188 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
insect’s innate moisture to hold out, and it, as yet, appeared to be 
unable to escape for some time. The wings were somewhat crumpled, 
when it immediately emerged, but a few passes of the posterior tibize 
reduced them to their normal horizontally-folded position upon the 
back ; the antenne, palpi, wings again, and the posterior legs were 
successively rubbed dry (cf. Stone, Zoologist, xx., p. 7974) and, after a 
short walk, the wings were again attended to. The posterior tibize 
were next cleaned by the intermediate tarsi.* These processes were 
throughout accompanied by much waving of the antenne vertically— 
never horizontally. Then there wasa sudden, short flight, followed by a 
fall; two short walks; more attention by means of anterior tibiz to palpi 
and antenne ; and the posterior tarsi were then cleansed beneath by one 
another. Another walk with the antenne waving, and wide apart, 
but with never a tremor of the wings. The antenne and palpi are 
not yet comfortable, so the anterior tibiw are again in requisition, the 
antenne being held deflected by crossed tibize while they are cleaned 
near their bases by the ligula. Then the Listrodromus appeared 
prepared for all contingencies, and met—the boiling water ! 
* In this section the females are provided with pectinated tarsal claws, the 
uses of which, I think, have not been explained—perhaps this is one of them, 
OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 
season has this 
spring been as bad as was ae autumn. On April 2nd Asphalia 
flavicornis was hardly out, but on the 5th I obtained 25 in an hour, 
‘sitting on birch trunks, and the next day nine more. After the 
first two or three days after emergence they seemed to give up the 
habit of sitting on the stems, and ‘to hide in other situations. On the 
7th Brephos parthenias was well out, and I managed to take 30 in fine 
condition, but females were still in very small proportion, only about 
ten per cent. During the last evening or two Taeniocampa stabilis has 
been numerous at a sallow in my garden, but the wind has been so 
rough that I have not gone out with the tray into the woods, and the 
bloom is hardly fully out yet. Cucullia chamomillae has been inter- 
mittently emerging ever since Christmas in my breeding-cage, which 
was left in a room in the house without a fire ; altogether six have 
thus come out before due time. I have now put them out-of-doors 
and the regular emergence has just started... C. Wooprorps, 
Market Drayton. April 16th, 1900. 
SourHEND.—A visit during Haster week to a wood near here, for 
larvee of Sesia culiciformis, was not a success, but larve of S. 
cynipijormis were found in nearly every oak stump—some fifty larve 
in all were taken.—F. G. Wuittir, Marine Avenue, Southend. April 
19th, 1900. 
Yorx.—The sallows here were in bloom late this year, and none 
seemed ready till about April 11th, and then the nights were very 
cold, a nasty snarling wind persistently blowing made it as unfavour- 
able as possible for night work. By the 18th the weather became 
warmer, and I was tempted to Sandburn to try the bloom, but only 
for an hour or so. I managed to find a fair lot of Panolis piniperda, 
with a few of the commoner Teniocampids. The following night 
