218 THE KNTOMOI.OUrST's RECORD. 



Mr. Keys is to be congratulated on his capture of this interesting 

 addition to our list. We now possess four species of Dinarda — D. 

 mdrkeli, Ksw., found with F. nifa ; D. dentata, Grv., found with F. 

 sanguinea, D. hagensi, Wasm., found with F. exsecta, and D. 

 pyginaea, Wasm., found with F. rufibarbis var. fusco-rnfibarbis, 

 For. D. pyginaea is the smallest of the four species. In the 

 other three species, the thorax is distinctly broader than the elytra, 

 whereas, in D. pyginaea, it is not appreciably so. Formica rufibarbis 

 var. fiisco-ra/ibarhis must occur in the Isle of Wight, as Atemeles 

 paradoxus has been taken there. British records of both Atemeles 

 paradoxus and Dinarda dentata with F. fusca must now be corrected. 



Practical Hints relating to the Eupitlieciids.* 



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

 {Concluded from p. 204.) 



The imago of Eupithecia tamarisciata emerges in May and June, r 

 and is to be disturbed during the daytime from its foodplant, or the 

 herbage in its vicinity, amongst which it hides. 



The larva of Eupithecia innofata is to be obtained from August to 

 October on the flowers of Artemisia maritimam the coast districts. It 

 is also to be reared on Artemisia campesfris, A. vulgaris, and A. absyn- 

 thium, on all of which it is an exceedingly common insect in central 

 Europe. 



The imago of Eupithecia innotata is to be obtained in late June and 

 July, but is rarely seen, hiding by day in the herbage near its food- 

 plant, and flying at late dusk over, or in, the neighbourhood of the 

 latter. 



The larva of Eupithecia subnotata is to be found in August and 

 September feeding on the buds, flowers, and seeds of Chenopodium 

 album, C. olidmn, Atriplex patula, and other Chenopodiaceous plants; 

 it remains on the plants during the daytime, but is more active by 

 night, and may then be easily found by searching or beating. 



The imago of Eupithecia subnotata is to be obtained from late June 

 till early August ; it hides during the day among its foodplant and 

 can rarely be disturbed, but just before dark it flies rapidly over the 

 masses of Chenopodium that collect on waste places, when it may be 

 easily netted, or, later, the moths can be boxed off the leaves and flowers 

 as they run over the plants apparently preparatory to egglaying. 



The larva of Eupithecia campannlata is to be found in August and 

 the beginning of September on the unripe seeds and seed-capsules of 

 Campanula trachelium, as well as in gardens on Camjmnula latifolia, C. 

 media, C. persicaefolia, and many other Campamula species. The 

 withered blossoms and seed-capsules may be collected in a district 

 where the species is known to occur, or the larvae may be beaten into 

 an umbrella. 



The imago of Eupithecia campanulata is rarely seen ; hides most 

 successfully by day, but flies over its foodplant at late dusk, or is to be 

 found on the flowers of Campanula trachelium, etc., egglaying. Even 

 then the moth is very rarely seen. 



* For further " Hints," see Practical Hints for the Field Lepidopterist, I, II, 

 And III. 



