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much on the alert to be thus caught napping. They are much more alarmed 

 at the presence of man than he ought to be of them, though a suddenly dis- 

 turbed female will sometimes face him, and hold herself ready for attack, 

 when she is burdened with a troop of young ones, clinging round her. High 

 boots, or leggings, are a good protection against any such risk. Good lace-up 

 boots are much to be preferred, for tramping about, to the effeminate, though 

 it may be convenient, "elastics." It might be desirable to be provided 

 with a small bottle of liquid ammonia, in case either of a bite, or a severe 

 insect sting. Prompt application is essential to success. There is yet another 

 risk sometimes incurred by the ardent Entomologist : a bull, or a cow may give 

 chase, and, with dreadful declension of horns, threaten a most unwelcome 

 " heave offering" over the hedge. Such an attack should be promptly met 

 by the sudden opening of an umbrella in the face of your enemy, or the 

 flinging about of your net, with a "jobbing" of the ferrule at his or her nose 

 a most sensitive part, and conqueringly seized upon by dogs at bull-fights. 

 If these movements be accompanied by an unearthly noise, on your part, the 

 chances of your tormentor's rapid retreat are increased. 



C. Edusa, s on white clover, 



lucerne, &c. 



A. Paphia, e. ...on dog, and sweet 

 violet, and dead leaves, and 

 moss near ; in woods ; whitish 



M. Athalia on Plantago lanceo- 



lata, and P. major ; also fox- 

 glove, germander, and Teucri- 

 um scorodonia 



V. urticae on nettle; in batches, 



on underside of leaf ; barrel- 

 shaped, fluted, green 



L. sibylla on honeysuckle 



A. Iris on sallow; on upper- 

 side of leaves 



A.Galatea among timothy, and 



other grass ; laid loosely ; glo- 

 bular, cream-coloured 



S. Semele on quaking grass, &c. 



lanira on meadow grasses ; 



slightly oblong, imbricated 



Tithonus on blades of grass ; 



truncato-conical ; at first canary 

 yellow, changing to brown 

 hyperanthus...on annual meadow, 

 millet, couch, and other grasses; 

 singly 



T. quercus to April, on oak 



twigs, high up 



w-album to April, on 



wytch elm, also elm ; on the 

 twigs ; whitish 



T. pruni to March, on sloe 



twigs 

 L. JEgon, e to March, on Or- 



nithopus perpusillus ; white 

 H. sylvanus on grasses ; a little 



within the sheath ; white, laid 



in a line 

 l( linea to March, on 



grasses 

 S. bembeciformis on poplar, sallow; 



upon the bark ; oblong, dark 



brown 

 M. arundinis ...on stems of common 



reed ; singly 

 Z. assculi on elm, pear, and 



other trees ; in masses, in the 



chinks of the bark 

 C. ligniperda ...in the chinks of the 



bark, of various trees, especially 



ash, willow, and elm 

 H. sylvinus, e. ...among sorrel, and 



dock ; laid while the moth is 



on the wing ; at first white, but 



soon turn black 

 C. miniata, e. ...on lichens, on oaks; 



laid in rows ; yellow 

 E. cribrum on heath ; globular, 



shining metallic bronze 

 C. villica on chickweed, furze, 



&c. ; laid in regular batches, 



upon the leaves ; pearly, pale 



straw-colour 



