198 THE entomologist's record. 



marshes and fens where Iris, Pedicnlaris, Trifolimn and Mentha 

 aqnatica o-row alnmdantly, in the first week in Septeml)er. They 

 feed on all these plants, and are to l)e found, extremely low down, on 

 plants overhano-ino- water holes and ditches. 



6. — The almost full-grown larva of Apoda avellana (testiido) is to 

 be beaten from oaks, from the first week of September onwards. 



7. — The larva of Heterogenea cruciata (aseJla) must be obtained 

 by searchino; the beeches from the middle of Septeml^er until the end 

 of October. It is a very uncertain species, apparently absent in its best 

 locality (Lyndhurst) in some seasons, quite abundant in others. 



8. — In xlugust, the heather must l)e searched with a lantern for the 

 iraagines of A gratis agathina. 



9. — During- August, the larvai of CuculUa ahsinthii may be ob- 

 tained by beating Artemisia absinthium. 



10. — The larva of Cymatophora fluctuosa may be beaten from 

 birch, in August and September. 



11. — The hard cocoon of ('irrhoedia xerampelina must be searched 

 for at the roots of ash, in August and early September. 



12. — Search trunks of ash-trees in late August and throughout 

 September, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (or even till dusk), for the freshly 

 emerged imagines of Cirrhoedia xerampelina. The grass around the 

 trees should also be worked. Detached trees {i.e., those not growing 

 in hedge-rows) are the best. 



13. — From the flower-heads of Angelica, collected in September 

 and Octolier, you will breed Kupithecia albipundata the following 

 year. 



14. — C^ollect the flowers of golden-rod {Solidago virganrea) in 

 October, ]mt iuto a large l)aud-box or breeding-cage, and you will breed 

 Eiipitliecia virganreata and K. expallidata the following year. 



15. — Collect the flowers of yarrow {Achillea millefolium) in 

 September and October, and you will breed Kupithecia subfulvata. 



16. — In August and September the seeds of Pimpinella saxifraga 

 should be collected for larvae of Eupitliecia piimpinellata. 



17. — In August and September, the larvai of Kupithecia snhnotata 

 can be obtained, sometimes in great abundance, on Clienopodium. 



18. — The larva of Kupithecia helveticata feeds on wild juniper, 

 and is full-fed from the beginning to the middle of September. 



19. — About the middle of August, the larv;\3 of Kupithecia cam- 

 panulata are to be found feeding in and upon the seed capsules of 

 Campanula tracheliu7n. 



20. — At the end of August, examine the trunks of Pinus sgl- 

 vestris in the afternoon, for the freshly emerged imagines of Thera 

 firmata. 



21. — The larva of Botys lancealis feeds in a web amongst the 

 leaves of Kupatorium cannabinum., in August and September. When 

 full-fed it spins a cocoon, but does not change to a pupa until the 

 following May. 



22. — The seedheads of burdock {Arctium lappa) should be col- 

 lected in Se]item]x'r for the larvae of Par asia lappelln and Argyrolepia 

 hadiana. The larvas of the former pupate in the seedheads, those of 

 the latter among rubbish at the roots of the plant. 



23. — The larva of (irapltolitha Diicrogramniana is to be found in 

 August and September, in the still green seed-pods of Ononis spinosa. 



