132 THE entomologist's record. 



erroneously said to have been taken in England. A', dormle, Latr., 

 which is somewhat rarer in Europe, is our only representative of the 

 family, and is a very local species. So far as I know, it only occurs in 

 a few marshy places in the southern counties. In Europe it is 

 commonest in the north of Germany, and in the marshes of Denmark. 

 A peculiar species that is found in south-eastern Europe, A'. Jiastatuin, 

 Charp., has an ovipositor nearly double the length of the body. — 

 M. I5uKR, F.Z.S., F.E.S., Bellagio, East Grinstead. 



AcRiDiuM AEGYPTiuM, L., AT CovENT Garden. — I liavc received for 

 determination, from Mr. Charles Whitehead, of Barming House, 

 Maidstone, a living female of this locust, taken in cauliflowers in a 

 house in London. The vegetables had come from Covent Garden, and 

 had been originally imported from Italy, where this species is common, 

 though it appears to do no damage. — Ibid. 



J§>RACTICAL HINTS. 



Field Work for Spring Months: May — June. 



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



1. — During May it pays to search sallow bushes, not beat them, 

 for larviB of Kpunda viminalh, TetJica rctuxa, and ('biKtcra rcrliixa. The 

 larva of TctJua rctiim prefers sallows with leaves of thin texture ; it is 

 also found on willows. 



2. — About the middle of May search buckthorn for larviB of 

 Srotosia vctidata and S. rhamnata. The rolled-up leaves should first be 

 picked ofi' for those of S. cctulata, and then you must beat for those of 

 8. rluunnata. 



3. — "The larva of O. rhododacti/lus feeds in late May, just beneath 

 the leaf overlapping the rosebud, eating into the bud from the side, 

 also in similar positions at the ends of the young rose-shoots " (Porritt). 



4. — From tufts of Sali.c rcjicns, on the Culbin sands, on May 24th, 

 I dug out 15G larva; oi Aj/ratis jiracco.f iind several of A. rest i[/i alia 

 (Norman) . 



5. — Towards the end of May the larvtB of Ktiintlwcia juDiiilata may 

 be beaten from furze blossoms. 



6. — The imagines of StupiKDiota nrirana fly in the sunshine around 

 the tips of the branches of beech trees in May and June. 



7. — In early June the liivxi'e oi Vi/schoristajiiisipHncta are xery ahnn- 

 dant under the loose bark of old pollard willows. 



8. — The flowers of hawthorn are very attractive to rijrvdes 

 rliediana at the end of May or early in June. 



9.- — In May the flowers of maple [Acer caiiipcstris) should be beaten 

 for larvcB of Eupithccia Huhnliata. 



10. — Hallow catkins collected in May will give sometimes a plenti- 

 ful supply of the larvaj of Juipitlwcia tniiiiata. 



11. — The larva of I'lKKroptcnjx aicidana is to be found on Ixluimnus 

 framjida in May, the imago flies at dusk, in late July and August, 

 over the herbage where its food-plant grows. 



12.^ — The imagines oil'/tibalaptrri/.r ritalhata are on the wing in May, 

 flying rapidly along hedges where clematis grows, at dusk. A second 

 brood flies similarly in August. Larvae may be beaten in late June 

 and July. 



13. — The larvsD of Paedisca vccultona may be found feeding on the 



