gn [Februaiy, 



Retinia turionana, bred in numbers from larvae and pnpce found in the leading 

 shoots of young jjino trees, beginning of May ; Catoptria Juliana, Woking, July 7 ; 

 *Choreutes myllerana, larvffi, pupae, and imagines abvmdant on Scutellaria 

 (jalericulata, Woking, July 17th ; Eupwcilia subroseana, one example on Mickle- 

 ham Downs, July 7th ; and *E. alismana, bred from larvae, and the imagines 

 seen in large numbers at Woking, in May. 



Finally, mention may be made of the breeding of the connnon Cnephasia 

 politana (the date of emergence being December 15th), from larva' found in 

 spun-up flowers of Gentiana pneumonanthe, whilst we were engaged in an 

 unsuccessful search for larvae of Adkinia graphodactyla, at Chobham ; young 

 Nemeophila russula larvae were seen feeding on the same plant. 



The species marked * are not recorded in Mr. H. Goss's list for Surrey in 

 the Victoria History (1902), nor have they, as far as we know, been definitely 

 added to the list since that year.^H. G. Champion, New College, Oxford : 

 December, 1912. 



Zygmna filipendulse, ab. hippocrepidis, at Streatley, Berks.— It may be worth 

 recording this supposed hybrid between Zygsena lonicerse and Z. filipendulie from 

 Streatley, Berks. Unfortunately, it was not recognised at the time, so fiu'ther 

 examples of the Burnets seen were not taken. — H. G. Champion : Dec, 1912. 



A suggestion for securing certain Liotheids (Mallophaga). — Most collectors 

 of this order must have experienced difficvilties at times in obtaining material 

 of the Liotheidae owing to tlie activity displayed by these insects. The rush of 

 the large Ancistrona gigas, P., among the plumage of a Fulmar is not readily 

 forgotten, while even Physostomuni with its stiff unwieldy abdomen, moves with 

 unexpected speed among the roots of its host's feathers. Often indeed, Physo- 

 stomum escapes notice entirely during a preliminary examination of a newly 

 shot bird. The parasite seems to glide aside as the plumage parts, and its 

 presence is discovered only on picking the feathers off one by one. But it is 

 with the commoner genera like Menopon and Colpocephalum, that most trouble 

 occui-s. From hosts of the genus Corvus these genera frequently swarm on to 

 the hot fingers of the operator in such members as to be a nuisance. As a rule, 

 however, by working with the sleeves well tucked up, one may stop the para- 

 sites before they effect a lodging on one's person. If they do escape, it is well 

 to remember that the inconvenience will be temporary, as Mallophaga seem 

 invariably to die on man. After one of our March gales (1912), some boys 

 brought the wi-iter a young moribund Heron {Ardea cinerea). On this bird, 

 Colpocephalum importunum, N., occurred in numbers. This is an extx-emely 

 active form, and so troublesome from its attempts to run up one's sleeves, that 

 one wonders whether Nitzsch bestowed the name on accoimt of the habit To 

 check the insect's advances, it was found sufficient to smear a band of vaseline 

 round the arm, taking care to clear the feathers. C. importunum would not 

 pass this barrier. One simijly then ran one's fingers thi'ough the Heron's 

 plumage and i>icked off from time to time the insects gathered before the 

 band.— James W^atbrston, Tlie Manse, Ollaberry, Shetland : December, 1912. 



