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and April, the perfect insect may be dug out 

 in great abundance ; but in the summer it may 

 be taken on the foliage of various trees, and 

 usually haunts the skirts of woods. 



Hepialus Hectus. The insects of this genus 

 generally frequent meadows and church-yards 

 during the evening. They have an undulating 

 flight, frequently hovering for a considerable 

 time near one spot, and from this, together 

 with their light tints, they have obtained the 

 popular appellation of ghosts. 



Cercopis sanguinolenta. This little insect, 

 which is amongst the largest of our Cicadae, 

 is most beautifully variegated with red and 

 black, and leaping from one plant to another 

 in bushy places frequently attracts the atten- 

 tion of persons, otherwise in no way addicted 

 to entomological pursuits. In this part of the 

 country it appears a local insect, but is more 

 abundant in the south. The musical Cicada 

 of the Greeks, and the shrill ones of the Ita- 

 lians, are nearly allied to the above ; but if we 

 except an insect, taken some years ago by Mr. 

 Bydder in the New Forest, there are no mu- 

 sical species in this country. Some of the 

 American ones, however, have a note extremely 



