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the trees being principally birch and 
alder, and the under-growlh furnishing 
both Vaccinium Myrtillus and V. Vitis- 
Idcsa. Oil one of the first birch bushes 
I came to I found a Gracilaria cone 
tenanted by a green larva : not being 
acquainted with a Gracilaria making 
cones on birches I was particularly 
pleased with this discovery ; the insect 
was not Ornix Betula, for that does not 
construct a true cone, which the present 
formation most decidedly was ; more- 
over, the larva had not the necklace 
markings of an Ornix larva; it was 
quite unicolorous green. I sought very 
diligently for other similar larvae, but 
found none, and as this unique larva 
died on the journey I have now no 
means of ascertaining to what species it 
belonged. On some birch trees we found 
leaves that had been tenanted by Micro- 
fleryx larvae about a fortnight pre- 
viously, but we found no leaves still in- 
habited by feeding' Micrnpteryx larvae. 
I searched on Vaccinium Vitis-Idcea fur 
symptoms of larvae of Neylicula Weaveri, 
but saw no trace thereof; however, the 
plant was not very abundant, so perhaps 
it was hardly rational to expect to find 
the Nepticula there. 
At length we emerged from the boggy 
woods on to the rocky crag which over- 
looks the Elbe; bare, gaunt, perpen- 
dicular crags met the eye in every direc- 
tion, whilst at our feet lay the winding 
Elbe, particularly rnuddy-looking after 
the rain of the previous day. Konigsteiu 
stood proudly straight before us, and 
the numerous other similar hills which 
studded the landscape in every con- 
ceivable variety of position formed a 
prospect on which I shall long look back 
with pleasure. The Erzgebirge bounded 
the horizon in one direction, but the 
distant views were not particularly 
bright. 
After gazing for some time on the 
prospect we had recourse to the Re- 
staurant, and made a hearty meal to 
solace us for the fatigues we had sus- 
tained and to enable us to encounter 
those yet in store. Then again we re- 
turned to the “ look-out point,” and then 
scrambled to some of the other points of 
view, till at length we rambled inland in 
search of game. 
The sun, which had remained quietly 
hidden behind clouds during the whole 
period of our ascent, now came kindly 
out in all its glory. Vanessa Anliopa 
was seen hovering about, a Melilcea 
Alhalia rested on a bramble bush, and 
Skippers were silting freely in the road- 
way. But we found nothing of interest ; 
the Luzula albida was not here, as at 
Baden-Baden, fully tenanted with .E/a - 
chista magnijicella, for we sought in vain 
for a single mine; so we abandoned the 
ungrateful Micros, which would not be 
caught, and returned to the rocky crags. 
The sun had already moved far to the 
west, and all the hills were now illumi- 
nated quite differently from what they 
had been on our first arrival; half an 
hour soon slipped away whilst thus 
engaged, aud then we commenced the 
descent to Ralhen, whence we took the 
steamer and returned by it to Dresden. 
The next day, Thursday, I expected 
Professor Fritzsche from Fruberg, and 
he came soon after eight, and we spent 
about an hour and a half in critically 
examining some bred specimens of Ela~ 
chista and Nepticula he had brought 
with him. Dr. Staudinger joined us soon 
after nine, and we soon made arrange- 
ments for a short excursion in the neigh- 
