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minutata and E. nanatn are also usually taken in abundance at the 

 same time and in the same place. 



19. — -In early Aut^ust larva? of Kunndcsia alrhrniillata are common 

 in flowers and seedheads of (raleopnis tetrahit wherever these are to be 

 found ; they are rarely to be found wild on <i. ladannin, although they 

 eat it freely in confinement. 



20. — -Young larvte, from eggs of Zonoaoma orhlcidaria hatching in 

 beginning of August, can be sleeved on sallow, and, in about a fort- 

 night, will possibly pupate if the weather be really warm; autamnal 

 emergences are very frequent in confinement, and pupje want 

 watching closely in early September. 



21. — In August the seedheads of (ialiiuit rcrutn should be most 

 carefully searched for the larva? of AntirJin sinnata — Tuddenham, 

 Bury St. Edmunds, kc. 



22. — In early August hunt in woods and beside hedges and ditches 

 for the larvfP of the .SYrtr////.s-feeding plumes. Both red and green 

 larva? are to be found, the former generally smaller and to be met with 

 before the purplish-red corolla has fallen off, the latter larger and on 

 plants which are seeding. The larviE of Avibli/jitiiia acanthodactijla 

 (cosmodactijla) and A. CLUinunlartt/la {acantJiddacti/la) occur on the plant 

 at the same time (Riding). 



23. — In the first week of August the grassy parts of Chippenham 

 Fen, give an abundance of ( 'rambiis selaseUus which are disturbed 

 readily during the daytime and fly freely at dusk. 



24. — In the second week of August CrambKs mi/i'lliis is on the wing 

 during the evening ; several in the neighbourhood of ^lonvnmsk 

 (Mutch). 



25. — At the end of August and in September the nests of liouihns 

 aiiroridii, Vespa rttliiaria, itc, should be collected for larva^ of Ajiltmnia 

 fiocidla. The larvjp spin the nest into a hard mass about the size of a 

 cricket-ball and pupate therein, the imagines appearing in early June. 

 Thelarvieare scarcely ever found in underground nests of bees or wasps. 



26. — Poecilia nirca sits in the crevices of the bark of oak-trees in 

 August, and great skill is required to capture the species, as the imagines 

 are exceedingly active, and when a pill-box is brought near them they 

 either fly away or dodge over the hand of the would-be captor. 



27. — In August the terminal shoots of Mi/rica (/ale are done up in 

 balloon-like bundles by the larvje of Pcnthina dimidiaita. 



28. — The imagines of PluKvojiteri/x sieidana fly in great abundance 

 in August at dusk among the buckthorn bushes on Wicken Fen, by 

 collecting on the edge of a large clump formed by these bushes a very 

 long series was obtained. PJi<i.rtipt('r>/.r innniatatia was taken among 

 sallow in smaller numbers at the same time. 



29. — The lai'VR' of the autumnal brood of ( 'Imitlioilu.s rluurniduilliUus 

 appear to straggle over a long period on Pa^tinaca mtira, full-fed 

 larvae being found from the last week of August to the end of Sep- 

 tember, the moths emerging from early October. 



:^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Early spuing lepidopteka. — The early spring insects have been 

 very backward. Ci/a)iiris an/iultis was fairly common at Box Hill on 

 May 10th, when SyruhtJuDi malcae was making its appearance, (Ju?iep- 



