NOTES ON COLLECTING. 8^ 



Jp>RACTICAL HINTS. 



Field Work for November. 



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



1. — The eggs of Tlicda iv-alhiiin may be found on the twigs of elm, 

 those of T. pnoii on sloe, and Zciifn/nis nnnrns on oak, in their 

 respective localities. 



2. — The eggs of Trichiura cmtacni may be found laid along haw- 

 thorn and sloe twigs, and those of Poecilocainpa popidi on hawthorn, 

 oak, Sec. 



3. — On warm evenings many larvae come out to feed ; they are 

 especially numerous on sheltered woodsides, wood-ridings, edges of 

 sandhills, at foot of hedges, &e. 



4. — The eggs of ( 'irrhocdia .reraiiijifliiia hatch from December to 

 February. They should be watched most carefully once November is 

 past. 



5. — The larva of Adela rihuldla lives in a flat case on leaves of 

 Veronica cliaiiiacdrj/s (Merrin). 



6. — Pupa-digging is by far the most profitable occupation in 

 November — SnicrintJuai occUatns, S. pupnli, Tcplirosia bistortata, Fteros- 

 tonia palpi na, Leiocampa dictaea, Notodonta ziczac, at foot of willows, 

 sallows, poplars, &c., Sinn-iutJiiis tiliae, at elm ; Drymonia dodnnaea, 

 Xotodonta dnDiicdariKs, Lcidcainpa didaeoides, Lophopdcnj.v carmdita, at 

 birch, kc. 



7. — Spun-together birch leaves should be most carefully searched 

 for cocoons of Kndnnnis rcrsicalor, Dn>pa)ia falcataria, ('j/niatajdiora 

 ditjdaris, ('. fiuctuosa, ('. or, Ayduilia flaricorttis, &c. 



8. — Trunks of birch and alder must be carefully sought for cocoons 

 of ( 'crura biciisj)is. (The entomologist who works for this should read 

 Dr. Chapman's article, ante, vol. vii., p. 73). 



9. — Cocoons of Centra fnrciila should be searched for on trunks of 

 willow or sallow ; those of ( ', bifida, on trunks of poplar ; those of C. 

 vinida, on sallow, willow, and poplar. 



10. — Spun-up poplar leaves should be collected for pupiT3 of 

 Clostera eiirtnla, and those of willows and sallows for ('. rediisa ; those 

 of Stauropm faiji are to be found in spun leaves of beech, birch, 

 oak, &c. 



11. — Around the base of Silcnc and Ltjchnis plants, pupte of Dian- 

 thoecia carpupliaiia, />. caimincold, l>. rn^s-^/c/Nd, }\i(jdt/u'cia renonata, &c., 

 may be obtained. 



12. — Light should be worked for the imagines of Asteroscopus 

 s]diin.r, Focciloca)iipa jiopuU (see notes on this ante, vol. i., p. 20), 

 HiDiera jioijiaria, &c. 



:iS>^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Lepidopteea of Bournemouth, 1899. — The season in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Bournemouth, as far as my experience goes, has been 

 fairly good. I started on March 11th and IHth with Ai/locainjia lif/io- 

 riza', at rest, when the weather changed and I captured nothing until 

 the 27th, when I took another A', lithoriza, while 'raciiiocaiii])a stabilis, 

 T. instabilis, T. <iothica, T.cruda, Caradrina citbicidaris, Ptcroatoina jnil- 



