GS THE EXTOMOI.OfiSI'r's RKCORO. 



reason tliat ho lias lU'ver ivcorded the other rare insects that he has 

 cai)tureil, and if he can ,i>et as good a price for them, in any case, one 

 cannot wonder at his not trouhling to puhlish notes on them, altliough 

 one regrets that so many hard-working and rehable collectors, l)oth 

 professional and amateur, neglect to give us the benefit of their 

 experience. — A Country Cousin. April, 1896. 



BREKinNG Ijrephos parthenias. — I should he very glad if someone 

 would give me advice as to the best method of rearing /*'. ixntlu-nias 

 from larva". I have often tried to rear them, but they have invariably 

 died. — L. S. Brady, 17, Filey Street, Sheffield. 



AuUXDANCE OF LARV.E OF APAJIEA OPHKXiRAMMA. Will yoU 1)0 kind 



enough to tell me if the enclosed are larvie of A. nji/iiiii/idimiKi ! 1 took 

 them where I generally find the imago, hut there are so many, though 

 (hfficult to find, that I fear they are not that species ; although, 

 according to the books 1 have, they should be. Do they pupate in the 

 stems or on the ground '? Will they thrive on the cut grass "? There 

 is no way of sleeving them where I find them. — W. J>. Thornhill, 

 Castle (!osey. Castle Belliugham, Ireland. Maij %ii\, 1H9C. [We 

 submitted the larv^e, after exhibiting them at the meeting of the 

 Entomological Society of London, to the Rev. C. R. N. ])urrows, and 

 append his reply. — Ed.] . 



I believe the larva to be that of A. Dp/iioi/rainnia. It is the same 

 as I am now finding in swarms on the striped grass here. The 

 distinguishing mark seems to be the character of the plates on the 

 anus, which look like another head. With regard to the (jueries : — 

 (1). The larvie pupate in the ground. (2) 1 expect they would thrive 

 on cut pieces of grass stem, replaced daily, allowing moss, etc., to hide 

 in, and earth to pupate in. My grass is absolutely demolished. —(Rev.) 

 C. R. N. Burrows, Rainham Vicarage, Essex. Ma;/ S)th, 189B. 



ToRTRix viBURNiANA. — Last summer a friend of mine sent me sonie 

 crumpled leaves of Ilubiis (■/uDiiaenionis, from the top of Fondle Hill, near 

 Clitheroe. This is the highest mountain in Lancashire. Three 

 females and one male emerged. The female is very difficult to get, 

 although the species swarms on all our mosses. Some of the forms 

 we obtain are exceedingly fine. — J. 1>. H()D(iKiNsoN, F.1''..S., Hosebory 

 House, Powis Road, Ashton-on-Ribble. Mai/, 189(5. 



Elachista oiN(iiLLELLA IN LANCASHIRE. — Revertiiig to the note 

 fEnt. Ili'c, vol. vii., p. 259/ on this species, I may say that I have two 

 specimens that I captured about ten years ago, at (Irango-ovor-Sands. 

 They were named for me by Stainton. — Ibid. 



:^RACTICAL HINTS. 



Field Work for June. 



I5y .) \V TUTT, F.E.S. 



1. — In early .)uno the unoxpanded Howor-buds of the connnon 

 mallow are tenanted by a very small white hir\a, whieli )>r()ducos 

 Geltchia rilcllci. 



2. — In the middle of -luiie the lar\a> of .Waniodia fi>iirlsluinii makes 

 conspicuous white blotches in the leaves of Silcnr iiiitaiis. 'i'his insect 

 is still waiting to be added to the liritish fauna. 



8. — About .luno lOth is the best average date for Inuiksia anitittiild, 

 when it abounds in Chip[)onham Eon. 



