INSECTS' EGGS 



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Iain-like eggs may be found sometimes during 

 winter in localities which this insect frequents, 

 firmly glued to the twigs ot the blackthorn, where 

 they remain from autumn until spring. Pig. loi 



Fig 



The efftjs of the Small Tortoiseshell 



Hutterrtv. 



20 diameters 



shows the eoos of the Small Tortoiseshell, which 

 I have previously mentioned as being found on 

 nettles. These are attached to the leaves in 

 curious clusters or bunches of a hundred or 

 thereabouts. 



The sombre Meadow Brown Butterfly is familiar 

 to every one about haymaking time as it Hitters 



