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did this the Archbishop should curse the rest, and allow all 
those out of bounds to be destroyed. The Archbishop, con- 
sidering that the Church gained a nice piece of ground by this 
transaction, willingly agreed to form a procession round the 
country, and to do the required cursing, after which, however 
the farmers were to do penance, and to pay up all their 
tithes. 
The TZortrictna which eat fruits principally belong to the 
Carpocapside ; one kind, Exdopisa proximana, has a yellowish 
white caterpillar, which feeds upon the peas inside pea-pods ; 
and the Carfocapsa pomonella \oves the insides of apples and 
pears. When this caterpillar is full grown, it eats its way out 
of the fruit, and then spins a cocoon on some twig or other. 
The moth is very pretty, and its iron-grey wings are orna- 
mented with brilliant copper-coloured streaks. The caterpillar 
is of a pinkish colour, and the second segment is pale yel- 
lowish brown. Many a plum pie contains the pale red larva 
of a closely allied kind, and others may be found even in 
acorns and beech-nuts. One species, Carfocapsa splendana, lives 
in the edible chesnut. Some of the caterpillars of these fruit- 
eaters move very actively in the insides of the seeds or fruits 
they are devouring. M. Lucas had some large Euphorbia seeds, 
which came from Mexico, and which, when exposed to gentle 
heat, jumped up a few lines into the air. It was difficult to 
account for this, but it was found that the movements were 
produced by the caterpillar inside jumping about. Some of the 
same group choose very different food, and one caterpillar feeds 
within a hollow resinous exudation from the branches of fir- 
trees; another, which is very common everywhere, feeds on almost 
any plant. This caterpillar is of a dull olive green colour, with 
a pale brown head, and is very sluggish. When it is disturbed 
it does not attempt to run away, or to fall down, hanging on 
with its silken thread, but curls itself up like a ball, and shams 
being dead, and trusts to circumstances. 
The Tzneina are the smallest of the small amongst the 
Lepidoptera, and they are, perhaps, the most eccentric in their 
habits of life and peculiarities. The perfect insects have narrow 
wings, bordered with a long silken fringe, and long palpi. The 
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