508 SEASONS OF INSECTS. 
and the Pupipara of Latreille; and on the garden-snails 
for that curious genus Drilus, and some Acari*. 'The 
caterpillars and pupee of Lepidoptera, &c. will, as you 
have heard, furnish you with numerous ichneumons?. 
On dead animals you will find the various species of Sz- 
phide, Nitidulide, Dermestide, Byrrhide, Chloleve, Sta- 
philinide, Muscide, &c.; and in excrement, various Sca- 
rabeide, Histeride, Aphodiade, Spheridiada, the Bra- 
chelytra in general, and several Diptera‘. In putrescent 
roots and fruits, as the turnip, the cucumber, &c., you 
may also occasionally meet with rare Coleoptera. 
I must next say something upon the seasons of insects, 
and their times of appearance. ‘Those that collect honey 
and pollen are generally among the first that proclaim 
the approach of spring; and their appearance may be 
dated from the blossoming of certain trees and plants of 
common occurrence. Other plants, accompanied by pe- 
culiar insects, blossom later; and so on till we arrive at _ 
the autumn. ‘The earliest insect-season commences with 
the flowering of the sallow (Salix Caprea), usually ac- 
companied in the garden by that of the crocus and the 
gooseberry. ‘Then is your time to collect many species of 
wild bees and Diptera not afterwards to be met with: 
and various other insects now begin to emerge from their 
winter quarters, or are produced from the pupa. _An- 
other and later season is marked by the general blossom- 
ing of the butter-cup (Ranunculus bulbosus), accompanied 
by the marsh-marygold (Caltha palustris) and ladies’- 
smock (Cardamine pratensis); when you may hunt the 
* See above, p. 479, note *. 
» Ibid. p. 208; and Vou. I. p. 265—. © Ibid. p. 251—. 
