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equitella ; while in the juniper bushes Argyresthia 

 abdominalis occurs, together with A. arceuthina and 

 prcecocella ; and on Sorbus aria, Argyresthia Sor- 

 biella may be found, while among the viper's bugloss 

 (JEchium vulgare) Coleophora Onosmella and Doug- 

 lasia Ocnerostomella may be met with. In grassy places, 

 under the shelter of bushes, Elachista gangabella 

 occurs, together with Pterophorus tetradactylus. 



And now let us diversify our occupation a little, and 

 commence a hunt for our pets in embryo : and first 

 what are those blotches on the leaves of Centaurea 

 scabiosa and C. nigra caused by ? Let us look. Ah ! 

 another slice of luck, one of the gems of Headley 

 Lane, the best plum in the Micro-Lepidopterological 

 pudding, the larva of Coleophora conspicuella in its 

 black case, in appearance resembling that of C. albi- 

 tarsella, but twice as large. On JEchium vulgare we 

 shall find the larva of Col. Onosmella. On the 

 perennial goose-foot (Chenopodium bonus-Henricus) 

 the larva of Heliodines Roesella may perhaps be 

 found feeding gregariously in a web on the under side 

 of the leaves. 



Mining in the leaves of Artemisia vulgaris the larva 

 of Gracilaria omissella occurs; while in the leaves 

 of lilac, privet and ash, at first mining and afterwards 

 folding the leaves into a cone, the larvae of Gra. 

 syringella may be found in plenty ; and in the leaves 

 of the ribbed plantain (Plantago lanceolata) the larvae 

 of Gracilaria tringipennella may be found in their 

 brown mines, while the pretty and conspicuous black 

 larva, spotted with white, of Tortrix Icier ana (pro- 



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