154 THE ENTOMOLO(iIST's RECORD. 



8. — The full-grown larvae and pupfe of j^Jf/eria cj/nipifonins are 

 best collected in late May and early June, the imagines appearing 

 towards the end of the latter month and on into July. Care must be 

 taken not to interfere with the pupse when they emerge from their 

 cocoons, which they do some little time before the imagines appear. 



9. — The pupa of .¥jieria tipuUforme is to be found in a gallery in 

 the stems of currant bushes (pruned preferably) the thinnest possible 

 layer of rind alone being left to separate it from the outside : in the 

 gallery it spins a slight silken cocoon, woven with the sawdust-like 

 frass. 



10. — The earliest hatched larvse (May and early June) of Staiimpus 

 faiii, frequently feed up rapidly, and produce pup;e and imagines in 

 August. The extent of this partial second-brood depends much on the 

 season. 



11. — At the end of May and early in June, the fullfed larva^ of 

 tiepialna hectus spin near the plants of Ptrris aquilina on which they 

 feed, an oblong cocoon, covered with soil, on the surface of the earth 

 under moss or among dried leaves, in which to pupate; the pupal stage 

 rarely lasts more than a fortnight. 



12. — The so-called Antlirocera filii>en(l idae c&Y>t\n'ed in late May and 

 early June, with a tiny sixth spot (in male) should be put aside for 

 examination as probable Anthrocera stepheim {hijjporri'pidh, St.). 



13. — Full-grown larvae of Anthrocera trifolii are to be found in 

 May ; they pupate low down near the ground, and are largely restricted 

 to dry situations, the imagines emerging in early June (or even in late 

 May in very early seasons). 



14. — The larvae, pupte and imagines of Adscita (lenjon are some- 

 times, in favourable seasons, very forward in their transformations. On 

 May 18th, 1864, larva^, pupae and imagines were taken at the same 

 time (Horton). 



15. — The larva of Adscita neri/ou spins its tough little web-like 

 cocoon in May or June, low down among the stems of HelianthctiiiDii 

 vultjare ; the imago emerges in June or July. 



16. — The larva of Piirariwatoecia arimdinis lives for two years as an 

 internal feeder in the lower part of the stems of Armido phraf/ mites, 

 i.e., underground, but comes up in May and June when the pupation- 

 period is approaching. 



17. — During May the larva? of Phianinatnecia arnndinis are of various 

 sizes, but many quite full-grown. These pupate within the stems of 

 the Arundo phraifwiten in Jiine, the imagines emerging in July. 



18. — The young larvfe of Ceniro vinida are easily found on poplar 

 and willow in May and early June, although their peculiar dark color- 

 ation when young makes them very similar to the black curled edges 

 so frequently seen in spring on quite young poplar leaves. 



19. — The larv* of fji/dioptery.v rarmelita feed up very rapidly in 

 May and June, only about four weeks elapsing from the time the 

 eggs hatch until the larva- commence to spin, 



20. — The eggs of Ajirotis cinerea laid at the end of May or in early 

 June, hatch in about twelve days ; the young larvae should be fed 

 on wild thyme (not on grasses), of which at first they gnaw the under- 

 surface of the leaves. The larva- are almost fullfed by the time they 

 are ready to hybernate in October. 



21. — The larvae olAlucita pentadartyla re-comuience feeding in April, 



