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todactylus, while on the leaves of the flea-bane (Inula 

 dysenterica) the larva of Pterophorus litkodactyliis 

 occurs ; and on the leaves of the common white hore- 

 hound (Man-ubium vulgare) we may perhaps be for- 

 tunate enough to find the larva of Pterophorus spilo- 

 dactyluSj while that of Pterophorus pentadactylus 

 devours the leaves of the small bindweed ( Convolvulus 

 arvensis), and that of Pterophorus phceodactylus 

 occurs both upon the trailing and thorny rest-harrow 

 (Ononis procumbens and O. spinosa) indifferently. 

 On the narrow-leaved hawkweed (Hieracium umbel- 

 latum) the larva of Pterophorus Hieracii occurs ; 

 while upon the common mouse-ear hawk weed (Hiera- 

 cium pilosella) the larva of Pterophorus Pilosellce may 

 be found. 



And now, kind reader, let us in fancy transport our- 

 selves to some delightful expanse of heather, alive with 

 the myriad insects that find food and shelter amid its 

 dense foliage, and musical with the hum of bees : such 

 an one is the heath field at Coomb Hurst, and its 

 ditto at West Wickham ; and now let us commence 

 operations. 



Hilloa ! hi ! where are you running to as if you 

 had been frightened ? Where ! why after that beau- 

 tiful insect, darting along over the heather ! Well ! 

 and did you catch it ? No, the rascal could fly con- 

 siderably faster than I could run with my feet ham- 

 pered by the heather! Exactly so, the only way to 

 catch that elegant and active insect is by standing still. 

 What ! standing still ? Seriously ! are you joking ? 

 Joking ? no, never was more serious in my life. Just 

 take up your position, net in hand, in the sunniest spot 



