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bles heaven itself; the very marshes 
abounding in trees, whose height , without 
knots, do emulate the stars. The plain 
there is as level as the sea, which, with 
the flourishing of the grass, allureth the 
eye.” And, now, what shall we say ? 
The railroad goes over it, and has ( credat 
Judceus!) spun its iron meshes every- 
where with astounding impudence. But 
cheer up, 0 son of the chase! if scarlet 
clouds of Chrgsophanus dispar no longer 
begem the forests of the twelfth century, 
there is still something to be obtained ; 
and the very railways, which have 
marred what was once so admirably per- 
fect, have some advantages of their own, 
and may be conveniently made use of by 
John Bull on reaching his field of 
action. 
Go, therefore, after reading this 
article, immediately to King’s Cross, 
aud ask for a second-class ticket (you 
may have a first if you like) to Holme. 
Holme is barely three hours from Lon- 
don, and contains an excellent little 
hostelry, where man and net may be ac- 
commodated, close alongside the station, 
and implanted in the very marshes them- 
selves. What was once the Mere is 
within a mile of the inn (called, by the 
way, the “ New Inn,” because it was 
built a long time ago), so that you turn 
out upon the collecting-ground instanter. 
Do you ask, what is to be fdund 
there ? We answer, “ go and see and 
when ascertained, be kind enough to tell 
us (for it would be interesting to know 
whether much change has come over the 
Fauna in tbe course of a few years). If, 
however, you will not stir — for human 
nature is very obstinate and perverse — 
until assured of success, we hereby, with 
pleasure, guarantee you, and if you will 
only consent to search carefully beneath 
the heaps of rubbish, which are certain to 
be standing along the edges of the 
dykes, you will not have cause to regret. 
The two Panagmi, Odaeantha, Dromius 
longiccps, Omaseus aterrimus, minor and 
gracilis, Agonum sexpunctatum, Trechus 
micros, dorsalis and incilis, and a host of 
other “ gems,” used to be found there, 
and amongst the refuse of the sedge- 
boats Demetrius imperialis, and numbers 
of long - forgotten species, formerly 
abounded. So go and see whether they 
abound still. 
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TINEINA. 
It -is always advisable to have two 
strings to one’s bow, and in case we do 
not succeed in scraping together twenty- 
four “ Natural Histories” of Elachistic, 
one thinks of falling back on the Coleo- 
phora:. In this genus there are several 
of which we know the larvae, but want 
them for description or figuring, such, for 
instance, as — 
Lixella : this grass-feeding larva, in 
a case which looks merely like a bit of 
withered grass, and therefore is very dif- 
ficult to find, occurs at Box Hill and 
Headley Lane, and near Bristol. I hope 
some one will be able to send it me 
before I sally forth and get it myself. 
Vibicella : this is the Genista lincto- 
ria-loving insect of Trench Wood, Wor- 
cestershire. I cannot fancy that that can 
be its only British locality, but, even if 
it be so, will not this sentence be read by 
some one who can just go aud get a few 
dozen of the shining black cases of Vibi- 
cella, and cry * Eureka ? ’ 
Conspicuella : if this larva is as rare 
as usual this season 1 can hardly expect 
any one to be so patriotic as to part with 
one of these treasures even for the pur- 
pose of having its portrait taken. The 
art of taking likenesses of Coleophora 
larvae is still a very difficult process : the 
larva has to be stripped (despite of its 
blushes) of its clothing; aud in this 
stripping process the dress often gets 
hacked or torn to smithereens, so that 
after the artist has duly depicted the 
charms of the Coleophora in its nude 
