SAMOUELLE S 



largest of the family yet found in England, is by no 

 means of common occurrence, and from the circum- 

 stance of always being found on the ground, and 

 generally in such soils that resemble the covering of 

 the insect, it is not easily detected except by the 

 experienced collector, as it will frequently bury in a 

 light soil and cover itself with particles of the earth. 

 The insect is found in sand-pits and also on heaths 

 in the months of May and June ; we have met with 

 it in Wiltshire, when collecting with our much res- 

 pected friend the Rev. G. T. Rudd, now of Stockton 

 upon Tees, also in a sand-pit at Charlton, Kent, 

 under the leaves of the coltsfoot, (Tussilago Far- 

 fara) and also in the fields at Battersea. 



