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25.—In late July and early August, cut down reeds with a yellow 
central shoot for pup of Nonayria geminipuncta. 
26.—Search trunks (near roots) of poplar trees in July for newly- 
emerged Trochiliwn apiforme. 
27.—In collecting Ayrotis luniyera sugar the thistle-heads and 
other available plants along the edge of the cliffs. Best time, from 
the middle of July to the middle of August. 
28.—Ayrotis ayathina larve full-fed on ling, June 23rd; imagines. 
found in copula September 23rd. Other females laid ova on September 
13th (Kane). 
29.—Holonota yrandaevana flies at the end of June and during 
July, at dusk, with a jerky flight of a few yards, very close to the 
ground. They can be taken more freely by looking over the leaves of 
the coltsfoot witha lantern, generally sitting on the top of the leaves 
of the smallest and most stunted plants (Gardner). 
30.—Crambus furcatellus was flying not uncommonly on June 21st, 
on the grassy slopes between Sprinkling and Styehead tarns, and 
was, in fact, found on almost every high hill ascended (Geldart). 
N.B.—Hundreds of similar ‘‘ Practical Hints’ referring to a very 
large portion of the British Lepidoptera, have been printed in the 
preceding volumes. 
GY URRENT NOTES. 
Lord Walsingham describes (nt. Mo. May., p. 106) a new Lrio- 
crania, under the name of I. jfimbriata. The species 1s founded on 
two specimens taken by Mr. Hamm, near Wellington College station, 
on April 14th and 21st, 1894. The species is very easily recognised 
by its unicolorous bronzy-golden forewings and almost white cilia, 
which contrast strongly with the ground-colour of both the fore- and 
hindwings. 
The Rev. F. D. Morice adds (Knt. Mo. May., p. 107) Hllampus 
truncatus, Dahlb., to the list of British Chrysids, from a specimen in 
the ‘‘ Walcott collection,’ located in the Cambridge University 
Museum. ‘The specimen is labelled ‘ British—Walcott,” but there 
are no further data, and the precise locality is unknown. 
Dr. Heylaerts (who has Milliere’s original types) confirms (Ann. 
Soc. Knt. Bely., p. 189, May 14th, 1900) Dr. Chapman’s discovery 
(antea, pp. 86-87) that yraecella, Mill., is a Psychidea, and not a variety 
of Kpichnopteriv pulla. He further names the Esterél examples of HF. 
pulla (which Milliere incorrectly referred to P. yraccella), calling them 
var. montanella. We are quite at a loss to understand his further 
action of renaming Rambur’s genus Psychidea, of which nudella 
(described by Rambur as pectinella) is the type. This he does, calling 
it Febelia, which necessarily sinks as a synonym of Psychidea. This 
multiplication of synonyms is to be regretted, and as Dr. Heylaerts’ 
had our paper on the subject as early as last March, this, at least, 
could readily have been avoided. Heylaerts also names Zeller’s 
Bergun specimens of K. palla, calling them var. montana. There 
are many of these in the ‘ Zeller collection,’ in the British Museum,,. 
and these are quite indistinguishable from some of the original 
examples of var. steboldit in the same collection, before which var. 
montana, therefore, necessarily falls. 
