108 THE entomologist's record. 



25. — The larva of Lairnia rasc/ikidla are to be found in May (and 

 again in July) mining the leaves of Kpildhiton awiKsti folium. 



2(3. — -The larvie (cases) of (^'oh'opliora IicincnibicUa are to be found 

 on Avhitethorn in May, those of C anlacpouidla on oak in May, and 

 those of r. ibijH'iincUa and C. palliatdla on birch in May. 



27. — The larvfe of Gchrhia inoiiffHdla feed in the shoots of honey- 

 suckle in May. 



28. — In the middle of May the roots of sea-plantain should l)e col- 

 lected for larvae of (idccliia instabildla. 



29. — About the middle of May the conspicuous marks made by the 

 larvae of Boti/s asinalis on the leaves of llabia jicm/rina indicate the 

 whereabouts of this species. 



N.B. — For similar series of " Practical Hints " for these months 

 ride vol. x., pp. lOS-109 ; vol. ix., pp. 95-97 ; vol. viii., pp. 20-21 ; vol. 

 iv., pp. 51-52 ; vol. i., pp. 23-24, and pp. 47-48. 



CURRENT NOTES. 



At the meeting of the City of London Entomological and Natural 

 History Society, on March 21st, Mr. Prout read an exhaustive paper on 

 the " Life- History of Oporabia aiitnmnata, Bkh." He treated it as 

 virtually a distinct species from (>. nli<j>aii(iiHiria, though at present 

 differentiated only by habits, habitat, &c., and not structurally. The 

 three broods he had reared from the eggs (from Scotland) showed 

 slight difference ivora nlinranimaria in the 2nd and 3rd, and especially 

 in the adult, larval stages. The distinctness of both from <>. diliitata was 

 abundantly manifest almost throughout. ]\Ir. Clark's series figured in 

 Kntiiin. llcconi, &c., vii., pi. iii., and probably Newman's second figure 

 (p. 108) are to be referred to autKninata. 



Will lepidopterists and others who may breed, or otherwise 

 capture, ichneumons, during the coming season, be so kind as to send 

 them, with (where possible) their host's names, to Claude Morley, 

 F.E.S., Crescent, Ipswich, who is commencing the study of these 

 interesting parasites ? 



Mr. Dalglish's request for lists of captures from those lepidopterists 

 who have visited the West of Scotland, in order to compile a list of the 

 insects of the Clydesdale district, leads us to suggest that, properly 

 managed, the Glasgow Society ought, at this attempt, to bring out a 

 list worthy of the city, the district, and the occasion. Mr. Kenneth 

 J. Morton is evidently the man to revise the whole thing, whilst in Mr. 

 Dalglish we have an ardent micro-lepidopterist, Avho has collected the 

 district assiduously, and might be ably seconded by Mr. King, (whose 

 collecting has, at least of late years, been largely done out of the 

 district) so far as the Odonata, Orthoptera, Diptera, and Hemiptera, 

 allowed him leisure. We do not know the Glasgow coleopterists, but 

 whilst not forgetting Mr. Fergusson and Mr. Dunsmore, we would urge 

 the Society to call in the aid of the collectors residing (or who have 

 resided) within the district, at Paisley, &c. A careful search through 

 the magazines should be undertaken, as many records lie there for- 

 gotten. It is not sufficient for a man to collect a few marked lists and 

 tick the species off. It is most necessary that we get a reliable and 

 carefully-annotated list for the west of Scotland. The recent work 

 that we have been engaged upon shows that, practically, with the 



