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Hyponomeuta cognatellus, Hb.—Chiswick, Richmond, Kew, and 
probably everywhere in the district. The larval nests very frequent on 
the ornamental bushes of FE. japonica in suburban gardens. Some 
oushes of H. ewropeus that used to grow in a garden in Chiswick were 
attacked every year. The eggs are laid on the bark of the second year 
shoots where the larve remain till the spring. 
When a new district is laid out by the builder and Huonymus is 
planted, the larve must often be introduced with the plants. 
Swammerdamia caesiella, Hb.—Chiswick, 1901. Though apparently 
common elsewhere it is rare in this district. 
Swammerdamia heroldella, Tr.—Richmond, 1914. Larva on birch. 
The antenne of the imago are distinctly banded with white on the 
upperside. The larva makes a much more elaborate dwelling than that 
of S. pyrella. 
Swammerdamia lutarea, Hw.—Chiswick, Ealing, Richmond, 1914. 
Larva on hawthorn. The imago is in general appearance somewhat 
near to S. heroldella, but the antenne are almost unicolorous. It is 
common in hedges and at rest on the trunks of old thorns. 
Swammerdamia pyrella, Vill.—Chiswick, Ealing, Barnes and Rich- 
mond. Very common on hedges and at rest on the stems of fruit trees 
in gardens. The larva on hawthorn, apple, cherry and pear. The 
imago appears to be more abundant in the spring and the larva in 
autumn. Iam not sure whether this is really the case, or whether it 
may be because the entomologist’s attention is taken up in summer by 
the numerous, less common, species that then occur. 
Prays curtisellus, Don.—Chiswick, 1914. Palewell Common, where 
the var. rustica, Hw., also occurs. The imago may be seen at rest on 
the stems of ash trees and on palings in the vicinity of the trees. It 
‘varies considerably in the ground colour. Several specimens inter- 
mediate between the type and the variety have come under my notice. 
(To be continued.) 
Myrmecophilous Notes for 1915. 
By H. DONISTHORPH, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 
(Continued from page 4.) 
CotzorterA : Myrmedonia limbata, Pk.—-A specimen of this beetle 
‘was captured on April 19th, on Barnes Common, running about with 
number of Donisthorpea niyra % %, on a sand-bank in which the 
ants’ nest was situated. 
Notothecta flavipes, Gr., and Thiasophila angulata, Er., occurred in 
nests of Formica rufa in Abbot’s Wood, near Eastbourne, on September 
19th. 
Claviger longicornis, Mill.—Two specimens of this beetle, captured 
in nests of D. mivta, at Box Hill, on May 26th, 1918, lived in my D. 
umbrata observation nest (with a D. fuliginosa @ as queen) for a long 
time, and on several occasions I saw them fed bythe wmbrata ¥% 8. 
