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3. — About tlic middle of November, look on the dark sn))i)ovts or 

 framework of lamps for I'ovcilorAunpa popnli, .IsierosropHs sj)hinx, (;tc. 



4. — Fix two large lamps about l(» feet from the ,<i:roinKl, and al)out 

 the same distance apart. About 15 feet behind them hang a lartre 

 dark sheet. Voecilocanrpa populi and Asteroscopus aphinx, when 

 attracted, will rest quietly on the sheet (Holland). 



o. — At ivy, lUisijcHmpa rubicjinea is usually found on blossoms 

 partially hidden, and wants well seareliing- for on bushes that cannot be 

 l)eaten. It also appears to have a partiality for small detached bushes 

 with but few heads of bloom (jMason). 



(■). — At the latter end of Noveml»er and beginning of December 

 it was unusually mild, and the ivy bloom over early, so I sugared 

 regularly for a few days, and ol)taiued four Hasiicmiipa n(bif/inea, two 

 on November 28tli, and two on December 1st (Mason). 



7. — Thatch should be beaten persistently for the many sjieeies that 

 hybcrnate therein — Depressariae, etc. 



8. — Stems of wild parsnij) with little nodules of white frass showing 

 just above the loAver nodes of the stem, will contain larvEe of ConchyUa 

 dilucidana. Place in damp sand. 



9. — To hybcrnate 3IacrofIii/Iaria [J .asiocamjia) rubi, plant a root 

 of heather out-of-doors, knock the bottom out of a cheese crate, put it 

 round the heather, and cover with perforated zinc. The larvae come up 

 in March, and s])in up without eating (Hewett). 



10. — Sugar throughout October and November, if the weather be 

 suital)le. You may get Ihisycampa ri(bif/i)ien, and, if not, sueh s])ecies 

 as Xijlina semibrunnea, X. socia, X. rltizolitha, ('alocampa V('tii4a, 

 C. e.roleta, etc., will be attracted until the end of November. 



11. — The pupai of Smerinthus tiliae should be searched for at the 

 roots of elm. Hollows in an old trunk are a favourite place for the 

 pupation of this species. 



12. — Dicramirafiircula pupas may be found by searching the dead 

 wood of sallows, either on the tree or littered round the roots. They 

 are generally at the base of a divergent branch, l)ut sometimes on the 

 straight, and very often at the hollow where a liranch lias been pulled 

 off (iiewett). 



N.B. — For similar sei'ies of '• Practical Hints " for this time of the 

 year see Hut. Hec, vol. i., p. 187, vol. viii., p. 241, vol. ix., pp. 294- 

 295, etc. 



(grURRENT NOTES. 



The widow of the late ]\[r. H. T. Stainton died at her residence, 

 Mountsfield, Lewishani, in September last. At the meeting of the 

 Entom. Soc. of London, on Oct. 5th, the president announced that 

 the late Mrs. Stainton had bequeathed to the society such entomolo- 

 gical works from her husband's liliniry as were not already in it.s 

 possession. This bequest was of great importance, and would add to 

 the library a large number of works, many of which, formerly in the 

 library of J. F. Stephens, were old and now scarce. Among the most 

 important additions were copies of Clerck's " Icones insectorum 

 rariorum," Say's "American Entomology" (1817) — a work of ex- 

 treme rarity, Goeze's " Entomologische Beytriige "— complete, Dono- 

 van's " Insects of New Holland," Linnaius's " Systcma Natura\" ed. x, 



