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young larch shoots in May, and the imagines may be obtained flying 

 at dusk around the tops of small larch trees in early July. The larvio 

 form silken galleries along the shoots ; they also feed on Scotch fir. 



14.— The larvje of Lencania strain inca may sometimes be found in 

 abundance in late May and June feeding by night on the tops of the 

 reeds [Animlo jihraf/iiiitcs) in ditches, kc. 



15. — Towards the end of May and in early June the imagines of 

 rhuxoptenjA- iijiiijiana fly high above the birches in the afternoon sun- 

 shine. It requires a long-handled net to capture them readily. 



16. — The junipers should be beaten in May and June for the lurvte 

 of T/icra siiiiitlata. The imagines are to be taken on the junipers at 

 night in July and August. 



17. — In May and June the young shoots of stone pine {Pini(s) 

 should be collected for larvie of ItHiitia si/lrcstrana. 



18.— At the end of May and June, in any locality where Acidalia 

 siibscriccata is known to occur, work well the herbage around the roots 

 of dwarf bushes, low down near the ground ; the insect nearly always 

 hides in such places during the day. 



19. — Stii/iiioiiota nitidana flies high np around the projecting twigs 

 of oak trees in late May and June. Stand beneath the outer branches 

 of an oak, and with a long net large numbers may be taken in the 

 afternoon and until sundown. 



20. — The larva of Tafniorauqxi jKijuiIcti feeds upon aspen, residing 

 between two leaves united by a web. It is very transparent, and 

 always colourless, a sort of yellowish-white, with a black head. Often 

 high up on tall trees. 



21. — Beat (or search) aspen the first week in June for larv;e of 

 Jhrjilios wttha ; the full-fed larva Avants cork or rotten wood in which 

 to make its cocoon. 



22. — " I have to record the capture, by myself and two friends, of 

 over three hundred larvte of Xi/lnjiliasia ncolojiacina in woods, at Hamp- 

 stead and Highgate, between the 1st and 3rd of June " (Lockyer). 



23. — The larva of Kiuionia jiolj/c/doroH should be searched for in 

 June, feeding gregariously, rather high, on elm, sallow, &c. 



21. — An overhanging bank, a hole where a tree has been blown 

 down, the edges of a quarry or chalkpit, a landslip, banks on sandhills, 

 banks in lanes where the soil or gravel has fallen away, should be first 

 searched carefully for lepidoptera, then gently scraped with a stick 

 to disturb those overlooked (Gregson). 



25. — The larv;i3 of Siniactliis pariana should be searched for in 

 June on hawthorn and apple, on which plants it feeds, spinning a 

 silken web on the surface of a leaf, under which it lives. 



26. — In June collect the bunches of oak leaves that are spun 

 together high up on the oak trees for larvte of Il/uxlo/iliaca tiiinidilla. 

 The bunches low down on the small bushes contain larviu of li. 

 conHociiila. 



27. — One of the most successful food-plants on which to rear 

 I'occilocanijja jxijitdi is alder. The larvje thrive excellently on it 

 (Bowles). 



N.B. — For similar series of " Practical Hints " for this time of the 

 year, see vol. x., pp. 188-135 ; vol. ix., pp. 95-96 ; pp. 120-121 ; vol. 

 viii., pp. 20-21 ; pp. 43-41 ; vol. i., p. 47, &.C. 



