54 NEUROPTERA. 



Hoping that some one besides myself will be induced in 

 the next season to take an interest in the study of these 

 Caddis flies, I will give a few hints as to collecting and 

 setting them. I can add little to the instructions given by 

 Dr. Hagen in the "Annual" for 1859, and must in part 

 tread in his steps. 



To commence. The localities suitable for Lepidoptera 

 will as a rule also be found productive of Phryganidce. 

 The larger species, Limnophilides, &c., frequent various 

 localities, and are far less restricted to the immediate neigh- 

 bourhood of water than the others, though from their habit 

 of breeding in standing waters, the place of their birth may 

 be much nearer than is often suspected. They may be con- 

 stantly beaten out of fir and other trees in woods, and on the 

 slightest application of the beating-stick, the large muscular 

 species of Limnophilus, Stenophylax, &c., will rush out with 

 an exceedingly dashing and vigorous flight, often eluding 

 2}ursuit from their habit of getting among the brushwood. 

 As an instance of their occurrence, at apparently a great 

 distance from places where they could have bred, I may 

 mention that this summer I found several specimens of the 

 most delicate species of Lim?iophilus, the little L. vittatus, 

 in a spot where a small landslip had occurred in the chalk 

 cliff' to the westward of Freshwater Gate, in the Isle of 

 Wight, over 300 feet almost perpendicular from the sea. 

 Here amongst the luxuriant thistles, Parietariaf &c., that 

 had sprung up in this space of a few yards, they seemed 

 quite at home (two pairs in copula), though the nearest 

 fresh- water was fully a mile distant. Palings often afford a 

 resting-place, where they may be easily captured. Sugar 

 also has its charms, and they may frequently be seen enjoy- 

 ing the seductive sweets with all the gusto of a Noctua. 

 Lastly, I would mention suburban gas lamps, at which cer- 



