VI CONTENTS. 



Moths of greatly differing size, within the highest compartment of the win- 

 dow, are an " Angleshades " (Pnlogophora lucipara), and a little "Clear- 

 wing " (^Egeria tupuliformis). 



All the moths in the above engraving are drawn half the size of nature. Most 

 of them, as perfect insects, are described in the episode called ' Moths as 

 Idlers ' (p. 302) ; and some, in their preparatory stages, are referred to in 

 ' Moths as Destructives ' (p. 264,) and in 'Moths as Operatives' (p. 228) ; 

 also, in The Tribes of an Oak ' (p. 94). 



Sttle Vtjjnctte. 



First we have WINTER in his merriest mood, represented by the Cricket, be- 

 decked with Christmas holly, and alive with fun and jollity. By his right 

 hand he holds the Brimstone Butterfly, emblem of SPRING, primrose of 

 papilions in habits and in hue. Beneath, the jocund Grasshopper, linked 

 to the above by a vernal wreath, figures the bright SUMMER, and in the 

 glowing Peacock Butterfly, rich in her velvet train as the autumnal flowers 

 she frequents, we welcome AUTUMN, bearing the ripe sheaf, and presenting 

 her merry associate with the fruit of the vine. 



18. THE LADY-BIRD OF OUR CHILDHOOD '. 



This vignette represents the transformations of the Lady-bird 



On the large hop-leaf, which occupies the foreground, is a group of 

 eggs ; near them, to the left, a grub or larva, devouring a hop aphis ; 

 again, to the left, attached to a stalk, is the pupa. Higher, on the right, 

 is a perfect Lady-bird (C.septem-punctata), of which genus two other species 

 are figured, one in flight, the other on a stalk . . . . . ' . 1 



" No doubt, Svr, an Entomologist /" 



The author, in his character of Acheta, Domestica, makes a new acquaintance, 

 who keeps Lady-birds 21 



