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Notodonta dromedarius, Lophopteryx camelina, Petasia cassinea, E'ndromis 

 versicolor (Glory of Kent moth), Aglaia tau ; all belonging to the Linnaean 

 .Bombyces. Amongst the -ZVbctuidae are, Orthosia stabilis, Miselia aprilina, 

 Catocala fraxini ; and, amongst the Geometridae, Himera pennaria, Epione 

 vespertaria, Lobophora hexapterata, together with Drepana unguicula and 

 Hylophila prasinaria. One of the gall flies, also, (Cynips fagi) attacks the leaves 

 of Fagus sylvatica, forming galls upon them ; and fsylla fagi Linn. y also, feeds 

 upon the leaves, occasionally in such numbers as to cause them to appear covered 

 with white flakes of wool or cotton; the larvae and pupae being clothed with a 

 long downy secretion, perfectly white. (Reaum. Mem., torn. iii. pi. 26. fig. 1 6.) 

 The Fungi which grow upon the Beech, in Great Britain, are rather nume- 

 rous, and the following list of them has been kindly sent to us by the Rev. 

 M. J.Berkeley : 



Those upon the Bark, Wood, or 

 fallen Branches, are : ^4garicus mucidus 

 Schrad.,syn. A. nitidus Fl. Dan., t. 

 773., and our Jig. 1893.; A. salignus 

 Pers.; A. mastrucatus Fr., syn. A. 

 echinatus Sow., t. 99., and our fig. 

 1882. ; A. leoninus Sch&ff., t. 4-8.; A. phlebophorus Ditm., 

 Grev.,t. 173., and our fig. 1885.; A. adiposus Batsch, a 

 most splendid species, the pileus of which, in fine speci- 



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