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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES, 



PLATE I. 



A. Limestone from the down, enlarged. 



2. The same in decay, representing the empty cells. 



3. Ditto, enlarged. 



B. C. D. The forms of the insect, which have remained. 

 E. The stony matter remaining at the mouth of the cells. 



4. Dipsacus fullonum, the fullers' teazle. 



5. Apocynum androsaemifolium, or flower of the dogsbane. 



A. Flower enlarged. 



B. The pointal, with its seed at the base. 



C. Two expanded anthers, ready for capturing a fly. 



D. The anthers closed, and the insect captured. 



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 callimorpha caja. 



5. Egg of the nightingale. 



