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Thyatira derasa may be found the beginning of the 

 month. 



On wild roses we shall find the larvae of Nep. ano- 

 malella, together with that of N. angulifasciella. This 

 latter larva does not continue mining in a gallery, 

 but eventually forms a blotch upon the leaf it inhabits. 



On the bugloss (Echium vulgare) we may find the 

 larva of Anesychia bipunctella ; while mining in the 

 leaves of Chenopodium and Atriplex, the larva of the 

 pretty GelecJiia nceviferella may be found. This is a 

 species the collector should breed every season, as it 

 speedily looses its beauty after death. 



And now I would say to the tyro, do not imagine 

 that because winter is approaching that it is a lazy 

 time for the Entomologist. The reverse of this is the 

 case what between pupae digging, searching rotten 

 wood, fungi, stems of plants, &c., he will find his time 

 fully employed, and no doubt many rarities will be the* 

 reward of his industry. He must be ever watchful, 

 and never let a chance escape him, from want of perse- 

 verance or from dilatoriness of observation, of adding 

 to his store of knowledge. 



One man walks through the world with his eyes 

 open, and another with them shut, and upon this dif- 

 ference depends all the superiority of knowledge the 

 one acquires over the other. 



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