138 THE entomologist's record. 



6. — Larvfe of Hijlophila bicnlonina, beaten from oak in May and 

 June, may be sleeved out on oak, when they invariably spin a boat- 

 shaped cocoon on the underside of an oak leaf and emerge satis- 

 factorily (Moberly) ; in confinement they may be kept in cardboard 

 boxes, and usually spin up well on the sides of the boxes (Studd) ; 

 shut up in the dark with their food-plant they spin on the leaves and 

 emerge without further trouble (Atmore). 



7. — The eggs of X(ina<irla sjiari/anii, to be found in the folded edge 

 of leaves of Iris pm'iHlacorKs all the winter, hatch in the middle of 

 May, the young larv» immediately commencing to mine the leaves of 

 the foodplant. 



8. — About May 15th, when the bearberry [Arctostait/n/los uraiirsi) is 

 in bloom at the lower elevations, gather a large bundle of it and carry 

 it to the hill-tops which Anarta uielanopa frequents. Lay a long 

 line of small bunches of the flowers on the ground and visit these 

 bunches as you would patches of sugar. Sometimes the insect will 

 be visible on the flowers, but more often it is well inside the bunch, 

 and the best means of capture is to quickly place the net flat on the 

 ground over the bunch of flowers. A bright sun is necessary to make 

 the insect move freely (P. C. Reid). 



9. — Just about sunset search the borders of rock, especially where 

 the heather has been recently burnt, and you will find Anarta 

 cordi;/era at rest, sometimes singly, but generally in cop. The latter 

 are easy to box, but the former is often extremely wide awake, and 

 should be quickly netted. About May 15th (P. C. Reid). 



10. — The eggs of Hadena (flanca are laid in batches on sallow in 

 May, hatching in about a fortnight, the larvae changing as they get 

 older from green to deep brown and fall to the ground if disturbed ; 

 they pupate just below the surface of the ground in a loose cocoon 

 of silk and earth. 



11. — The larv« of (/atocala sponm and < '. pniinissa feed high up on 

 the oaks, and are rarely beaten from the lower branches, but when 

 there is a very great storm of wind one finds the larv* occasionally 

 climbing up the trunks afterwards. 



12. — Leucaiiia littoralis is a long time on the wing, often from late 

 May until well into July, and full-fed larvfe are also obtainable from the 

 beginningof May until wellinto June. Forthe lattershake thesand-grass 

 growing on the sandhills and keep them in a large tub with a glass 

 covering ; a muslin covering is useless, as the larvie bite holes through 

 and escape. 



13. — The larvfe of ( 'itctillia rhamomillae feed on Pi/rethruin 

 iiiaritiwiDii during May and June; whilst young they require to be 

 carefully searched for, owing to their resemblance to the flower-buds 

 and to their habit of curling themselves round the stem of the food- 

 plant ; they prefer low-growing, flat plants, and feed up very rapidly, 

 and one may find half-fed larvae on plants which they have searched 

 in vain a fortnight before (Still). 



1-4. — The cases of WJiittleia retiella are attached to a wiry grass 

 (? Poa luaritima) that grows in patches on the open marshes about the 

 estuary of the Thames. The imagines also occur among this, more 

 rarely among Plantar/o and Atriplex, the receptacle of a dead flower- 

 head of A^ter trijmliinn being strikingly like a J W. retiella at rest. 

 16. — ^copida decrepitalis occurs in May from Kilmun to Lochgoil- 



