CHAPTER XIV. 



OP TI1E TIMES, PLACES, AND SEASONS FOB, COL- 

 LECTING INSECTS POB THE VIVARIUM. 



l/_£n (^ITII a little watchfulness — not very 

 \j-1>^ difficult to acquire — the collector for 

 .the Vivarium will soon discover that in- 

 teresting insects are to be found at all 

 times and all seasons, and almost in all 

 places. In the house, and on a dark even- 

 ing in November would seem neither the time, 

 the place, nor the season likely to be very pro- 

 pitious for the capture of beautiful specimens of Le- 

 pidoptera; and yet at that season, with the window 

 just a little open and a light upon the table, Pceci- 

 locampa JPopuli, the December Moth, a remarkably 

 pretty insect, will be almost sure to make its ap- 

 pearance some time between seven and ten, if exist- 

 ing anywhere in the neighbourhood, not only in 

 November, but even during part of December. 

 JPetasia Cassinea will perhaps follow, another 

 pretty Moth, of which only one species was known 

 till very recently ; but it will possibly delay its visit 



