264 THK entomoujgist's record. 



The apex of the egg is of a clearer and more transparent yellow than 

 the other part. [Eggs received from the Rev. G. H. Raynor 

 July 12th, description made the same day under a two-thirds lens.] 



Leucania liUoralis. — Eggs laid in rows attached to each other in 

 folded edge of leaf of striped grass. The leaf is folded over just 

 enough to hide and protect the eggs, and seems to be kept in position 

 by a gummy silken secretion running along the outer edge of the row 

 of eggs. The eggs might be almost spherical, but are pressed into 

 different shapes by contact with each other and with the folded edge of 

 the leaf. The normal Noctuid ribbing is absent, but the shell is covered 

 with very marked polygonal reticulation, coarse towards the base, 

 but finer towards the micropylar depression, which is just free of the 

 point of attachment of the egg to its neighbour. The egg is at first pale 

 yellow, then it becomes orange, then pitted with reddish, and, at last, 

 slightly purplish, at which stage the shell itself is seen to be perfectly 

 transparent, and the embryo may be observed within the egg-shell. 

 The shell gives the most charming iridescent reflections. The 

 micropyle consists of a number of polygonal cells, gradually decreasing 

 in size until they reach the central point, which is slightly depressed. 

 The eggs of this species are laid on their sides, although theoretically, 

 no doubt, they may be considered as laid upon each other. [Eggs 

 received from Mr. Bacot on July 8th, description made under two- 

 thirds lens on July 12th.] —J. W. Tutt. 



:]§>RACTICAL HINTS. 



Field Work for October and November. 



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



1. — The pupae of Aiiihli/iitilia arantlKnlacti/ht are to be found in 

 October and November, attached by the tail to the flower spike of 

 Stacliys sijlvatira, between two of the whorls of seed-vessels, where 

 they look like dried up flowers. 



2. — Kplii/ijiijiliora (/alii cola iia may bo reared from the galls of 

 ( 'l/ni/is (eniiiiudis, collected in the autumn. It prefers those of the 

 preceding year's growth. 



3. — The larviB of Lltlnma ruhricolUs are in some years abundant, 

 full-grown at the end of October, feeding on lichens and mosses grow- 

 ing on elm trees, and on walls near these trees. 



4. — The larva of C'ucci/.r atrubiUila feeds in the cones of spruce fir, 

 which should be collected during the winter. 



5. — The mines of Lithocnlletis aiidcridae, made in birch leaves, 

 should be collected in October. 



6. — The larvae of Xdctua r/ioniboiilca make no objection to sliced 

 potato as food during the winter. Many Agrotids will feed during the 

 winter on carrots, buried in sand in a tub. 



7. — The larvae of Coleophora virnaureaeUa should be collected in 

 November from the seedheads of golden rod. They are easy to rear if 

 kept exposed to the influence of the weather. 



8. — In October and November the regular worker at ivy-bloom will 

 probably get among hosts of commoner species — Epiinda kitulenta, 

 Dasijcaiiipa nihininea and Cawphyiramnia jiuviata. 



