188 THE entomologist's recoed. 



insect's innate moisture to hold out, and it, as yet, appeared to be 

 nnable to escape for some time. The wings were somewhat crmnpled, 

 when it immediately emerged, but a few passes of the posterior tibiae 

 reduced them to their normal horizontally-folded position upon the 

 back ; the antemife, palpi, wings again, and the posterior legs were 

 successively rubbed dry (cf. Stone, Zoolof/ist, xx., p. 7974) and, after a 

 short walk, the wings were again attended to. The posterior tibiae 

 were next cleaned by the intermediate tarsi.* These processes were 

 throughout accompanied by much waving of the antennfe vertically — 

 never horizontally. Then there was a sudden, short flight, followed by a 

 fall ; two short walks ; more attention by means of anterior tibiae to palpi 

 and antennfe ; and the posterior tarsi were then cleansed beneath by one 

 another. Another walk with the antennae Avaving, and wide apart, 

 but with never a tremor of the wings. The antennae and palpi are 

 not yet comfortable, so the anterior tibiae are again in requisition, the 

 antennae being held deflected by crossed tibiae while they are cleaned 

 near their bases by the ligula. Then the Listrodromiis appeared 

 prepared for all contingencies, and met — the boiling water ! 



* In this section the females are provided with pectinated tarsal claws, the 

 uses of which, I think, have not been explained — perhaps this is one of them. 



:ii^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Spring Lepidoptera. — Market Drayton. — The season has this 

 spring been as bad as was last autumn. On April 2nd Asphalia 

 flaviconiin was hardly out, but on the 5th I obtained 25 in an hour, 

 sitting on birch trunks, and the next day nine more. After the 

 first two or three days after emergence they seemed to give up the 

 habit of sitting on the stems, and to hide in other situations. On the 

 7th BrepliOH j/artJwnias was well out, and I managed to take 30 in fine 

 condition, but females were still in very small proportion, only about 

 ten per cent. During the last evening or two Taeniocampa ^tabilis has 

 been numerous at a sallow in my garden, but the wind has been so 

 roiTgh that I have not gone out with the tray into the woods, and the 

 bloom is hardly fully out yet. CiicuUia chamnmillac has been inter- 

 mittently emerging ever since Christmas in my breeding-cage, which 

 was left in a room in the house without a fire ; altogether six have 

 thus come out before due time. I have now put them out-of-doors 

 and the regular emergence has just started. — F. C. Woodforde, 

 Market Drayton. Ainil IQth, 1900. 



Southend. — A visit during Easter week to a wood near here, for 

 larvfe of Sesia cnliciformis, was not a success, but larvfe of S. 

 cynipiformifi were found in nearly every oak stump — some fifty larvae 

 in all were taken. — F. Gr. Whittle, Marine Avenue, Southend. April 

 Idth, 1900. 



York. — The sallows here were in bloom late this year, and none 

 seemed ready till about April 11th, and then the nights were very 

 cold, a nasty snarling wind persistently blowing made it as unfavour- 

 able as possible for night work. By the 18th the weather became 

 warmer, and I was tempted to Sandburn to try the bloom, but only 

 for an hour or so. I managed to find a fair lot of Ponolis piniperda, 

 with a few of the commoner Ta^niocampids. The following night 



