46 FEBRUARY. 



stroyers and disfigurers of our hot-houses and 

 gardens. The whole genus is subject to great 

 variation ; so much so, that it is impossible to 

 determine the species without carefully collect- 

 ing couples. 



Tenebrio Molitor. The larvae (commonly 

 called meal-worms) of this domestic beetle form 

 the favourite food of the nightingale when in 

 confinement. 



