194 THE entomologist's record. 



Thu larva leaves the throat in the early morning, changes into a pupa in 

 f i-oni one to two days, and in sixteen days after leaving the host the 

 imago appears. 



Mr. Saunders records the S of Vcxpa austriaca and Oih/iu-niti 

 basalts at Bloxworth. ]\Ir. Pifi'ard records the male and female of 

 Crahro puhcscois at Briekell Wood, near St. Alhans, and describes the 

 female {K.M.M.). 



Mr. Gardner records ]>('ilcjiltila lliutrnica and Tri/phaoia sith.^cqua 

 from Hartlepool in July last. 



Mr. J. Harold Bailey, of 128, Broad Street, Pendleton, records 

 Telcphonis jialudostis from Ringleywood (seven miles north-west of 

 Manchester), and otters to send types to collectors requiring the 

 species. 



The death is announced, on August 19th last, of Miss Georgiana 

 Elizabeth Ormerod, F.E.S. 



Mr. McLachlan {E. M. M.) points out that the generic term 

 Xcurouia, used for the Noctuid moth jiojndaris, belongs by priority to 

 the Order Trichoptera, and that, therefore, the Noctuid moth wants 

 another generic name. Perhaps Professor Grote can tell us if one is 

 available. 



Jp>RACTICAL HINTS. 



Field Work for October. 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 



1. — The brown mines of the larvie of Antisj)ila trcitsc/ihiclla should 

 be obtained on dogwood the first week in October. 



2. — The larvte of Xeptinda lajiponica feed in broad serpentine 

 mines in birch, and are to be found from October 1st — 20th. 



3. — Bladder-like leaves of Artemisia, vulgaris should be collected 

 in October for larvcB of (Tvacilaria oiiiissdla. 



4. — The larva of Xcjdicida (Jcspcratdla mines the leaves of wild 

 apple trees in October. It prefers the leaves on the small incon- 

 spicuous shoots that grow close to the ground. 



5. — In October, the larva of Xeptinda lieadleijeUa makes a long and 

 very narrow gallery in the leaf of Prunella ndi/aris. The ali'ected 

 leaves are of a dull purple colour. 



6. — The cases of Coleoplmra an/entida are sometimes to be obtained 

 in great abundance in October, on the seed-heads of yarrow. 



7. — The orange-coloured larvce of Xeptinda poimila are to be found 

 in October and November in the leaves hanging from the lower 

 branches of the apple, tree. Sometimes there are as many as half-a- 

 dozen larvae in a single leaf. 



8. — At the end of October, the larva of Xotliris rerbaseella is to be 

 found eating out the undeveloped leaves at the heart of plants of 

 VerJniseuiii pidreridentuui . It feeds slowly through the winter, and 

 full-fed specimens are to be found throughout the spring until the 

 middle of June, in July, the pupa is to be found in a slight web, on 

 the underside of the large lower leaves, generally in the angle of two 

 ribs or in the turned-down edge of a leaf. 



9. — In October and November, collect the leaves of Vicia sepium 

 and Orobiis tulierostis for mines of Lithocollctis bre)nieUa. 



10. — Larvie of Melanthia ocellata, Larentia salicata, and other 



