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procedure will not be injured nearly so frequently as by harsher 

 methods, nor will they be shot into the air to fall anywhere but into 

 the tray itself, for this larva falls readily with a sudden movement of 

 its food-plant, and will respond quite freely to the sharp tapping 

 hustle, as it really does not require a heavy blow to dislodge it, even 

 if the bush would stand such treatment. I hope that I shall be forgiven 

 for dwelling on this matter, for I really think it is a point we should 

 take into our consideration. It is not a pretty sight to see a mangled, 

 broken bush or tree with a dense litter on the ground beneath, and it 

 is one which may prejudice outsiders, or owners of localities, from 

 sympathy with the pursuit, and in the latter case may lead to 

 our exclusion on other occasions. To strike the limbs of a tree, 

 where they are firm in growth, is certainly the best method of dis- 

 lodging larvii? which have a tight hold ; and to jerk and stir up those 

 things of a tender growth is really the only hope of success. By these 

 methods we might avoid unnecessary wreckage and, to some extent, 

 preserve our reputations. From May 24th to the 29th a visit to the 

 locality found things much more advanced, and with beautiful weather 

 the roadways and lanes were alive with the Pierids and Eiu-hlo'e carda- 

 mines. A series of walks and explorations during this period brought one 

 in contact with the following imagines: Pieris braxsirae, /'. rapac and 

 P. napi, Kitchlo'e cardmnhu's (the brood seemed small in size), Brenthi^ 

 i'uj)Iiro.vjne, Coenoui/iiipha paiiiphiliis, CuanirisanfiolitK, I'nbjommatiix Ica- 

 rus, Sijrirhthus inalvae RndXixoin'ades tat/rs, fleliaca tenebrata, tJiiclidia mi, 

 Venilia nmcidaiia, Awierona pnniaria, Todis lartearia, Heuiithca strii/ata, 

 Strenia dathrata, PaiuK/ra pctraria, Aspilatea nr/nraria , Mdanthio 

 ncellata, M. proceUata, Melanippc tluctitata, L'oreinia dcsupiata, ('aiiiptn- 

 cfranniia bilineata and EidwUa liiuitata. Dusking produced examples of 

 Pternstoiua jialpina, (i(»inphnra drrasa and Lciicfoiia iiiipiira. Larv?e of the 

 species now named were found by search, beating, (jr light : P<irfil<)cam}io 

 pnpiili, Laf/iiiris lanestris (two nests, each containing a large brood), 

 Malacosdiita iicKxtria, LaNiocainpa iik/tciis, ('n^motrielic potatoria, 

 Eutricha (jucrcifiilia, Satnniia paroiiia (a single example, fuUfed, and 

 lying injured in a roadway), I'raptmj.r sandjiwata, lliniiid Inteolata, 

 Idinicra pcmiavia and lli/boiiia defoliarift. The large number of 

 larvae of AyLais iirticac, on the beds of nettles, was noticeable and just 

 at the last the fullfed larvie of llijlophila (lucrcana and Asp/ialia diluta, 

 were found on oak in a manner which seemed to indicate that, if time 

 had permitted, a large number could have been taken. The larvje of both 

 of these insects seem to affect those oaks where the foliage is large, pro- 

 fuse, brightly green, and succulent ; particularly was this the case with 

 the firstnamed species. A further try for larvic of (r. rcrnaria was 

 made among the (li'iiiatis ritaWa bushes skirting the downs, and 

 some forty odd were found, nearly fullgrown. Promising as these 

 larvie looked they failed to produce a good average of imagines, for 

 the food-plant procurable in, and near, London was very scarce and 

 poor, and in fi majority of cases the larvtc refused to feed when placed 

 upon it, and calmly ceased to exist, in the manner so well known. 

 1 trust, all being well, to be more successful this year with plants now 

 established in my garden. A further and longer stay in the neighbour- 

 hood, later in the year, from August 1st to September lUth, included 

 visits to Tilgate and Balcombe Forests, and some interesting larvfB 

 were taken. In the country immediately around, the lanes and 



