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may find, by searching with a lantern at night, the 

 delicate Exapate gelatella, whose female is also ap- 

 terous ; while in houses and in sheltered hedge-rows, 

 and on palings, Tinea biselliella and Endrosis fenes- 

 trella will be found. 



But not alone to delicate pencilling does nature con- 

 fine her powers in beautifying the objects that gladden 

 the sight in " November dark and drear ;" she has her 

 jewels for those that woo her whose brilliant sheen 

 reflects the light of the glorious summer, fondly re- 

 gretted, anxiously expected for on the honeysuckle 

 the beautiful Lithocolletis trifasciella may be seen, 

 gay in his brilliant garb of saffron-yellow, black and 

 white, while among the oaks in the woods, and the 

 evergreen oaks in the gardens, the brilliant and de- 

 licately pencilled Lithocolletis Messaniella may be 

 found. 



On the herbaceous plants, now fast fading before 

 sturdy winter's piercing breath, many larvae may still 

 be found making the most of the little remaining time 

 they have to complete their " jaw- work. " In shel- 

 tered places, on the " ground-ivy" ( Glechoma hedera- 

 cea) we may find the young larvae of Coleophora al- 

 bitarsella, while on the leaves of the " greater stitch- 

 wort" (Stellaria holostea) the young larvae of Coleo- 

 phora solitariella occur ; and in their curious cases, on 

 the underside of the leaves of the " wild strawberry" 

 (Frayaria vesca), we may find the larvae of Lampronia 

 prcelatella. 



In cases, among fallen leaves, we may find the larva 

 of Incurvaria muscalella and T. pectinea, and from 

 the plants of Hypericum perforatum, in sandy shady 



