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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



that occasional individuals do get through, and we should rather 

 suspect this to be the case with the T. proniiba observed than 

 that it was an autumnal example that had over-wintered as an 

 imago. — Ed.] 



Distribution of Trichiura crataegi. — There is a single record in 

 the books of the South of Scotland Entomological and Natural 

 History Society of the occurrence of Trickiura cratcm/i in the larval 

 stage in this district many years ago. An imago was bred, and is in 

 the possession of Mr. Pringle, of this town ; the larva was taken 

 feeding on heather on the Fair Hill. — J. C. Haggart, 58, St. Andrew 

 Street, Galashiels, N.B. May ith, 1900. 



J§>RACTICAL HINTS. 



Field Work for June and July. 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 



1. — The imagines of Psodas coracina fly by day in July in the 

 sun, on the grassy slopes of our Scotch mountains at a considerable 

 elevation. 



2. — Melanippe Jiastata flies at noon in June, over the wettest 

 part of Orton Moss, it is slow on the wing, and easily captured 

 (Armstrong). 



3. — About the middle of June (June 15th), in the evening, wet or 

 dry, Dianthoecia connperm will take wing, quick in motion, but not 

 flying far, and dropping soon on the flowers of Lychnis flos-cnc.nii 

 (Armstrong) . 



4. — About June 20th search for larva^ of Actebia pmeco.r. They 

 feed on sallow at night, and hide themselves beneath the surface of 

 the sand during daytime, whence they have to be brought out by raking 

 about the roots of the food-plant. 



5. — The imagines of Sentasia spiniana fly in June in the afternoon 

 sunshine around and above hawthorn hedges. May often be obtained 

 abundantly in the morning, by beating into an umbrella. 



6. — In July a visit to the New Forest should give, ameng 

 others, the following larvae — Amphidaaijn strataria, Notodouta trcpida, 

 N. chaonia, N. dodo7iea, Lopliopteryx cameUna, Stauropus fa</i, Cidaria 

 jjsittacata, Panolis piniperda, whilst larvae of the red form of Taeniocawpa 

 gracilis may be obtained from bog-myrtle by searching, 



7. — Kick the stems of young oaks in those parts of a wood free 

 from undergrowth. Then look carefully at everything that falls — 

 Cocldidion avellana (limacodes) comes down half falling, half flying. 



8. — The egg and young larva of Lophopteryx cucullina must be 

 searched for in the middle of July, on chalky hillsides sloping to the 

 north, in the densest shade of beech woods, on stunted maple bushes, 

 and often within a few inches of the ground. A likely bush for the 

 larva may be known by the blotches on the leaves, caused by the larva 

 having eaten, when young, the under surface of the leaf (Bernard- 

 Smith). 



9.^ — During July search Ononis arvemis for the larvae of HeliotJris 

 peltiger. They prefer the flowers and green seed-pods. 



10. — Collect during July and August the seed-heads of the white 



