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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



[September 



neath the trees, they are now beginning to fall pretty thickly, we must 

 fill a bag of all the discoloured ones we can find, for they contain the 

 larvae of C. splendana, and from the neighbouring Beech trees another 

 bag must be filled with the beech nuts that hang so plentifully on the 

 branches, for many of them contain the larva of C. grossana. These 

 beech nuts must not be thrown away when the time has passed for the 

 moth to emerge, as many of them do not appear till the following year. 

 The larva of G. campoliliana may be found burrowing in the woolly 

 substance on the underside of the leaves of the large leaved sallow, 

 and the very large cones formed by the larva of the beautiful G. 

 alchimiella [swedevella) may often be observed on Oak trees. This 

 species is well worth the trouble of breeding, for when just emerged 

 their colours are most vivid. The cones of G, syringella on privet, ash 

 and lilac, and G. stigmatella on sallows and willows may again be 

 obtained more commonly than in the first brood, and at this time the 

 seeds of Angelica and Heracletim may be found webbed together by the 

 larvae of . fiaviniaculella. 



On the leaves of Bramble, Whitehorn &c., the curious puckered 

 cases of C. paripennella may be found if well looked for, and on nut the 

 brown, stumpy looking, pistol shaped cases of C. fuscocuprella may 

 occasionally be seen ; these last are most difficult to breed, generally 

 the whole of those collected dying during the winter. On sloping 

 banks where the yarrow {Achillea millefolium) is growing rather 

 commonly, the short brown cases of C. avgentula will be found sticking 

 about on the top of the close seed heads, the larvae feeding on the 

 seeds, it is an easy species to breed, if left out in all weathers during 

 the winter. Where the golden rod [Solidago virgaurea) is seen growing 

 in open places a good bundle of the seed heads should be taken, for 

 the small, straight, hairy looking cases of the larvae of C. vevgaureella 

 are among the seeds, which the larvae feed on at this time. They are 

 difficult to detect, owing to their close resemblance to the seeds, but 

 when the food plant is put into the cage they are soon seen crawling 

 up the sides, and on the same plant we shall probably have a few 

 larvae of B. terrealis, but as they hybernate, are difficult to get 

 through the winter. The whitish bleached appearance of some of the 

 leaves on oaks, tell us where to find the larva T. complanella , on hold- 

 ing the leaf up, the larva is seen in a curved position in its mine. 

 The laburnum trees to be seen growing in suburban gardens have the 



