Notes on collecting. 19 



series of this species from puptc found by my brother, about June 1st, 

 spun up in ivy leaves in his garden (near Bradford). Amphisa //cr- 

 niuijana : Seemed to be less connnon than usual in its haunts near 

 Bradford. Vcronea cahdoniana, Penthina s^aiiciana and Grapholitha 

 ijcminana : These species occur in the utmost profusion on one of the 

 moors near Wilsden. They seem particularly to abound on the edges 

 of the glens running into the moor. Penthina sauciana is in good 

 condition ten days or a fortnight at most, while ijeminana continues out 

 well into September. P. corticana [pkana) : I get this insect in a north 

 Kent wood, even within the L.C.C. area, but they are smaller than 

 those from Yorkshire. Antithesia mliccUa : Bred two from pupfu found 

 in willow leaves. Hcdya lariciana : Was common among larch about 

 here in the last week of June. MLvodia .sc/mhiana : My brother found 

 this insect in July, on the moors near Bradford. Porritt mentions it 

 in his Yorkshire Lcpidojjtera, as occurring at Huddersfield, but this, I 

 believe, is the first record for Bradford. Tortrix brand eriana : Found 

 a few pupn3 in twisted aspen leaves, in a north Kent wood. Phn.mptenj.v 

 dcrasana : The larvse were frequent last autumn here on PJiammis, 

 and the imagines were fairly abundant (locally in May) this year. 

 Ephippiphorafenella: Some larva, of what I take to be this species, 

 are feeding in roots of Artemiua. The roots of the latter are in a 

 bell-jar, covered with a mixture of mould and sand, and kept moist by 

 a covering plate of glass. The roots are alive, after two months, 

 and the larvte quite healthy, judging by the amount of frass they 

 throw out against the sides of the jar. It remains to be seen whether 

 I carry any through the winter. Semasia janthinana : Very abundant 

 in the hawthorn hedges around Wisbech, at the end of July. ( 'arpocapsa 

 pomonella : I collected some affected apples last year, and spread them 

 out on the floor of an empty room, allowing the larvfe to pupate where 

 they pleased. They all went down between the boards, and emerged 

 in June. They could easily be taken at the window in the early 

 morning. Endopisa niyricana : Reared from pea-pods. Stif/inonota 

 reijiana : has been very abundant this year in the various roads 

 around Plumstead. It could be met with during the first fortnight 

 in June, on the palings under sycamore, in perfect condition. 

 ■S'. roseticolana : From hips collected at the beginning of September, in 

 North Kent, almost 100 larvae have made their appearance. They 

 seem to feed at night, as I only find them in the morning. When they 

 come up I transfer them to a smaller glass jar containing rotten wood, 

 into which they burrow on the second or third day. S. (jermarana : 

 Took one from mixed hedge in North Kent. Diehr<nhawpha hcrhnsana : 

 My brother found it in thousands, near Bradford. It flies just at dusk. 

 It evidently feeds on other roots besides yarrow, for though yarrow 

 was there, it was only in small quantity, not nearly enough to support 

 such an army. — J. A. Buttekfield, B.Sc, 85, Wrottesley Koad, 

 Plumstead, S.E. 



@^OLEOPTERA. 



Leicestershire Coleoptera in 1897. 



By i'\ J50USKELL, F.E.S. 



The year 1897 will be remembered as one of plenty, although 

 comparatively few new records have been made. Numerous species, 

 both rare and common, occurred in abnormal profusion, e.g., the local 



