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department of natural history. He became a hunter 

 of butterflies. The more he caught, the greater beauty 

 did he trace in their infinite variety; and he would 

 often say that no one knew what he owed to these 

 insects ; they had taught him the finest combinations 

 in that difficult branch of art colouring/' From 

 " The Life of Thomas Stothard, R. A." 



Among ash trees we may, perhaps, find the rare 

 Ennomos fuscanturia (several specimens have been 

 taken by Mr. W. Kirby of Wandsworth), together 

 with the rare Zelleria hepariella and Z. insignipen- 

 nella ; while among junipers the pretty Ypsolophus 

 maryinellus and Chrosis rutilana occurs. 



Among the "dyer's green weed" (Genista tine- 

 toria), we may find Gelechia lentiginosella, while 

 among Anthyllis vulneraria, clover, &c., Gel. An- 

 thyllidella occurs ; and in orchards and on orchard 

 palings, the pretty little Gelechia albiceps may be ob- 

 tained. 



Amon^ broom and furze Gelechia mulinella occurs ; 



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in houses, and on mossy palings and walls, we shall 

 find Gelechia domestica, while among oaks (in the 

 New Forest) we may obtain Gelechia humeralis ; 

 and on the trunks of lime trees Chrysoclista Lin- 

 neella occurs. 



The end of the month is the best time for collecting 

 Peronea cristana and its varieties ; this insect, which 

 occurs in different places, far apart, and which is taken 

 by collectors (by beating) far more freely than the con- 

 generic P. Hastiana, is as great a puzzle as the famous 

 Aleucis pictaria. On what does the larvae feed ? has 

 been the question many years, a question which has 



