KEVIEWS ANL) NO'riOB;S ^>l^ iiuOliS. 



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a great variety of plants in their habitat throughout June and July, 

 burying themselves in the fleshy leaves of some alpine plants, or 

 feeding on the leaves of alpine Trifoliu))), Geion, Alehemilla, or Sileyie. 



17. — -Full-grown larvte of Anthrocera palustrU are fullfed in June» 

 they are generally restricted to boggy and marshy places, follow the 

 habit of A. jilipendidae in pupating high up on grass culms or other 

 tall herbage, the imagines appearing in July (in early seasons they 

 may emerge in late June). 



18. — The larv* of Juieria ic/tii('i(nw>iifun/iis are to be obtained in 

 June and July, mining in the main roots of Lotus corniculatux .- the 

 larva scrapes out a channel along the side of the root, covering the 

 open end of the groove with silk in which frass and the dehri>i of the 

 plant are entangled, thus maintaining the outline of the root. 



19. — The workings of ^Ei/eria irhuciononiformis are readily detected, 

 the external covering of the groove being of a pale yellowish (sawdust) 

 tint, forming a strong contrast with the dark grey-brown colour of the 

 rind of the root. 



20. — Throughout June the plants of ^Statiec aniieria should be col- 

 lected for the full-grown larva? and pupse of .■Egena niuscifornu's. 



21. — The eggs of Hepiabis rellcda are scattered on the ground, 

 amongst plants of Pterin aquilina in June. 



22. — In June the pupa- of Phrajimatoecia anmdi)u's are to be found 

 in the stems of Arundo pliyariniitcs, up and down the hollow stems of 

 which they move actively ; the fullfed larva gnaws a thin spot in the 

 stem, and lines it with a thin layer of silk, in preparation for the 

 emergence of the imago. 



23.— In the localities where Phrcujinatoecia artoidinis occurs, the 

 pupie may be found protruding from the affected reed-stems for some 

 time before the moth emerges therefrom. 



24. — The young larvse of Stanropus faf/i appear to like the chaffy 

 stipules of the beech leaves, although they soon set to work and eat 

 out long pieces down to the midrib. They will also thrive on oak. 



25. — The eggs of Microdonta hicolora are laid in June on birch, the 

 young larvffi feed up readily in ordinary leno sleeves, and are no trouble 

 whatever till they are fullfed, when they are very liable to die off, 

 unless plenty of room, well sifted earth, dried leaves, Ac. be given 

 them among which to pupate. 



26.— The fullfed larva of Ptilop/mra pLumiieru changes to an 

 uniform semitransparent green colour just before pupation, which takes 

 place from the commencement to the middle of June in a thin brittle 

 earthen cocoon just below the surface of the ground and near the roots 

 of the foodplant. 



27. — The fullfed larv* of Lophoptert/.v carmelita are to be beaten 

 from birch about the middle of June (more rarely at the end of the 

 month and in early July). 



^g^EYIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



Oataloguk of British Coleopteea, by T. Hudson Beare, B.Sc, 

 F.K.S.E.,F.E.8.,andH.St.J.K.Donisthorpe,F.Z.S.,F.E.S. [London, 

 0. E. Janson & Sons, .51 pp., 8vo.j .--Since the catalogue of Sharp 

 and Fowler was published, eleven years have elapsed, during which 

 rime many species of coleoptera have been added to our British list, 

 doubtful cases have been cleared up, and questions of synonymy decided. 

 The list of 1898, therefore, useful as it has been in the past, is now 



