250 THE entomologist's record. 



this larva is to stand beneath the tree and look up, and it can then be 

 seen resting along the midrib of the leaf, and upon the same tree that 

 })iobably you have been giving a sound thrashing ; a more tenacious 

 larv.i I know not. Aiitirlra minata can now be seen ovipositing where 

 there is an abundance of (ialiinn rciutn, generally upon dry southern 

 slopes, and is often mistaken for Melanippe unnitaiiata at first sight. 

 Tliera aiiiiidata larvas are also full-fed, I beat some from juniper 

 last week. — E. Rogkrs Bush, 1, Strathmore Street, Perth, N.B. 

 .lul;/ HOth, 1902. 



Partial second brood of Cupido minima in Britain. — On the 11th 

 iiist. I took a fresh male Cvpido ininima, at rest, on the South Downs. 

 I believe specimens of this, the second brood, are rarely met with in 

 Britain. Some of the other insects taken or observed in the same 

 li)cality on that day were Melanan/ia ijalathea (rather common), 

 I Athosia roiii /liana (one), and several Eremohia ochrolenca settled on the 

 flower-heads of knapweed.— J. F. Bird, " The Lodge," Cowfold, 

 Sussex. Ai(tiu.st lotJi, 1902. 



Partial second brood of Dicranura furcula in Britain. — Last 

 June 1 found a larva of Dicranura fun-ula on a sallow growing in one 

 of our hedges. Abont the second week of July it formed a cocoon, 

 which seems to me to be constructed in an unusual position, and is 

 made so as to resemble a sallow gall. From it a male emerged yesterday 

 evening, August l-lth. I think this is worth noting, as I see in The Lcpi- 

 (Infitrra of the British Ishniils, that Mr. Barrett mentions that a solitary 

 instance of a second emergence in the year, in this country, was 

 observed by the Hon. F. Thelluson, in 1893.— Ibid. 



JP>RACTICAL HINTS. 



Field Work for September. 



By ,T. C. DOLLMAN. 



1. — The larva' of Macaria notata will feed up well and quickly on 

 bii-ch, which is a food-phmt generally more easily obtainable than 

 either alder, sallow, or blackthorn. It is a reddish-brown larva, Avith 

 lemon yellow, diamond -shaped, lateral blotches, not unlike that of 

 fll/bcrnia dffoLiaria. 



2. — Cossiis Iiffni]ierfl(i larva.' are best hibernated with some chunks 

 oi bark and wood, placed in a galvanised pail, covered with perforated 

 zinc. This is preferable to the flower-pot and glass-cover treatment, 

 which is nearly sure to generate mildew. Cut a disc of the perforated 

 zinc to lit inside the pail, an inch or two from the rim, and on this 

 lay a ring of stout leaden pipe bent to lit neatly. 



:-). — Give plenty of foodplant, and room also, to larvae of J hrjiana 

 haiHula, as otherwise they may disappear gradually by the process of 

 rannibalisni. 



i. — The larvic of Ihprana laccrtida should be searched for on (piite 

 young birch trees, which are more frequented by the larvte than the 

 larger ones, and they can be thoroughly examined by simply standing 

 over them for the purpose. 



* PRACTICAL Hints for the Field Lepidoptepist, Part 1, published May, 1900, 

 and already almost completely out of print, contains 1'2.50 similar hints to these, 

 distributed over every month in the year. Interleaved (for collector's own notes). 

 Part 2 is now in the jnintcr's bands, and subscribers wanted. — Ei). 



