XVI EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.^ 



Fig. 3. The branch of an apple tree, infested with the aphis lauata. 

 B. The aphis enlarged, with the globules, and the cotton 

 that surrounds them. 



D. The early appearance of the insect with its terminating 



bristle. 



E. Appearance of the creature in winter. 

 Fig. 4. Eggs of the snake. 



PLATE VI. 



Fig. 1. Nest of vespa campanaria. 

 Fig. 2. Gordius argillaceus. 



2. The same enlarged. 



3. Ditto, and fully extended. 



PLATE VII. 



The Agaricus Infector. 



To THE BINDER Place the Plates I. to VII. in order after page 

 432, and before the Index. 



WOODCUTS. 



VIGNETTE. The Shellard's-lane oak, p. 49. 

 Spines and tubes of the hedgehog, enlarged, p. 134. 

 Harvest mouse and nest, p. 135. 

 Plumage of lepidopterous insects, p. 280. 

 Nest of the solitary wasp, p. 333. 

 Nest of the carpenter bee, p. 335. 

 Agaricus surrectus, p. 386. 

 Roots of an ash, p. 388. 



