EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. XV 



PLATE II. 



Plant of a grass, from Malvern hills, 



PLATE III. 



Fig. 1 . A section of the wood, from a young spray of the maple. 



2. Ditto, from the clematis vitalba. 



3. A rose leaf, bearing the mark of an insect's path. 



4. A. The fur of a mole. 



B. Ditto of the bat. 



C. Ditto of the hamster mouse. 



D. Hair of callivnorpha caja. 



5. Egg of the nightingale. 



PLATE IV. 



Fig. 1. Sphaeria on the leaf of an elm. 



A. A portion enlarged, and the cuticle parting. 



B. The same enlarged, representing the capsules. 

 Fig. 2. Sphseria bifrons, on a laurel leaf. 



C. The front, and dorsal parts, 



D. Imbedded capsules. 



Fig. 3. Sphseria coryli, on a nut branch. 



E. The tubercle enlarged, bordered with the epidermis. 



F. A section of the capsules at the base. 

 Fig. 4. Sphseria faginea, on a beech stick. 



G. Section of a tube, with the capsules at the base. 



H. Group of the tubes detached from the bough, with their 



. capsules. 

 I. A tube detached. 



PLATE V. 



Fig. 1. A chrysalis of an insect. 



B. The inner hood. 

 Fig. 2. The male glow-worm. 



D. Under side of the head, representing the hood-winkers 

 and eyes. 



