CURIOUS LAItVA. 



pt'iuiiiig- from a sprite' mid cticlospd in !i va^o. of a 

 \\()ven suhrjtLUR'c, ^trcni^tliclii.'*] i'Xtt rually hy l>ils 

 of twigs ; the insect to wliich this lur\ a belongs 



k to m^i tm to© 1 be^^le to see it 



publication in wliicli I have seen it mentioned, is 

 in the catalnoue of the miiseiini of tlie Royal 

 College of Surg-eons in London, part 4, fasc. 1. 



pjRep3OT.d#l4a «f Ifattml History in Spirit/' 

 page 117:, No* 4SS^ Larva of a Coleoptei'otts 

 Insect in its Case." 



ft attaelies itself to the sprig's of shrnhs, and. 

 like the caddis worms, protects itself by a habi- 

 WAm fmn vMeh it e$sk ftG^a^ the a^t&i^or 

 {^rt of Iti ht^ff bemg^ alt^hed ifitdimQy to its 



{^adel)y the tail, and l»y that means can feed and 

 cliange its locality at ph'asnre, iieariii*^' its cjis(^ 

 with it, and re-attaching itself to any other 



pb;ee &at may sul^ its li^tS j Hbm l h^MMi 



selves to one place, and the$. y^iteoving to 

 another ; at first mnch to my sTii'pri.^e at thrir 

 power of mobility, until I saw it was etleeted by 

 the |«5i»tSrttlii»l ^ the Usm ftom it$ habitation. 

 Hie case is composed internally of «t revy tmgh 

 webj and the exterioT is covered by bits of twigs 

 interwoven npon it in a perpendicular direction ; 

 it suspends itself from the twig hy a strong cluster 



