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 callimorpha caja. 



5. Egg of the nightingale. 



PLATE IV. 



Fig. 1. Sphaeria on the loaf 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. Sphaeria coryli, on a nut branch. 



E. The tubercle enlarged, bordered with the epidermis. 



F. A section of the capsules at the base. 

 Fig. 4. Sphceria 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. 



