PRACTICAL HINTS. 15B 



touching the skin. It pupates in August (Lafaucy). Probably occurs 

 later in ]jritain.- 



20. — " On Juno 22n(l and July 1th (1827), I took a large number of 

 larvcc and puptc of I'si/r/u- fiisca on the leaves of the hazel and young 

 oaks growing in Hornsey Wood. I have also found thoui in llighgate 

 Wood " (Ingpen). So many species still exist in these woods, that one 

 might almost hope that the cases of this insect would again be found. 



N.B. — For series of similar hints referring to the same time of 

 year, consult vol. ix., pp. 153-158, vol. viii., pp. 116-118, vol. i., p. 

 117, etc. 



jg^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Spring Notes. — yorh: — During March the weather was sometimes 

 quite wintry, but my first Lobophura carpinata {labiilata) appeared ou 

 the 19tli, with several Asphalia /lavicornis. — S. Walker, Edderclille, 

 York. iManh 28th, 18i»8. 



Wt'iinwxitli. — The first specimen of L'ierix brafmicae observed this 

 year was seen ou April 2(ith, which is, I think, rather early for the 

 species.— N. M. Richardson, F.E.S., Weymouth. April 21>th, 18^)8. 



Si'lhi/. — We are having a most unfavourable season here. The 

 sallows have been ruined by the cold and storms of late March, and 

 two nights' collecting at them gave very poor results. Searching for larva3, 

 too, has proved a failure so far. Several KnpUIicda rowsata have 

 emerged in my cages from Shetland pupa) that have lain over from 

 last year. — (Rev.) C. D. Asii, B.A., Skipwith Vicarage, Selby. 



O.rton.—Tha season here has been disastrous since the spell of cold 

 weather in March. I have taken nothing but Tephrusia bistuitata, 

 with a few odds and ends. Cj/cniiris anjiohia and Paranie cf/eria have 

 hardly been seen. I was lucky enough, however, to fall in with a 

 colony of Mivroptcri/.v thunberi/eUa a few days ago, among birch. LarvsB 

 of Aif rot is wiatldna have been very plentiful. — E. F. C. Studd, M.A., 

 F.E.'S., Oxtou, Exeter. May 4fA, 1898. 



Clevedon. — Insects were very scarce at " sallow " this spring. 

 Ci/aniris ari/iolus, however, has been fairly plentiful, as also has Hur/doe 

 cardamincs. I'arar(/e mqiaera and /'. eijeria, on the other hand, have 

 been very scarce. Larvae, too, are scarce. I have seen none of Tiliacea 

 (Xanthia) citraz/o, although the limes are in full leaf. — J. Mason, 

 Clevedon Court Lodge, Somerset. Mai/ 2Qth, 1898. 



Burnley, etc. — On Feb. 8th I cai)turcd, at Beverley, Ilijhcrnia L-uro- 

 phacaria and Phiijalia pedaria, ou tree trunks ; March 19th, Hybernia 

 }iiar;ii)iaria (prvi/i'iiiiiiaria) g , /'. pedaria, g dark aberration ; April 

 8th-lGth, several Lareatiaiimltistrit/aria, iu various situations (on grass, 

 walls, at light, etc.), at Burnley. I was much struck by the close resem- 

 blance of L. )indtistrii/aria to (>. /Hit/raiiniiaria in its resting habits, 

 especially when ou walls or glass, they both sit with the wings very 

 di'ooping, and thrcjwn much further back than usual amt)ng Geometrid 

 moths. I took al)out half-a-dozen [j. liliiiramniaria last autumn ou the 

 same piece of ground, all ol them sitting ou the rocks. I have bred 

 a fair number of species, of which the following may be mentioned : — 

 Taenioeampa innrta, emerged Feb. 22ud-March 11th, larvic fed ou 

 alder and oak, and found at Burnley ; several Vltiiialia pnlaria (all 

 females, 2 of the dark aberration), emerged Feb. 24;th-March 21st, 



