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on the hop-fly. In many places it is considered 

 very unlucky to kill a ladybird. In Norfolk they 

 are called Bishop Barnabee, and the children hold 

 them in their open hands when caught, chanting 

 meanwhile, 



" Bishop, Bishop Barnabee, 



Tell rne when my wedding be ; 



If it be to-morrow day, 



Take your wings and fly away ; 



Fly to the east, fly to the west, 



Fly to him that I love best." 



It cannot "have escaped observation that the Lady- 

 birds are a considerable family, some of which have 

 the wing-cases scarlet, others yellow j some are spotted 

 with five, seven, or twenty-two black spots; others 

 with ten, fourteen, or sixteen white spots ; and others, 

 again, with white or black spots of some other 

 number. These all vary a little in their habits and 

 food, and, consequently, in the places where they 

 should be sought. There is, nevertheless, a family 

 likeness which will lead to their recognition, although 

 ignorant persons have been known to capture them 

 on suspicion of their being the terrible "Colorado 

 Beetle." 



The American enemy of the potato, which has had 

 a bugbear season in this country, but not wholly 

 without reason, belongs to a somewhat mischievous 

 group. One, which might be called the "Willow 

 Bug," except that it is a true beetle, 1 is occasionally 

 injurious to narrow-leaved willows. It is a pretty 

 insect, of a shining blue or green colour, and of an 



1 CJtryionela vulgatissima. 



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