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occupies the dniding line, and often has a slender branch or two into 

 the terminal part of the leaf ; in conhnement ArbKtns loiedo forms a 

 good substitute food. 



21. — The imagines of Lithocolletis ci'rasicolella are to be collected in 

 September in the leaves of Primus aciniii ; the mine is elongate, placed 

 between the lateral veins of the leaf, reaching from near the midrib 

 towards the margin ; the larva pale yellow, with dark brown or black 

 head. 



22. — During September working hedges, &c. will give Peronea 

 sclialleriaiia var. lotifasciana, P. rarici/aiia var. cinana, P. coniparana, 

 and other interesting species ; mixed hawthorn, sallow, and nut hedges 

 preferable. 



:^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Habits of Lithosia complana var. sericea. — In a state of nature, the 

 imagines of Lithosia com plana \n.Y. sericea, which appearabout the middle 

 of July, hide low down among the herbage, grass, &c., where it occurs 

 (the locality, however, seems to be very restricted), the wings wrapped 

 very closely around the body. A few take a short tlight about i o'clock 

 in the afternoon, but the majority Hy at early dusk. Their flight is 

 somewhat heavy and slow, and in a direct course. They look of a 

 creamy-yellow colour when flying and can be readily distinguished 

 by their colour and the character of the flight from the species of 

 Crambids that are generally on the wing at the same time. The males 

 readily assemble to a virgin female perched on the top of a stem of 

 grass. The larva is very lively and bright-looking, hairy-black, with 

 two orange stripes (the description in lUickler's Larrui', vol. iii., p. 22, 

 is very accurate). Larva' hatched from ova laid by a captured female 

 in the summer of 1899, and were kept through the following winter. 

 They fed a little all through the winter on chickweed and grass, 

 although when newly-hatched they fed on Poh/i/onttni aviculare. In the 

 spring they seemed to prefer Sjiiraca uliiiaria. Two perfect insects 

 were reared therefrom. — G. 0. Day, F.E.S. Mai/ 2'drd, 1901. 



Habits of Asthena sylvata. — On June 16th and 22nd 1 went 

 for Ast/ieiia si/lrata, which, in common with the general state of 

 Geometrids this year, was even more numerous than last year. With 

 rare exceptions, it is never common here, and being a very shy and 

 retiring insect is difficult to catch. It sometimes sits on the oak- 

 trees, but unless it is a very cold day will not allow one to get 

 near to it, rising as soon as one approaches, and requires to be netted. 

 Most are obtained here in an alder swamp, where the imagines sit often 

 quite low down on the stems of the trees. When disturbed, it at flrst 

 goes straight away, and, if there be a low bush near, generally flies 

 right through it and is lost to sight ; if, however, the ground be open 

 in the line it has taken, it often doubles back and gives a chance. 

 Very occasionally it drops down and hides in the grass. On June 22nd 

 I saw over 100 specimens, between 50 and 60 of which were in fine 

 condition. One specimen was quite a dwarf, hardly as large as an 

 ordinary A. candidata. While hunting for it I took a fair number of 

 Kiiiiisteria hrparata, an insect that flies pretty freely in the sunshine 

 and is very easy to net, as it seldom flies for any distance. — F. C. 

 WooDFORDE, F.E.S., Market Drayton, .lime llt/i, 1901. 



Lepidopteha in the ^'ew Forest. — I spent Whitsuntide at Lyud- 



