44 MARCH. 



Lappa) we shall find the larva of Parasia Lappella 

 snugly ensconced within, while in the stems of the 

 same plant the larva of Argyrolepia badiana is still 

 feeding upon the pith, and in the stems of the wild 

 parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) the white larva of Cocky- 

 Us dilucidana may still be found. 



On the leaves of the black fetid horehound (Sal- 

 lota nigra), and those of the hedge woundwort 

 (titachys sylvaticd), the larva of Coleophora lineolea 

 may be found, and on the heads of the neighbouring 

 rushes the larva of Coleophora ccespititiella is still 

 feeding, while mining in long dark lines in the leaves 

 of Bromus asper or Brachypodium sylvaticum, grow- 

 ing by the ditch side, the larva of Elachista Meger- 

 hlla occurs, four or five larvae sometimes mining in 

 one leaf. 



On the old tram-road, in the holes once occupied by 

 the sleepers, but now filled with vegetation, the larva 

 of Lithocolletis Scabiosella occurs, mining in the 

 leaves of Scabiosa columbaria; while mining in the 

 leaves of the common Sun cistus (Ilelianthemum 

 vulgare) the larvae of Laverna Staintonii may be 

 found ; and in the leaves of the brambles the larvae of 

 Nepticula aurella may be noticed, forming their ser- 

 pentine tracks. 



In the young shoots of honeysuckle or Chcerophyl- 

 lum, and between united ivy leaves, we shall find the 

 larvae of Tortrix adjunctana, while on the under side 

 of the leaves of the ground ivy ( Crlechoma hederaced) 

 we shall find enclosed in a slight web the white larvae 

 of Scopula olivalis. 



Let us now search the grass growing upon that 



