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upon the stumps of the neighbouring felled trees, near 

 the moist rotting wood, the pupae of Eupithecia aus- 

 teraria may be obtained ; while from under the loose 

 bark of the sycamore a goodly number of the pupae of 

 Stigmonota Trauniana may be brought to light. 



Among the brambles, mining in the leaves, the 

 larva of Nepticula Aurella will be seen, while among 

 the grass, in rolled-up leaves, the larva of Gel. rufescens 

 occurs. 



If we examine the rotting or decayed wood of felled 

 trees, we may perhaps find the " pale greenish black- 

 spotted larva of Gelechia luculellaihe discovery of 

 this was attended with melancholy results, for it was 

 whilst seeking for this larva that the late Mr. Wing 

 contracted a cold, which suddenly brought the disease 

 (diabetes), which must long have been lurking in his 

 system, to a crisis/' 



On mossy walls the larva of Gelechia qffinis, toge- 

 ther with that of Gel. domestica, may still be found. 



If we examine the stems of Arundo phragmites 

 growing in that wet ditch, we shall find them inha- 

 bited by the larvae of Chilo phragmitellus, and, by their 

 side, in the stems of Poa aquatica, the larvae of Chilo 

 forficellus will be found, while on the heads of the 

 neighbouring rushes you will see the case-bearing larvae 

 of Coleophora ccespititiella, and under the moss, upon 

 the ground, the larvae of Crambus hortuellus will be 

 found in their silken galleries. 



Under the moss on walls in the north of England 

 we shall find the larvae of Eudorea murana; while 

 that pest of the bee-keeper, the larvae of Achroea 

 grisella, will be found, much too abundantly, in bee 

 hives, feeding upon the wax. 



