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on the trunk of that tree ? that is the " Miller" (Apa- 

 tela Leporina); while on the trunks of the trees, 

 among the lichen, we shall find the once-seen-never-to- 

 be-forgotten Lithosia rubricollis (the red-necked foot- 

 man). Let us now try the birches, by beating them 

 carefully over the net ; gently does it ! what have you 

 now ? Ephyra pendularia and poraria, and a fine 

 specimen of Platypteryx Lacertula ; a good be- 

 ginning. If we search those alders we shall find Ypsi- 

 petes impluviaria, while among the spurge (Euphor- 

 bia) we may obtain the plain little Minoa Euphorbia- 

 ria. Among the sallows Cabera pusaria and exan- 

 ihemaria occur ; while Cabera rotundaria may, 

 perhaps, be met with in the same situations. 



But the moths on the tree trunks, and settled among 

 the leaves, are not the only denizens of the wood of 

 this order ; on its skirts the pretty Anthocaris Carda- 

 mines flits along, while in the shady paths Leucophasia 

 Sinapis and Nemeobia Lucina may be met with ; and 

 in the open glades the beautiful Melitcea Athalia may 

 be found, together with the equally handsome Argynnis 

 Selene and Euphrosyne ; in the meadows, on the out- 

 skirts of the wood, the active "skippers" Syricthus 

 alveolus and Thanaos Tages occur. 



On grassy banks and meadows the " blues" Poly- 

 ommatus Argiolus and Alexis occur, and in chalky 

 places (Riddlesdown) Poly ommatus Adonis may be 

 found 5 while in woody places, on the chalk, Polyom- 

 matus Ads occurs, and in meadows, usually in Suffolk, 

 Melitcea Artemis may be found. Among ragwort 

 (Senecio Jacobea) we shall find Euchelia Jacobece; 

 together with the beautiful Argyrolepia ^Eneana, on 



