PRACTICAL HINTS. 117 



12.- — In July the bushes of (.'unnis sanijuinea should bo searched for 

 mines of the larvte of Antixpila pfciff'cnila. 



13. — Duiing the last week in July search should be made for small 

 aborted cones of common spruce fir and Abies (low/lasii. The aborted 

 cone usually forms one of a bunch of three or four, the others being 

 well developed. These will be found to contain larvae of Euzophera 

 ( Caterctima) tcrcbrella. 



14. — Towards the end of July the larvae of Baiihsia an/i'ntitla can 

 be obtained by shaking the high grass stems — I'du annua, Poa aijuatica, 

 Poa pratciisifi, etc. — over a sheet of white paper. 



15. — The last few days of July, and the first week of August, should 

 be spent in looking over the seed-heads of Jasione montana. The 

 reddish larvfe of F.upin'rilia palliiJana feed within. 



16. — At the end of July the larva of ^EcJnnia drntdla is to be found 

 spinning together, with a slight web, the seed-heads of ( 'hacnqilnillnin 

 tanulcntum. It feeds on the seeds. 



17. — The cases of Colenphnra flava(iinella are to be found during 



July and x\ugust on the leaves, flowers and fruits of Snanla maritima. 



18. — The larva3 of Arp-otera nemuralis feed on i'arpiniis hctidiis 



during July, living in a loosely- spun web on the underside of the 



leaves. 



19. — ^During the last week in July, the berries of liliauinus frant/ula 

 are sometimes found fastened together with silk. The larva; of 

 KupocciUa amhi<iuana clear out the berries after thus spinning them 

 together. 



20. — In July and September the white patches formed by the 

 larvae of 7>o<//.s adnalis on the dark green leaves of Piithia pcnprina are 

 very conspicuous. 



21. — The larvfe of Neptlcula hctiiUcDlella feed in early July, in 

 small contorted galleries, in birch, filled with brown excrement. 



22. — -The larva3 of P)epri'ssaria caprcitldla are to be found in early 

 July on Pviipinella sa.nfraf/a, not in radical leaves, but high up the 

 stems. 



23. — At the end of July the larva of Tinai/iiui rcsplcndclhiiii mines 

 in the leaves of alder, making blotches. 



24. — The larva of Pcmnea jicnnntana feeds in bound-together leaves 

 of Piosa spinosissiiiia, generally on the lateral shoots, in June, July and 

 August. It occurs at Wallasey and Penmanbach (near Conway). 



25. — Messrs. Webb and Jeffrey were in search of Lepidoptera, in 

 Kent, on a wild gusty day in July, 1878, when they turned their 

 attention to the bored stems of the yellow flag (Iris pseudo-anrnis). 

 The result was the addition of Xonaf/ria spartjanii to the British list. 

 The familiar green larva was found in the summer of 1879, in bur- 

 reed {Sjiar;ianiuiii rauinsi(iii). The insect probably occurs in all the 

 marshes from Deal and Sandwich to Hythe. 



26. — The heads of Centanrca scabiosa should be collected during 

 July for larvae and pupae of ConrJn/lis f/igantana. Very abundant on 

 clifis near Dover. 



27. — In early July the imagines of TapinoHtola cli/nii may he shaken 

 out of the plants of the sand-reed {I'Hi/iiim arenarius) during the day- 

 time, but are much more readily obtained resting on it by night. 



28. — ■" The last fortnight in July Avas spent at Lowestoft, when I 

 went out mothing every night with a lantern, to the low marshy 



