THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



[July 



eiLphorhinun larva is now busy eating its way down the shoots of 

 Euphorbia parnlias, which plant is generally found growing on the 

 broken ground of underclifTs; S. ucsuana is now plentiful in the shoots 

 of holly; T. mediana in seeds of various umbelliferae, and in tlie seeds 

 of cowslip, the larva of E. ciliana. In drawn together leaves of 

 hawthorn will be found the larva of S. pyrella, Dep. costosella in the 

 flowers of furze, and towards the end of the month the larva of D. 

 nervosclla in turned down leaves of GEnanthe crocata growing in wet 

 places, and the larva of Gel. inopella and A. gvanitella in the flower -¥= 

 heads and shoots oi Inula dysentenca. The larva of Gel. hippophaella 

 is busy screwing up the terminal shoots of Hippophae rhatiDioides, and 

 in thistle le ives the larva of Gel. acuminatella is now^ to be seen giving 

 them quite a bleached appearance, the larva of G. costella is mining 

 the leaves of Solaiuiui dulcamara , which some of them have now 

 left, and are busy boring down the stems of the terminal shoots. 

 Among the seeds of the chenopodium the larva of G. atriplicella will be 

 found in a tubular gallery. The maple leaves are now being rolled 

 by the larva of Grac. semifasciella and the alder leaves by those of G. 

 clongtllii ; in leaves of plantain the larva of G. tringipeiinella may still be 

 found, and in bladdery mines on leaves of Avtemesia vulgaris, the larva 

 of Grac. omissella. The leaves of nut are now being turned down by the 

 larva of O. avellauclla, those of the hawthorn by the larva of 0. 

 anorlicella, and in birch leaves the larva of 0. betulcB will be found 

 feeding in a similar manner, the cases of Gol. troglodytella can now be 

 found on the under side of leaves of Inula dysenterica, and those Col. 

 Ihnosipennella on elm leaves in hedges, and Col. siccifoliella on leaves 

 of hawthorn. In the shoots of Epilohium hirsutum the larva of L. 

 fulvesceus is now feedmg, and in the leaves of E. angustifoliiim the larva 

 of L. raschhiella, in the leaves of dogwood the larva of the beautiful A. 

 pfeiffcrella is now feeding, and will soon be cutting out their oval cases, 

 the leaves of Poa aquatica should now be examined for the larva Elac. 

 pocdla, and those of the reed for the larva of Elac. cerusella. There is 

 plenty to do among the larvae of the Lithocolletida, the larva of most of 

 wdiich are now feeding, but as these can be taken in the autumn they 

 are best left till then, which will give us more time to attend to those 

 species only occurring tliis month, of which plenty are to be found, 

 especially in rough uncultivated and unfrequented places. — G. Elisha, 

 Shepherdess Walk, London. 



Apori V Crat.egi. — It does not at all follow that the record of any 

 rarity must be made in one or all of the Entomological 

 Magazines to be received and afterwards quoted as an authority. 

 Yet I constantly see specimens ignored that have not been thus 

 placed before entomological eyes although well-known to have been 

 captured honestly. I think my friend, Air. C. A. Briggs in his desire 



