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specimens of A<jabus consperstis, Marsh., which were evidently jestivating- 

 so to speak till the autumn rains, which came on a few days later, 

 should again fill up their pond with water. I would advise every 

 coleopterist to obtain a copy of this paper, and to read first of all, and 

 remember always, the last two paragraphs; the reproach levelled at 

 our heads is thoroughly deserved, and, uniii there is a radical change 

 in the method of work of the majority of entomologists, it will remain 

 true that "entomology is still chiefly a playground for the collector." 



My own chief contribution to the literature of the subject during 

 1907, was my vice-presidential address to the Lancashire and Cheshire 

 Entomological Society; it has appeared in their "Annual Report and 

 Proceedings." Its main feature was a series of suggestions as to the 

 methods by which the work of such local societies might be made 

 more fruitful and more truly scientific. 



I close my Retrospect with the feeling that 1907 has seen a fair 

 amount of really good work, but I must repeat my annual grumble 

 that the output is by no means commensurate with what we can 

 reasonably expect ; if those who are devoting themselves to this 

 branch of entomological science would remember that they will do 

 little that will last until they train themselves by study and by 

 patient labour to become biologists in the true sense of the word,, 

 we should soon see a wonderful increase in that class of papers for 

 which I may take as types those due to Mr. Crawshay and to Mr. 

 Balfour-Browne. 



Notes on Lepidoptera During the Season 1907- 



By PERCY C. EEID, F.E.S. 



My work for the year 1907 commenced on March 1st (except for a> 

 few larvae of ^^tjeria tipidiforiiiis, which I collected in my garden in 

 February), when I ran down to Dawlish for a few days. Larentia 

 multistrigaria was fairly common and in excellent condition on The. 

 Warren, and I secured two larva3 of Stilbia anomala and a quantity of 

 those of Epunda Uchenea, the imagines appearing during the last 

 fortnight of September. From the E. Uchenea I subsequently obtained 

 ova and the young larvae are now feeding. On March 10th some larvae 

 oi Macrothylacia rnhi and Phrafiiiiatohia fuliginum obtained during the 

 previous autumn in Rossshire, began to move after hybernation. On 

 March 14th I went for a week into Kent in search of mines of 

 A^ijeria andrenaeformis, and succeeded well, as larvje were not rare in 

 Viburnum lantana, though hard to find until one got used to the 

 search; altogether I bred just two dozen from three dozen mines. 

 They emerged between June 26th and July 19th ; I merely stood the 

 mined stems in a cage in a little earth which I occasionally moistened. 

 The imagines all appeared in the morning, usually about eight to nine 

 o'clock. On my return home Phiyalia jwdaria and Asphalia flavicornis 

 were emerging. A visit to the woods in this neighbourhood yielded 

 plenty of larvae of yl'^f/eria cynipiforinis, and, to a less extent, A'L culiei- 

 fonnis, while those of Trochiliitm crab roni forme were to be found in the 

 sallows. Nyssia hispidaria appeared at the end of the month, and a single 

 female N. lapponaria , the sole representative of a brood of Kinloch- 

 Rannoch larvae. I find this a most difficult insect to breed, most of 

 the pupae going over year after year and eventually drying up. At the 



