Hawthorn. 



PLATE X. 



PARASITIC HYMENOPTEUa. 



To fact 2>. 32-t 



1 . Pezomanhus zonauis and nests of 



spider. 



2. Pezomaclius faseiatus. 



3. Trogiis atropos. 



4. Rhj-ssa persuasoria. 



5. Rhyssa depositing eggs. 



6. Cheloniis oculator (rather magni- 



fied). 

 Caterpillar of Death's Head Moth. 

 In middle. 



Plants : — 



Willow, Above. 



Dog-grHss {€i/iws7iriis). In middle, 



with m'.id-nests of Spider. 

 Wood Sorrel ( Oxalis acctoseUa). Ee- 



low. 



PLATE XL 



mTS, WASPS, AND SOLITARY 

 BEES . . To face p. 350 



1. Formica rufa and nest. 



2. Quedius brevis. 



3. Eumenes and nest. 



4. Vespa arborea and nest. 

 6. Andrena nitida. 



6. Andrena Trimmerana. 



7. Cilissa hsemorrhoidalis. 



8. Nomada ruficornis. 

 ^. Stylops melittae. 



Plants : — 

 Harebell. 

 Common Heath {Erica cintra), with 



ni-st of Eumenes. 

 Ivy. 



PLATE XII. 



HUMBLE BEES . To face p. 370 

 L Bombus lucorum (female). 



2. Bombus muscorum (female). 



3. Apathus rcstalis (fem;ile.) 



4. Encera longicornis (male). 



Pr.ANTS ; — 



Hawthorn. Above. 

 Sea Campion [SUcne maritima). Be- 

 low. 



PLATE XIII. 



BUTTERFLIES . To face p. 39 



1. Vanessa polychloros. 



2. Vanessa Atalanta. 



3. Vanessa cardiii. 



Plants : — 



Meadow Crane's Bill {Geranium jira- 



tense). Above, on right. 

 Buttercup {Raniincuhis bulhosus). In 



middle. 



PLATE XIV. 



HAWK MOTHS . To face p. 422 



1 . Acherontia atropos. 



2. Acherontia larva. 



3. Macroglossa stellatarum. 



4. Macroglossa fuciformis. 



Plant : — 

 Potato. 



PLATE XV. 



NIGHT FLIERS 



1. Chelonia caja. 



2. Lasiocampa quercus. 



3. Saturnia carpini. 



4. Digranura vinula. 



Plants : — 



Oak and Willow 



To face p. 444 



