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aubtusa is to be found at the same time and place, but in leaves folded 

 upwards upon themselves. 



3. — Aspen leaves that are rolled up like cigarettes will yield Toiirix 

 hranderiana. 



4. — The larvae of Sciaphila simiana are to be found in the flower 

 heads of hyacinth ^ S. nutans/ just before the flowers are over. A 

 distorted head with some silk spun among the flowers, or the corolla 

 closed by silk threads, is sure to contain the larva. 



5. — The larva of Laverna raschkiella makes long irregular yellowish 

 mines in the leaves of Epilobium awjustifolium. When looking for 

 them, I always find myself singing — 



•' White mines they never hold larvae, 

 But yellow ones always contain them, I see " — 

 and this couplet is quite true. 



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



G. — At the end of April (20th-30th) the larvse of A'/rotis randela- 

 rnm var. ashicorthii feed freely and crawl about on the rock-cistus in 

 the day-time, as well as at night. In captivity they will feed on 

 primrose, dandelion (flowers), and sallow catkins. 



7. — The larva of Arnyrestlda aurulentdla mines the leaves of juniper 

 at the end of April. It never enters the stem. 



8. — By the end of April the twisted oxeye daisies should be 

 collected for Dicrorhampha acundnatana and D. consortaiia. 



9. — Towards the end of April the larvae of Xematois aclaffermiller- 

 iella feed on the radical leaves of Ballota nvjra. They Uve in cases, 

 and drop as soon as the plant is touched, so that the best way is to 

 search the ground around the food-plant for the flat, oblong, figure-of- 

 eight or fiddle-shaped cases, in which they Hve. 



10. — The larva of Laverna miscdla is to be found mining the 

 leaves of Hilianthemwn towards the end of April. 



11. — The larva of B/iodophoea adrmdla spins together the hawthorn 

 buds in April or May, or if there be no buds, it spins up the young 

 leaves. It is of a bright green colour with red sub-dorsal lines. The 

 lar^-a can be beaten, but is best obtained by searching (Richaedsox). 



Notes ox beeedixg Agrotis agathixa. — In the spring of 1891, I 

 obtained many quite small larvae of A. agathinn. I kept them 

 indoors on growing plants of Galluna vidgaris and Erica tetralix. 

 They preferred the latter, and I put them on a growing plant of 

 Erica in my garden, secured them, and left them to themselves. The 

 remainder I tried indoors on potted plants, but they died one by one, 

 and none reached the pupal stage. Three moths emerged in August, 

 in the cage out of doors. Acting on this experience, I planted several 

 plants of Erica tetralix in my garden during the autumn, and in the 

 spring of 1896 went for the larvae again. Unfortunately it was a 

 wretched season, and, like everything else, A. agathitia was very 

 scarce. I only got about 60 larvae, and of these I sent most to Mr. 

 Porritt, keeping only 15 myself. These 15 I put out when very 

 small (about ^ inch in length) on the growing plants, and left them 

 to themselves, only shifting them to a fresh plant when one was 

 eaten. I probably lost one or two in this process, as I put 12 only on 

 to the last plant, and I did not again disturb them, only examining 

 them occasionally with a lamp. These larvae produced 8 moths 

 (3(? , 5 $ ), but some of these emerged when I was away for a night, 

 and got a bit damaged. Mr. Porritt tried his in captivity, but though 



