JANUARY. 7 



bourhood ; if we open some of these we shall find a 

 pretty black and white larva, this is the larva of 

 Gelechia rufescens ; by the ditch side in the wet places 

 we shall find the common flea-bane (Inula dysente- 

 rica); the larvae of Gelechia bifractella and Gel. Ino- 

 pella occur in the seeds of this plant. 



But since we have been searching the grass and the 

 Inulce a peculiar aromatic odour has arisen 5 this is 

 caused by our bruising that trailing plant at our feet 

 this is the ground-ivy ( Glechoma hederaced). If we 

 examine the leaves we shall see white blotches on some 

 of the lower ones these are caused by the larvae of 

 Coleophora albitarsella ; and if we turn over the leaves 

 thus marked we shall find on many of them the larva 

 itself in its black case ; upon the heads of the rushes 

 you will find the larvse of Coleophora ccespititiella, 

 while on the underside of the leaves of the wild straw- 

 berry (Fragaria vesca), growing on the loamy bank, 

 the larva of the pretty Lampronia prcelatella occurs 

 in its singular case ; by its side, on the St. John's Wort 

 (JBLypericum perforatwn), the larvae of Gracilaria 

 auroguttella, having no fear of her Majesty's officers 

 of excise before their eyes, manufacture their t( cigars ;" 

 in the seeds of the burdock (Arctium Lappd) the 

 larva of Parasia Lappella reposes in fancied secu- 

 rity, while in the stems beneath him the larva of 

 Argyrolepia badiana makes a dainty meal upon the 

 pith. 



The thistles ( Cirsium palustre) furnish their quota 

 of board and lodging, during the winter months, to the 

 embryo " Phalcence" for in their stems the larvae of 

 Ephippiphora cirsiana and E. scutulana have their re- 



