Insects. 2347 



Ptilophora plnraigera. Larvae on maple ; August. 



Notodonta Carmelita. Trunks of trees ; April and May. 

 „ Chaonia and Dodonea. Larvae on oaks. 



Acronycta Alni. Larvae on birch ; September. 



Tryphaena fimbria. Larvae on dwarf birches ; April. 



Hadena lutulenta. At sugar; August. 



„ Genistae and contigua. Larvae upon dwarf birches ; Sep- 

 tember. 



Aplecta tincta. Larvae on dwarf birches ; April and October. 



Cucullia Asteris and Gnaphalii. Larvae on Solidago Virgaurea ; 

 August. 



Ennomos illustraria. April and July ; the larvae feed on birch in 

 October and June. 



Speranza conspicuaria. Once plentiful on broom, but now extinct. 



Tephrosia consonaria. Fir-trees, rare ; May. 



Eupithecia indigata. Firs ; April and May. 



Acidalia subsericeata. Underwood ; May. 



Madopa Salicalis. Underwood, rare ; May. 



P. S. — Perhaps the following New Method of Pinning Micro-Le- 

 pidoptera may be acceptable to some readers of the f Zoologist.' 



" First catch your hare," is the famous culinary maxim, introduc- 

 tory to the directions how to dress it. " First catch your moth " is a 

 primary motto for the entomologist ; and as regards Tineidae it is no 

 unnecessary advice, for many collectors are deterred from capturing 

 them by the difficulty of pinning them when caught. There is no 

 denying that it does require some patience and dexterity to pin an in- 

 sect with a thorax scarcely larger than the pin you seek to put into 

 it; but having accidentally discovered a method of pinning such 

 small moths, which obviates some portion of the difficulty, I hasten 

 to make it known. The moth being killed, either by laurel-leaves or 

 brimstone, 1 turn it out on a piece of baize or woollen cloth, and 

 having placed it with its back uppermost and its head towards me, I 

 insert the pin in the thorax, and pushing it just through, remove the 

 insect to a piece of smooth cork and press the pin through as far as 

 required. The roughness of the woollen material catches the legs of 

 the moth, and prevents its sliding backwards, which was always the 

 greatest difficulty before. The pin — one of the finest of course — is 

 held by a pair of narrow spring pliers, which are preferable for this 

 purpose to the fingers, because they hold the pin tighter, and a better 

 view of the thorax can be obtained than when the finger-ends are close 



