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2.—Anisopteryx aescularia is sometimes to be found in numbers by 
searching tree-trunks in the late afternoon. It is often also abundant 
on the framework of roadside lamps in the early morning. 
3.—During the first fortnight of April search the honeysuckle by 
night for the young larvie of Pericallia syringaria. 
4.—In open parts of woods, high up around the tops of young 
aspens, the imagines of brephos notha are sometimes to be seen in’ 
March and April on hot sunny days in considerable numbers. 
5.—Spruce fir cones collected in March and April should be over- 
hauled for larvee of Coccy. strobilana which feed up and pupate 
therein. 
6.—The larva of Ephippiphora nigricostana passes the winter in 
the stems of Stachys sylvatica which should be collected in March and 
April. 
7.—The larva of Grapholitha nisana feeds in the catkins of sallow 
in March and April. 
8.—Butalis incongruella is much overlooked in the south of Mngland 
owing to its early appearance, we have repeatedly taken it in great 
abundance in late April and early May on the chalkhills of Kent. 
9.—During the first week in April sweep Calluna vulgaris on heaths 
and moors for larve and cases of Coleophora juncicolella. 
10.—As soon as the sallows are in bloom, every warm evening 
should be spent working those trees that are in sheltered spots. Living 
females of Hoporina croceayo should be fed with moistened sugar and 
given a few oak-twigs with old leaves in a large glass jar, when eggs 
will be laid freely. 
11.—Towards the end of March beat the bare twigs of ash, either 
trees or hedgerow bushes, after dark, for larvee of Cirrhoedia verampelina. 
Feed up on the large unopened buds until the trees break into leaf. 
By this means some 40 or 50 larvee were obtained in the spring of 
1897, in Suffolk, and a nice series of imagines was bred therefrom 
(James). 
N.B.—Lists of some hundreds of similar ‘‘ Practical Hints’? may 
be obtained from the preceding volumes. 
GyURRENT NOTES. 
The Entomological Society of London is fortunate in having 
obtained the services of so excellent a Fellow as Mr. H. Rowland- 
Brown, M.A., as secretary, in succession to Mr. J. J. Walker. We 
have no doubt that Mr. Brown will fully keep up the high reputation 
of our premier society, and prove a worthy successor to the best of his 
distinguished predecessors. 
The President of the Entomological Society of London has appointed 
Dr. T. A. Chapman, F.Z.8., Mr. W. L. Distant, F.E.S., and Mr. 
C. O. Waterhouse, F.E.S., to be Vice-Presidents for the year. 
In the Annales de la Société entomologique de Belyique, M. A. Lameere 
records three additions to the list of Orthoptera known from Belgium. 
The first is Oecanthus pellucens, Scop., the second Caloptenus ttalicus, 
L., and finally Stenobothrus lonyicornis, Latr. This latter species is 
most interesting. Hitherto it has only been recorded from certain 
marshy localities in central France. The specimen upon which M. 
