520 SEASONS OF INSECTS. 



ferent species of Campanula various bees may be cap- 

 tured enjoying a luxurious repose a . No vegetable pro- 

 ductions abound more in insect inhabitants than the 

 Fungi. In Agarics several Diptera are to be taken, many 

 Aleockarte, Oxypori, &c.; in Boleti, the various species of 

 Mycetophagus ; in the arboreous ones, and under bark, 

 more than one kind of Ips ; and in Auricularia, as well 

 as Boletus, the whole genus Cis. Upon living Vertebrate 

 animals you must look for Pulices, Pediculi, Nirmi, Acari, 

 and many Diptera, as CEstrus, Tabanus, Stomoxys, and 

 the Pupipara of Latreille ; and on the garden-snails for 

 that curious genus Drihis, and some Acari b . The 

 caterpillars and pupge of Lepidoptera, &c. will, as you 

 have heard, furnish you with numerous ichneumons c . 

 On dead animals you will find the variqus species of Sil- 

 phidcz, Nitidulidtf, Dermestidae, Byrrhida, Chlolevida, 

 Staphilinida, Muscidte, &c. ; and in excrement, various 

 Scarabccid&t Histeridce, Aplwdiadce, Splicer idiadce, the 

 Brachyptera in general, and several Diptera d . In pu- 

 trescent roots and fruits, as the turnip, the cucumber, &c., 

 you may also occasionally meet with rare Coleoptera. 



I must next say something upon the seasons of insects, 

 and their times of appearance. Those that collect honey 

 and pollen are generally among the first that proclaim 

 the approach of spring ; and their appearance may be 

 dated from the blossoming of certain trees and plants of 

 common occurrence. Other 'plants, accompanied by pe- 



laps the nectar it produces. I have seen it employed upon wounded 

 trees lapping the sap. a Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 172. 257. 



b See above, p. 491, note a . 



c Ibid, p, 219 ; and VOL. I. p. 2G7 . d Ibid. p. 25G -. 



