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to find them is in the early morning, as then the dew is resting on the 

 silken pads, which are made most conspicuous. 



14. — About the middle of October larvae of Coleophorafuscocuprella 

 are making numerous small blotches on the under-surfaces of leaves of 

 < 'orylus aviilana. These larvas should be wintered in the open, as 

 pupation does not take place until the following spring. It is useless 

 to collect larvfe found feeding in the early summer, as these, without 

 ■exception, contain parasites. 



15.- — At this season leaves of all trees and low-growing plants 

 should be most carefully examined for various lAthocnllctis, and 

 Nepticxda mines and blotches. 



:ig^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Scarcity of Theclid larv-e in 1903. — This year there has been, 

 according to my experience, a great scarcity of Theclid larvse. On 

 May 10th I rode to Monk's Wood, Huntingdonshire, and beat for two 

 or three hours. Very few larvae of any description fell into the tray, 

 and, of the species that was the main object of the outing, viz., Theda 

 pnmi, I did not get a single larva. The minuteness of those larvae 

 which did fall into the tray led me to believe that I was too early, so 

 ■on May 31st 1 again visited Monk's Wood to have another try, but, 

 iilthough I beat for several hours, I did not obtain a single larva of 

 either T. pnini or Zephi/nii^ hetulae. Not to be beaten (like the larvae) 

 1 again returned on .Tune 11th, hoping this time to get a take of Z. 

 letiilae, but alas, for my hopes, three hours' hard beating brought one 

 Z. betulaf from Prnnia^ roinmiinis, and another from QHerciis mbur. 

 On July 12th I again visited the wood, this time for the imagines of 

 r.pruni; my take for the whole day was six males and one female. — 

 E. Crisp, 31, Union Road, Cambridge. 



Exposed position for puparia of Porthethia dispar. — Whilst 

 walking down from Evolene to Useigne, on the morning of August 

 13th, I discovered, on a couple of long boards that were being used as 

 fencing at the side of the road, about two dozen puparia of Porthetria 

 dispar. The cocoon was of the flimsiest possible character, and, in 

 two or three cases, the pupaa hung suspended by the cremastral append- 

 ages. Most of the imagines had emerged, but seven apparently full ones 

 Avere taken, and from these I have bred, to date, six fine ichneumons, 

 one species with a broad white ring on the antennfe, and yesterday a 

 single 2 P- di'^par emerged. — J. W. Tutt. Awjust 25f/', 1903. 



Lepidoptera at Clandon. — On July 18th eight members of the 

 City of London Entomological Society visited Clandon. Although it 

 rained for nearly an hour after arrival, a gleam of sunshine for some 

 five minutes brought out a large number of insects, and it was really 

 •surprising to notice how rapidly they appeared on the wing. Four 

 Arijynnis o.ijlaia were observed almost immediately. Enodia hyper- 

 anthm was swarming, and in fresh condition ; Kpinephdc tithonns was 

 just out, and in exceedingly good order, whilst K. junira was abundant, 

 jind flying even in the rain. ThynwUcns thauuias (liiira) was abun- 

 dant and fresh, whilst a <? Polyomwatus corydoii was in the nature 

 ^)f a surprise, the date being exceedingly early— the commencement of 

 August is a very fair date. Metrocanipa maryaritaria, newly-emerged, 

 was taken on a pine-trunk, and of such a splendid green tint as is 

 rarely seen in nature ; whilst a specimen of Apleda mbulosa was also 



