54 THE KNTOMOLOGISTS RECORD. 



to London on September 20th, having, as luck would have it, to travel 

 in a railway carriage which oscillated violently throughout the 

 journey ; I am, consequently, somewhat apprehensive as to the effect 

 which this shaking up may have had upon the larva during its pupa- 

 tion.— -A. Russell, F.E.H., The Limes, Southend, near Catford, S.E. 

 January 2ith, 1903. 



Theretra porcellus at Cromer. — While at Cromer in September, 

 1902, I took about a dozen larvae of Theretra porcellus. Most of them 

 were full-fed and were found well down in the l)edstraw upon which 

 they had been feeding during the previous night. — Ibid. 



Date of appearance of Tapinostola elymi. — I can corroborate 

 Mr. Musbam's observations as to the emergence of T. eh/ini on the 

 Lincolnshire coast about the middle of June, as, on the only occasion 

 on which I have come across the species^at Mablethorpe, on June 

 19th, 1H96 — 1 found it so abundant that I took fifty specimens during 

 that one night. They were mostly quite fresh, but a few of them 

 must, from their condition, have been out a week or ten days. — (Kev.) 

 (r. H. Raynor, M.A., Hazeleigh Rectory, Maldon, Essex. Janihtnf 

 23rcl, 1908. 



Mellinia (hlvago near Lincoln. — I was interested to read of Mr. 

 ]\Iusham's capture of this species at Lincoln, but it is not new^ to that 

 neighbourhood, as I used to take it commonly at Panton during my 

 residence there from 1S91 to 1H96. I fancy it is of much wider distri- 

 bution than is gener:i,lly supposed, as I have found it almost every- 

 where I have collected among wj'ch-elm [riiitKs iiiontana-pcmhda). — 



llilD. 



IS> R A C T I CA L H I NTS . 



Field Work for Middle of February to Aliddle of March. 



1. Pearly in Mareli the imagines of Amplnisa iralL-i'rana may be 

 found on Scotch and north of England moors. The males Hy freely 

 in bright sunshine, but the females are exti-emely sluggish, and, 

 therefore, require to be diligently searched for. 



2. When the hybernated females of Peronea fcrnuiana are taken 

 they are well worth retaining for ova, the moths appearing in July 

 l)eing more given to vai-iaiion than those occurring in the autumnal 

 •emergence. 



B. Roots of .//".'/" '■'V'^f'/'^' dug in localities where I'tiitliiini l'iili;iaiia 

 occurs and planted in seed-pans or shallow boxes will, in due course, 

 yield imagines of this moth. 



i. Last year's stems of [miKitieiis n<i[i-iiie-taii'jrri-, if kept exposed 

 to all weathers, should produce imagines of I'enthi.na jiastreniana. 



."). Stems of (hiohri/rhin satira collected in the Deal district wull 

 supply larvfe of (Tra/i/iolit/ia caccana. 



B. Phaeodes crenaiia may be taken in early March on north of 

 England and Scotch moors, flying freely in the sunshine from 10 a.m. 

 to 1 p.m. 



7. Roots and stems of ( 'eiitaiireu iiiijra should now be gathered 

 for larva' of l\j'Jujtiiii>liiin< lirsiana. 'V\\e roots may be potted very 

 closely together. 



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