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they fly, their movements are so sudden and rapid, and as one never sees 

 tliem aligiit there is little chance of success, except near a bed of flowers. 

 They appear fond of the thistle, and by these you must stand and wait for 

 them patiently till they come, then, while they are balancing themselves in 

 the air you can secure them by a strong sweep of the net. But their 

 beautiful light colored heads do not keep their color after death, it grows 

 darker ; so that [after capturing just what you want to fill your cabinet and 

 to supply your brother student it is much pleasanter to stand still and watch 

 them than to deprive them needlessly of that life they so evidently enjoy. 

 Do they discover their food by scent, or by sight 1 As I watched them it 

 struck me that scent had very little to do with it, for though numbers 

 of them flew past none stopped at the flowers unless they almost flew 

 against them ; then they stopped immediately and were certainly pleased 

 with what they found. The mouth of this insect is a wonderful piece of 

 mechanism ; there appear to be two lower lips opening downwards and 

 outwards, and inside them lies the long proboscis safely coiled up. 

 High Wycomhe. 



MATEEIALS FOR A FLOEA OF WAKEFIELD AND ITS 



NEIGHBOUEHOOD. 



By T. W. Gissma 



(Continued from page 81.^ 



PoTERiUM. Linn. Salad Burnet, 

 p. Sanguisorha, L. Common Salad Burnet. P. June — Augusts Frequents 

 Alchemilla, Linn> Lady's Mantle. 

 vulgaris, L. Common Lady's Mantle, P. June — August. Common. 

 arvensis, Sm, Parsley Piert. A. May — July. Common. In some 

 parts called Parsley — Breakstone. 



Crat^gus, Linn. Hawthorn. 

 Oxyacantha, L. Hawthorn, Whitethorn , May. S. T. ■ May — June. 

 Common. 



Pyrus. Linn. Pear. 

 Mains, L. Crab Apple. T. May. Snapetliorpe, &c. 

 P. Aucuparia, Gaert. Mountain Ash, Eoan Tree. T. May — -June. 

 Occasionally in woods and hedges. It is said " that witches have no 

 power where there is roan-tree wood." 



