PRACTICAL HINTS. 4b 



E.\'aeretia allisella. The larvfe of the latter mine up the new shoots in 

 early spring, causing them to die. 



2. — The larva of Teichobia verlnwllella should be gathered during 

 the winter and spring months. It mines the leaves of Scolopendrium 

 vuhiare (Hart's Tongue), and sometimes feeds on the indusia. 



3. — "I observed the larva of Bi(talis</randi])ennis in the greatest pro- 

 fusion on the furze bushes on the steep hillside between Torrington and 

 the river. The webs were, in February, quite a feature in the land- 

 scape " (Stainton). 



4. — Beat thatch — whether straw-thatch or chip-thatch — stacks of 

 bracken and hop-haulm. Hold the net directly under the place beaten, 

 and catch everything that falls. Stacks of bracken, hop-haulm and 

 thatch shelter Corisciion brongniardellum, C. cuculipemiellwn, Laverna 

 decorella, (jrelechia humeralis, Oracilaria stigmatella, Depressaria ciliella, 

 D. chaerophtjllella, D. alhipunctella, D. ajyplana, D. arenella, D. car- 

 duella, D. suhpropinqueUa, D. propinquella, D. heraclieVa, D. pwyiirella, 

 Cidaiia miata, Alucita he.vadactyla, and many other species, which may 

 be sometimes beaten from such places in great abundance during the 

 months of February and March. 



5. — The cocoons of Cranioplwra luiustri are very hard, and feel 

 lumpy under the moss on ash-trunks, or, if ivy be on the trees, they 

 will he found adhering to the rootlets. The moss should not be 

 pulled off, as it spoils the trees for another year. 



6. — Dead wood on or about the roots of sallow trees should be 

 searched for the cocoons of Cerura furcula. They are often, also, at the 

 base of a branch, or in a hollow where a branch has been pulled off. 



7. — The fluffy spider-web-like cocoons of Gnophria ruhricollis are 

 spun under moss on oak trees. 



8. — Collect, during the winter, stems of Daucus carota which have 

 small holes in them, for ConchjliH fmncillana. 



9. — Roots of ragwort [S. jacohaea) dug during the winter will give 

 larvfe of Ephippiphora trh/emincma, Eupoecilia atricapitana, Arfjijrolepia 

 aeneana. 



10.— Collect the stems of sea-lavender [Statice limonmm) for the 

 larvae of C. UmonieUa. " These larvas feed on the flowers, eating out 

 one of the petals and using it as a case, in which the larva moves about till 

 full-fed in December ; then, crawling down the stem, it eats its way 

 inside, covering up the small hole with a slight web, soon after which 

 the case drops off'" (Elisha). 



11. — Roots of DaucKs carota should be collected in the winter 

 months for larvae of Arf/i/rolepia zephyrana. 



12. — Roots of tansy {Tanacctwn rulfjare), dug during the winter, 

 give Dichrorampha alpinana and I), saturnana. 



URRENT NOTES. 



Mr. S. J. Capper, F.L.S., has been re-elected (for the twentieth 

 time in succession) president of the Lancashire and Cheshire 

 Entomological Society ; Mr. C. Nicholson, F.E.S., president of the 

 North London Entomological and Natural History Society ; Mr. R. 

 Adkin, F.E.S., president of the South London Entomological So- 

 ciety; Mr. J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. (re-elected), president of the City of 



