68 THE entomologist's record. 



in the Power collection in the British Museum, taken by the late 

 George Norman, the specimens being without locality label, but 

 presumably taken in Scotland. I have examined examples of both 

 sexes of the insect I recorded as A. laevis from Chopwell, Co. Durham, 

 where it occurred in great numbers, and find that it is the true 

 AnenriiR laevix, and therefore helps to corroborate the Scotch record. — 

 Richard S. Bagnall (F.E.S.), Hylton, nr. Sunderland. 



:]g^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Seasonal Notes. ^ — It is a pleasure to have to record that the last 

 season was certainly an improvement on that of 1912 or 1913 from a 

 micro-entomological point of view. One feature was certainly the 

 abundance of that usually common species Plntella Diandipennis 

 {cruciferariDii). This is one of those very widely distributed species, 

 occurring even within the Arctic circle. It wonld be interesting to 

 obtain a list of its foodplants, probably all belonging to the cruci- 

 ferous order, and to discover whether the larva would eat Tropeolum 

 like some of the Pieridae. One of the first species usually noted in 

 the year is Cldmabache fcvjella, and this was abundant on the tree 

 trunks at Richmond, Surrey, very pale specimens being rare. On 

 April 2nd, at Wimbledon, Eriocrania iinimaculella was in fine condi- 

 tion and plentiful, while E. ]iurpnrella and E. seniipurpurella were 

 scarce. The newly-awakened larvae of Coleophnra ibipennella were 

 common on the birches. On April 26th a darkly marked Tinea palles- 

 centella was taken in the house. In May larvae of three species of 

 Cerostnma, C. radiatella, C. parenthesella, and (J. alpella, occurred on 

 oak at Richmond, where the larvas of Tortrix viridana, Pandemu 

 ribeana and Cacoecia xijlosteana were doing a certain amount of 

 damage. Here, also, two larv^ of Epiblcwa solandriana, and one of 

 Cacoecia podana, were taken off birch. In the same place, on 

 June 8th, while sheltering from a heavy shower, I saw, for the first 

 time, a living specimen of Burkhausenia ricivifrontella. It was resting 

 on a birch stem. The common Gelechia diffinis was abundant in June 

 in places where sorrel grew in the turf. Cluysoclista linneella was out 

 unusually early this year in the Avenue at Chiswick. It was a sur- 

 prise to take, on June 17th, two Prays cnrtisellus off a small oak tree 

 in the garden, for though there are some quite large ashes in Chiswick, 

 this species has hitherto escaped observation here. So has also IHchro- 

 ravipha sim.pliciana, but this occurred this year in July on a plant of 

 Artemisia vulfiaris, which has been allowed to grow in the garden. A 

 few hours were spent at Whitstable, June 25th ; my bag was one pupa 

 off rose and one larva of Gelechia lenti(jinosella off Genista tinctoria, 

 this yielded a very dark specimen and the rose pupa Tortri.r benjman- 

 niana ! Gelechia pinijiiinella was out on poplar trunks at Barnes at 

 the end of July, and later I found larvie of Nepticida acetosae on the 

 common, a locality in which I had not noticed them previously. On 

 August 28th, Tinea miscella was recorded for Chiswick for the first 

 time. On May 30th a worn ? Tortri.r pronubana occurred at 

 Chiswick, and some larvfe taken off a bay tree in August produced 

 this species. Many others were observed on the wing, the last on 

 October 18th. At Wendover, September 27th, the mines of Nepticnla 

 amjulifasciella were found in leaves of rose in the hedges, at the same 



