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the larvae are about three-quarters of an inch long, and super- 

 ficially resemble those of the gooseberry and the pine saw- 

 flies. They are dark grey, shining, covered with little black 

 tubercles, and the spiracles appear as brown spots. The 

 head is black and the legs are spotted with black. 



Attacked trees may be readily recognised by their more or 

 less leafless condition. A strict look-out should everywhere 

 be kept for this pest. It may be checked by collecting and 

 burning the surface covering of the ground beneath the 

 damaged trees, for it is amongst the moss and leaves under- 

 neath such trees that the cocoons occur. 



OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY. 



The two portraits which we gave last month without 

 names were those of Albrecht Diirer (frontispiece) and 

 William Cobbett (p. 274). We will deal first with the 

 former. 



Portrait of Albrecht Durer as a Young Man. 



This portrait is referred to as follows by Dr. Kugler in his 

 " History of Painting." 



"Several of Diirer's pictures of the year 1500 are known 

 to us. The first and most important is his own portrait in 

 the Munich Gallery, which represents him in a front view 

 with his hand laid on the fur trimming of his robe. There 

 is a considerable difference between this and the Florence 

 portrait, although the artist (and sitter) is here but two years 

 older — a difference from which we may infer that a remark- 

 able crisis had taken place in the development of his mind. 

 In the Florence picture he is a good-natured, harmless youth ; 

 in that in Munich he has suddenly ripened into manhood ; 

 his features have become full and powerful, they have gained 

 the expression of a formed character; the forehead and eyes 



