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that occasional individuals do get through, and we should rather 
suspect this to be the case with the JT. pronuba observed than 
that it was an autumnal example that had over-wintered as an 
imago.—lp. | 
Distrieution or TRicntura cratarct.—There is a single record in 
the books of the South of Scotland Entomological and Natural 
History Society of the occurrence of Trichiwra crataegi in the larval 
stage in this district many years ago. An imago was bred, and is in 
the possession of Mr. Pringle, of this town; the larva was taken 
feeding on heather on the Fair Hill.—J. C. Hacearr, 58, St. Andrew 
Street, Galashiels, N.B. May 4th, 1900. 
EORACTICAL HINTS. 
Field Work for June and July. 
By J. W. TUTT, F-E-S. 
1.—The imagines of Psodos coracina fiy by day in July in the 
sun, on the grassy slopes of our Scotch mountains at a considerable 
elevation. 
2.—Melanippe hastata flies at noon in June, over the wettest 
part of Orton Moss, it is slow on the wing, and easily captured 
(Armstrong). 
3.—About the middle of June (June 15th), in the evening, wet or 
dry, Dianthoecia conspersa will take wing, quick in motion, but not 
flying far, and dropping soon on the flowers of Lychnis flos-cucult 
(Armstrong). 
4.—About June 20th search for larvee of Actebia praecov. They 
feed on sallow at night, and hide themselves beneath the surface of 
the sand during daytime, whence they have to be brought out by raking 
about the roots of the food-plant. 
5.—The imagines of Semasia spiniana fly in June in the afternoon 
sunshine around and above hawthorn hedges. May often be obtained 
abundantly in the morning, by beating into an umbrella. 
6.—In July a visit to the New Forest should give, among 
others, the following larve—Amphidasys strataria, Notodonta trepida, 
N. chaonia, N. dodonea, Lophopteryx camelina, Stauropus fagi, Cidaria 
psittacata, Panolis piniperda, whilst larve of the red form of Taeniocampa 
gracilis may be obtained from bog-myrtle by searching. 
7.—Kick the stems of young oaks in those parts of a wood free 
from undergrowth. Then look carefully at everything that falls— 
Cochlidion avellana (limacodes) comes down half falling, half flying. 
8.—The egg and young larva of Lophopteryx cucullina must be 
searched for in the middle of July, on chalky hillsides sloping to the 
north, in the densest shade of beech woods, on stunted maple bushes, 
and often within a few inches of the ground. A likely bush for the 
larva may be known by the blotches on the leaves, caused by the larva 
having eaten, when young, the under surface of the leaf (Bernard- 
Smith). 
9.—During July search Ononis arvensis for the larvee of Heliothis 
peltiger. They prefer the flowers and green seed-pods. 
10.—Collect during July and August the seed-heads of the white 
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