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March 1994

2,OOOYEAR OLD WOODLOUSE OLDEST COUNTY RECORDYET!

During 1993, Jon Daws had the opportunity to examine mineralised woodlice in materral from trvo archaeologrcal digs irr Leicester's city centre. Someof the material dated from Roman times (50 AD) but the bulk came from the medieval period (pre 1100 - pre 140J AD). Jon describes his findt-ngs-

All the woodllce were either !ooay,+ ^i^" rncruurngi -^l '.zQi -^ compost.^^h^^-+ anu.hA uungAr excavated from rubbish or dung heaps. Although recorded at fortY ^i *c TTnfnrf rrnrf o'l rr f ha nlrlo- p-L L5 . UII-I L Urre Lsrl, , lrrE vluEr sites in the county over the last f^,,,,^--^ ..^i-rw from dairv farms material consisted of fragments, !ew ygar > | lrLerrrry !! vrtr verr J rqJ whereas there were several whole :nd qtel'r'l cq. f he si oht of a specimens from the medieval minerallsed telson of P d:l.atatus samples. The extremitles of the from pre-1 100 AD was guite specimens suffered the most damage exciting. There were also several fhrnrrah fho qnrtl-- - ^ mL^v^ Llr!vuvrr Llre rvr urrl9 Vl vvgJ- . rllsr e pieces of pereonite from this were no complete antennae and onIY species with the characterrstic two telsons that proj ected beYond pattern and colour in the same the end of the pleonrtes survived sample and in another from the same intact - ArnadifLidiun species were nar i nd The other species of satisfactory since their telsons do woodlice \.vere f ound in varYing

nnl. nra'ianf - from different periods. rrvL YrvJvvs numbers and O ase-ll. us and P scaber were Five species identified recorded in the Roman material and throughout the medieval sampJes. A There were five species identified: vu-Zgrare was recorded 1n reasonable Onjscus aselfus/ PhiLoscia numbers only from the medj-eval n1lc-^rtim armerf i l 1 i rii nm wttl oare samnles and a sincl a P mrr

W:-th the LES be:-ng fi'.'e years oId, tnts sur\.'e)/ \rtds car::-ed out to seek members' views of the Society.

Thrrty eight f orms (c55t ) rvere message seems to be that menlcers returned from members livinq rvithin \.rould be interested in readans vour and outside the coun[y - Not cont r i-but ion . surprisingly, , Coleoptera and Odonata were the main interest Maofindc - inAaar

fir.1lnq ronreqcnf ed sr:l thnrrahrr.vsvl^ thg j-nterests overal-1 range of covered Of the 63* of members who responded rrirtrr:llrr:lI d tL^! !L--- _-_ yroups, Llra L Lrrcy nnlrr_--_r rrrolir AF,L tlgvgI attended indoor neetings, the main Neusletter O.K.--- reasons stated were that they lived + ^^ € - - Lvu !d! dwdy Or Wefe prevented from Questions about general aspects of attendrng by personal circumstances. the Society's NewsLetters showed that Perhanq of drF^1'arY__*,__ --Y..^_-_anceciani f i a, was there was a high l-evel of the fact that no-one stated that non- satisfaction, rvith most merLbers '-rrnrrf attendance was because of the nature conqi rJeri no th^ f ^r*-+ vvrrJrusr rrrv Lrtg !V!lt(q L I Iql, vu L , of the meetlnqs . gualrty of contents, range of subjects, etc to be good, h'J-th the Agarn, most general- aspects of indoor remainder findinq thenr to be meetings such as the format, venue, acceptable. standard of speaker, etc were considered to be good or acceptable. a\f +h^ -"]-i^^+r qltddoqtorl V! Llle -UUJY9L> ouv\JsJLsu !vIf nt- u!L!{LU^dr-orT ar However, 21* of regular,/occasional cclveradp. I or-a I entomol ooi r--aj ne\{s attendees felt that the level of and freld meeting reports receir.'ed Iocal contr:-but:-on licts Door. most support (558 and 472 respectively) - Notes from j ournals When asked about rhe preferred appeared to be a popular suggestion evening of the rveek for indoor with membersliving in Leicestershire meet ings , Thurscla)/ tr'ds clearly the in particular (418) . rnost popular (12 t icks and no crosses ! ) , with the remainlng order l-\^i ...but more rssues inzanteciJ of nonrrl:ri rr t',ry !sttrg-^ m,.^^^-,,tuE-uay Mondarr r.t^r-^-J--. ---l E-: /.l-,, I .,i j^ vYvurrs)uay dttu rrrLrdy. A wiue ranao af In relation to the number of suggested topics for future indoor ,.^--.^L^*^ ..^*F qn Newsletters issued per )'ear, 64* of wur^JrruP- wgt _ *_-_: l nrarri rlod members reguested three or four issues per year. There is cleariy a and outdoor demand for an i-ncrease from our *ea^^*! +.'^ I --"Fq ncr \/o:r Llnrrprzer ylY-grlL LwU t55Ueo ts/er _ysa! . rrvhs, --, FieId rneetings have al_ways been as frequently mentioned on returns, rel-atively poorly attended in the this is entirely dependent on the past (sometj-mes with the leader copy received from members. As one outnumbering members and vice versa ! ) member commented: and the reasons for thrs have lonq "It is easy to say what f would. been a source of discussion. Th; like, but the content must be driven survey showed that whrl-st many by us, the mernbers. It can be no members lived too far away or were better than our contributions", otherwi-se unable to attend field meetings (29*) , the main reason was Qf ttrftz ran^rl-a 174rt, ranF r' rr u L uu-I a el/vr Lr veL )' PePut4L that most members find it hard to spare the time (48t) . The Occasional- Publicatlons were slmilarIy found to be popular with Again it was reassuring to note that -^aF,^-- --,t +ho Mi nral ani rlnni^-- rrrgrlLUel ) , ArtU Lrru r'rrur vrel/!qvp LC! C1 only one member expressed the view Atlas in particular was praised- The that if field meetings were dlfferent long list of subjects suggested for they would be more likely to attend. future issues incl-uded chrysomelids, Norrarl-fral occ the mOSt popgla1" qrtano

n€ i- l-ra Qnn 4ui atrr . rrrv vve ! J as si-ngles and with females. On \' fheir awn thew ^rF vprv difficult tO F:-naIIy, asked "OveraII , hotv ''veLI spot. does the Socretl' f ulf :.1-your needs?", 34t of members responded "\'er)' tvelI", The f irst glorv was on 8 . vi .93 at rrr^ rr RR* gd)Ull4VIY^ ^^- -Lr " "^ 1 1 , u! !resnonfled gJf/vrruuu t wgrr and Bclrro\.,/den Drift and Clipsham. The only one member (38) responded Iast was at the first site on "poorIy". l3.rr:,i_.93. Numbers, when compared r.rith 1992, seemed to be sIightly I would fike to thank all members for down. A cold, wet and windy the time taken in completing the fortnight at the start of .luly seemed survey form and for the manY to check numbers. At Barrowden they constructive comments made, aII of dropped almost overnight from eight rvhrch have been considered carefulIl, - to ane. Although a few started to the full -r ^., q9arrr-^^ i - ^f +^r a f ew rlavs for Anyone wanting a copy of 9rv\a ar Lgr a !sw uqIJ a results of the survey should not short time, numbers never recovered. hesitate to contact me. In Rutl-and f ive ne\r sites were Adrian Rursself recognised with North Luffenham Quarry proving part icularly important with 29 females glowrng on 22.vi.93. Other neir sites rvere Luffenham Heath GoIf CIub (records from LES members), Barrowden Back Road, Clipsham CIay Unusual gall weevil Bank and Seaton Cutting. Leicester- shire records came from Croxton Kerrial Viking Way (9 females on 16-vi-93) and from A swelling of the midr:-b on sheep with a single female on 3.vii.93. In sorrell, found at, of alI places, the latter case, observations earlier Mountsorrell, was confirrned as bej-ng in the season may show the presence population- a- galr^.1 1 causeua:'reazl Lhrr r f ha r^roorli I --pronA of a thriving frumentarjum when the emerged a few days after collection on Other sites reported before in this 2 .vi.93 - The identification was series of articles on the county's carried out by Jane McPhaif. glowworms seem to be holding up although there is no news of the effect of the water company work on John MousJey an Empingham roadside verge.

HonefulvL'f Iv., fhat site wil-I recover

Linda WorraLl- fRNIfS) E_

Two interesting Leicestershirebeetles

[Tom Robertson is a ne\./ out-of-county member r''hc has d:.stinct ]-rnks rvrth the county having been a staf f member at the Ner.' Lial-k l.luseum rn the f rf ties. Welcome back! Here he r^rrites about some obser'.'atiors on ccunty beetles from l-h:f narinr! l

ilogweed Tonghorn

The record of Agapanthia rzjl-loso- viridescens, the only longhorn beetle of this genus known from Britaj-n, at Asfordby HilI provided by Jane McPhaiL (LES Nesletter 11, September

1qq?\ rami nrlq mF nf ...Jm\/ ewneri cnce I ttrt | with this species in the county in about 1952. I carne upon :.t by chance on the roadside at the foot of Clack HiII, Market Harborough (SP748868). At about that time this species was more corunon in parts of Itorthampton- shj-re just over the border and down as far as Salcey Forest. :t rs best Iooked for in iune on the stems of hogr^reed (Her-aclel:.: -"-c.:c.:;i1'l:ttn), _L^..! L_r r .._,, ^O,..,n auuuL rrqr! \aoy u the marn Stem Of on the inf lorescerlce, h'here t-t takes New woodlouse for to f Iight at the f east dis'uurbance. llo doubt searchrng in the south east Leicestershire nf f ho narrnf rr l:nri npr-harrq ol qetthore') 1\L.rr!.Yerrrr{t/r would produce additional records. Trichoniscoicles aIb:clus, +L^ erghteenth specres of woodlouse to be And a titig mtntc added to the county list, was found on 24.x-93 at Baggrave HaIl, 'l r----l-,.L.Ch l{rrnd:rl^n Tt i c - ,1hr nna raAAi ^}. Anofher verv\etJ JurIAIllllstl-rI..*- UggLIg lalr! I rlurryqf Lvrr- 3L rr d alturr lul19 IcuuI>r1-

took irrstsr e insidp f ha .-rnr\/. south brown species rvith white J 'i conspicuous west of Market Harboror-rghon 18.v.53 eaq :nd : n:ir of sinole oeelLi. was the anthrilid P]a f t'rrhrnus Its dorsal surface is covered i-n rows

of smalI l-1rmns. 1.'irrinav it : rlrr'll It bears a strikinq ' Yf 41rY matt resemblance to a fragment of broken appearance, whereas Trichoniscus ',l +,,:^ - ^-*^"f l:na rrhinh is jocq ^,,^i I ,,- / fhe ^-mh^h LWI9, q UdltluUlaqVg larl!9rr fJ ^/UJLLLU- \ u.rs pygmy j-t qyYerann:renf in mrrserrm snecimpns than in woodfouse), with nhich is often Iife- Like A vjflosov:r:ciescens, it found, has a smooth dorsal- surface was common just o\rer the border in cirli2-.---2 na it : qh'i n 1' appearance. Northamptonshj-re, where rt would be found in warm sunny rveather rn Aprll- T a-/bicius was f ound under a brick It \^/as bes t f ound in embedded rn the soil, beneath a piece association with the black spherical of concrete on the bank of the fungus Dafdinia concentrica (King Orrcn i lrororrch lrrnok whpre i f runs Alfred's cakes) on dead ash trees. I rrndor l.ho ra:rl i rrcf rarf h nf Raaar:rza freguently found it on roadside ash. HA-J-I. A further specimen was The ash is a common roadside tree in obtarned from the other side of the parts of eastern Leicestershire and road, where i-t was found beneath qrrn-L jF^ iF nnrl I ^- Dserco:rnhinn 9rrrrrv lrrin Jurroll!llg Ilr ul |rqJMaV bricks that lined an old drain- This i^ .'^"-llw should produce some records. -veurED I5 u-uarrJ !vurru,fnrrnd. in osmall *,,-h^-^ {.. J--^ ,,^r L-hl +^+^ rrurilugI S , Itr uarrrP u! wc L lldul Ld L5 , Tom Rabertson under embedded stones and bricks along watercourses and in damp Ir-rli l- nr I c note: such hlstorical hollows under logs and fallen records and observations are of branches in r^ret woods. This species immense i-mportance in developing our __i s r_nrnhrl-rl rr uri rloqnro:rl i n f lro nnrr-ntyl irnrlerstanrlis es..s4r]Y no of the entornol ncrv Of but, due to rts subterranean - the county other contributions Lifestvle. "'*Jmav nrover to be difficult would be most wel-come ! l to find- Jon Daws 1993 highlights

Kirby Muxl-oe His Iists for both sites are excellent add.itrons to the county Red-necked footman f lff ^;mr c data base- Highlrghts for 1993 at rubricoLlis) (B&F 2039) taken at a Ket ton Quarry \^/ere J-arge nutmeg garden mvl on 2.vii.93. Seen by (Apanea anceps), reddish light arches several- other rnembers of the LES, (Apanea sub-lusfrjs), beautiful hook this is a notable Nb species. rhis tip (Laspeyria fl-exufa) and the record would seem to be the first for prirzet hawk moth (Sphinx JiErustri) . the county. Jane McPhatl- Chris has nrorriflsfl a Iist for 1991 from h1s BeJ-sethorpe garden which included privet hawk moth, orange 2A aere ptece swift (HepiaJus syJ.vina) and AncyJis achatana (det. M Parsons) . The latter WhrIst the Mousley family were scrub- species is the first record of this bashing and burning brash, holes were species east of Leicester according noticed i.n four inch diameter wiIlor" to Jane McPhail's "ProvisionaL At-ias Iogs. The logs rvere brought into the of the Leicestershire Micro- Ecology Unit on Ner.r WaIk and placei Jep:doptera". into darnp sand. On 7.v.93 black and yellow striped hornet-like During 1993 Chris has also :,:ecorded \{ere observed emerging from pupal the pyralid Pempejra formosa which cases in the holes and identrfred as according to Goater's "Erjtjsh the scarce (for Lej-cestershire l) Pyralid I/orhs" is predomi nantly a Iunar hornet moth {9=qr: moth of the south and south east. homhani Farmi q\ . ACCOTCIIn9^^^^-Ai ra LOta Aorlan\r The on I v rlf har r-orrn f v rcr-ord -^ s of RusseII's "?he Rarer Brltish trlacro- one by Audrey Lomax at Blaby in 1983- -^rL-. h,--r* rl-r ^F r^r^--+--^i,-^ tt,QLJtJ. ULAL L tLJ C VL lgaLg) Lgi J.,i- g The noth feeds on hedgerorv elms and Paaarrfs65la^-^ f-lexul.a) . Also noted was the pyralid of the T,ES. Of interest were the Eudonia truncicol-el-la, the first beautiful carpet ( Macal atraa record for this species in the east (Cacmrlyilqg aiL'tiei l l al-a],. nttrnle lrar vvsire \ of the county. oceJ-l-ata), the anrrulet (Gnophos Ron & Jean Harvev obscuratus) and, perhaps the best of all, the bird's wing (Brachylomta viminalis) " /-J r nch:m f'rtlarrv Peter Ganbi-e GaIium carpet (Epirrhoe galiata) two on 27.viii.93. This species is ()ttarrv Kaf f -n - anrf Ra'i ma

Micro Atlas has good reception

Jane McPhaiL's "Frovtsjonaj. Ati.as cf tie ,:€-lcesie-.-sj::re Microi_epidoptera,, published by the Leicestershire Entomological Socrety, 1u"t' y"ur. n_. been received welL in-man1' circles- BeLorqrve reproduce some oi tne iomments received. In nearly al-I cases, comments have be-en of a cons tructive kind. r,vrth IrttIe adverse criticism. one of the thrngs that certarnly came to ln" rorc was need for publrcatrons the be more readily available io amateur entomologists, especially when changes in nomenclatuie are j_nvolved.

"r think this i-s an excellent Iist. . .I am suggesting very many changes, they concern onl_y th; presentatlon and not the substance. They are not offered as cr:-trcisrn but to help you follow the accepted rules of biological writ:-ng rn the next edition. "

"I've had a splendrd crop of new county records and Leicestershire is ceasing to look lrke a poor relatlon of its neighbours. " :\t2i f i:-.a rTlef

nnn'r ^€ fl-ra Ir'l-^ Many thanks for the uvv/ v! Lrrc dLtds an nraA"^ i na i + and congratulations vuusltrv I L - :af aq : chrrr f ^ f am sure it rvill UU further recording. " RaJ/ Barne-L

"what a lot of work you must have put rnto the Atfas of Lei-cestershire Microlepidoptera. It really is qul te an achievement. well done ! " Jenny Oi,len "I have certainly found it (the AtLas) very interesting and r-mpressrve. I appreclate the tlme "Mqy I congratulate you on an and effort that has to go informative into and well constructed preparing something Iike this." Atlas, I especially Iiked the concise Ken SauL format. " (NorfoLk Moth Group) Bernard Skinner

"It is an exce.l-lent piece of work "An exr:el I enf ni '' and ece of work. an example to us alll I shal-l- ena^\,v"r v.r' TAn F\/an< using l-t. . " John Kramer "Thank you for sending a copy of your magnum opus on the subject of our "f received the At]as on Friday. If local mj-crolepidoptera- I do only I had a decent book to identifv congratulate you on this work I " micros r feel that r could fal_l undei John Gl-adman f hoi r qnal l trl Ian pedl_ev "Thank you for the copy of the Micro AtLas. It is very welL done and r've fndeeot wel-l done Jane and thanks to read it through with interest. " al-I those who welcomed thrs Societv Joe Zorzi publicatj-on in such a positive way! v 1993AGM

'1 The AGM was held on 15th December 993 and, despite har,'ing been re-arranged, wai wefl attended by members. The meeting opened with a presentation of the results of the 1993 i,tembership Survey-the (see-elser^rhere !n this Nervsletter) which pi.^pi"O tonsiderable discusjion of many issues ralsed. This was followed Editor all of which drew upon hrrvI rhe renorts of the Chairman, Treasurer and plrr-"t" raised by the survey and included several suggested irnprovements or main ...ur-,g"r to the varrous aspects of the Soclety's activities. Some of the co:-::ls of rnterest are sulnrnar:-sed. -.:'. a-----a:-9..-

l:.e:e';:-li continue:o be lwo lJeh's- lncrease in subscrrption rates- At year have Iet!ers per Year' but rt rs hoPed 82.50 a subscriPtions good value for that an lncrease rn copy from members always represented the witl provrde an opportunrty for tne money and have also allowed numbei of lssues to be increased ln Society to malntain a healthY had the future - financial standing. However, this vrr4Ian I rr lrcan no.ssible because of the generously The target publicatron dates r'':-Il oe services and facilities v 1st March and 1st SePtember each nrnrzi deri Lrv t,eicestershire Museums year, wrth the coPY deadlines belng Service and others, rvhi-chef f ectively i Stf' JanuarY and 15th .rul)' subsidised the running costs of the respectlvelY (though ea-rl.r-er Society. rnherent r^rrth operating on and submission would be appreciated) - such a basis, certaj-n Irmitations problems have arlsen recently which Havlng Severa] Occasional Publrcations are have affected the SocietY- years currently in the course cf been in existence for five and preparation having built-up a good membership, it was felt that the trme was right for were IJeetjngs ensurrng that subscriptions set at a more realistic leveI, sufficient of Indoor meetings wiII be held on to meet the normal running costs Thursdays next year (1994-5 season) - the SocietY. The general format will comprise a I 5 minute introduction, followed by a 45 The annual cost of Producing and m:-nutepresentation from the speaker, di ctri avee-.'Ylrrrti no Nelvsfetters and (pIus w:-th 30 minutes remaining for coffee occasional Publ:-cations one to and discusslon. One indoor meeting other mailing) eguates per next year wrll be reserved for Iocal approximately E2 -50 member and indoor membei contribu'-ions (10 to 20 the costs associated with minutes each). meetings are also approximately the same. It was therefore proposed that rate be Sone of the sugges ted rmprovements to the adult subscriPtion field meetings (e-9- outdoor increased to E5 Per annum- The workshops, intensive survey of one survey shorved that most members reasonable site, etc-) rvill be rncorporated in considered this to be a junior future prograrrunes - rate. A subscriptron rate for members of €1 and a joint/family rate News- Menber shig / Cons Lj t u i-r on of 8"7-50 (single coPles of letters, etc. to more than one member An updated membershrP list will be at an address) were also ProPosed- by the issued as soon as Possible - These proposals l^/ere approved

The present eonstitution is to be in reviewed to ensure that it i-s It is hoped that this increase properly tailored to the Society's subscription rates does not adversely our membershiP levels, and needs " affect that it is accePted bY members as a future SubscriPtions means of helping to secure the ^€ i- l-ra Qnni atrr e.rv vvv+v ul . Possibly the most imPortant issue Russell discussed at the AGMwas the proposed Adrian SALE OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE DONALD TOZER

Arthough having previousr)'heard of the sad ner.,.soi the d.eath of Don Tozer, 1t came surprise to me to read an announaaaa"c-pufr:,c of the forthcoming-as I rn the Leicester Mercrrrrr sale of his corlectro" .t auctio', o,.,nif;'"'J:ffi:I 1993 at Churchgate Auctrons Limited.

Despite being j.vely at rel_at short Leicestershire speclmens j-nterest notice, thj-s proyided of mysetf and were present. These rncluded: several other Ioca l I en i rinnr, rvith possr,bly ti:'?j".t"1.'"Tt;5I';:: Several specimens of the al-so the first) / onnortrrni f rr r/ county hi s cotrec t ion . t;i5"^'"""tirT rarity The Forester (Adscr ta "" t :i:H sLatices) taken at Scraptoft of butterflies and moths lrhicfr":: were 19/vi/48. housed in four cabinets and tr^/enty two storeboxes. Lunar hornet moth ( Sesra ucrtuce!LUrrt:!s)hamhaa i f^-*; ^\ a Some damage... rrom sgvgraf sites June I936 near Billesdon, 26.v:-.31 at Wanlip, 26.v:-.31 near Gumley Whilst specimens h'€r€ and JuIy lome shor^ring 1936 from Stokerstone, Rutland- signs of damage caused by previous pest infestat j-ons, ml, immediate and overall impressi_ofl \{c1S of an excell-ent col.Lection of tvelI-set specimens in beautrful condition tvhich contrasted ereatly r,r:_th the dlsmal saleroom surroundings. Most species of Britjsh butterfll, and moth \^/ere represented in the collection, tlrpically with a series of 1O to 20 specimens of each.

The moths included several spec:.es now extinct, such as the frosted )/ellow (Isturgta i_inbaria) and the butterflies included se.,rera1 Iarge blues (MacttLs-neaar:on) and a pa:_r of Currant cJ-eanvrng (Synan thedon large coppers (Lyaena drspar). t:puJrfor,nrs) taken at h:_l home at Copdale Road, Leicester After 2g-vi.5O and having scanned through the h 1t1 1 \H collection rather quickly, I decided to then look closer at cerrarn YelIow-Iegged clearldtng (Synant.hedon specj-es of particul_ar l_ocal interest.. vesp:form:.s) on 4. vr. 54 ihen I had been told f our that most of Don's were found at Bardon HrIi. coll-ection \das of reared specimens and that most specimens of local Red-trpped cleanving i,synanthedon interest had previously been donated formicaeformis) to New Walk found on two Museum. Examination of occasions near specimens Gumley 15. vr.31 and was not easy under these 25.vi-31 . crrcumstances, particularly with Iabels written on the underirde and Large red-belted cl-earrving (Synan_ rnany pins impossible to remove wrth- thedon cul-icifornls) 4.vi_.5-4 wrt-h two out reasonable force from the cork being recorded at Bardon Hitl- lining of the cabinet drawers. Clouded Magpie (A_braxas .but some prizes! sylvata) at a new county Jocatron at Barkby HoIt on )1 :., A^ 4 / -!v.ta. However, having used the couple of hours available to Look at the Labels White-line dart (Euxoa trittci) taken to several- hundred specimens, it was at Syston on 6 -vrii.37 may be clear that whilst the a vast majority possrble mls-rdent rf rcat ion. were bred and,/or col__l-ected from manv wel-1-known out-of -county f ocatr-oni (e.9. Monks Wood), a number of aan f r7 nO e;t e'::cnrologist. I explained that the ! Don Tozer contd 3:-'crety was mainJ-y interested in the data contarned rvithin the collection ancl sttooestecl thet T mi crhf hg of White-rnarked (Cer-astis Jeuacgrapia) assistance to hin. He said that he 16 / Lv / 64 f rom a t''ood near Tugb1,. wouLd phone me again, although to- date thj-s has not happened. I shall The Wormwood (Clicullra absintiir) endeavour to contact him again found on tirree occasions at Evington myself , 1f onllr to l-earn of the (9.vii.56; 20.vii.56; 11.rr:-r.75) destiny of the colLection. twice from the Golf Links. whilst it is sad when collections My efforts constj-tuted Iittle more such as this are "Iost" (and there is than a cursory examination of the a Iesson here for those of us with minor Iocal coLlections) , the good news is collection and transcriptj-on 's errors in the above :-nformation are that all of Don Tozer notebooks and possible. However, no Leicestershire correspondence, BS well as his

rvvv-,rre^rgsnecimens of thc hich )-rrnrun ffft- collection of beetles, had been illary (Argynnis adippe), smalI eggar previously secured by the (Eriogaster -lanestrjs) , broad- Leicestershire MuseumsService. bordered bee hat^rk-moth (rienar: s fuc i fornis) or chocolate- t rp Adrian Russe-ll (Clostera curtul.a) tvere found t''ith:-n collection. v the ana hrtvar - naarlv F? Cnnl Forthcomingpapers in the Returning on the morning of che sale, LESOccasional Publ icat ions .i +L-r i! -.-"t !Lf frquh:d vgsrrlreen hon^^rrvvcu LlraL rL r{r!url bg Series possible to purchase part or ajl of the collection so as to keep :-t within the county and/or save it from an even worse fate. Hower.'er, brddrng LEICESTERSHIRE on all six l-ots was brisk and reached HARVESTMEN lcr,'plq h'i ahar fhan antiein:terl :r.d ^^-+-i-1,, Lovon.! wo- ug! Lqrrr!)/ !91vrrv theLrrs I ini-s cf rhose loeal lenirlonterisfs nresent. LEICESTERSHIRE WOODLICE Lot3 Elevenboxes (moths) S,70

Lot4 Elevenboxes (mainly moths but both by Jon Daws someoutterflies) s,95 To be published Lot5 20-drawers(moths) 5,600 March/April 1994 Lot6 1S-drawers(moths) &,380

Lot7 Cabinet(mainly foreign butterJlies) s,580 Lot8 2O-drawers(butterfiies) Next copy date: t760 July 15th 1994

The whol-e colfection was therefore Sonrt \/^1rr :rJ. icloq , r{r:r.ri*- *,, *ngfs , 's sold f or E2,733 (:-ncluding buyer sightings, reviews , reports, notes premi-um) . I was able to leave notes etc to: asking successful brdders to contact me- Several days later a Mr Harding' nhnned rne :nrJ exol a ined f hat he had Ray Morris, 142 Hinckley Road, purchased the whole coJ-lection, Barwell, Leicestershire LE9 8DN though he had not yet decided what to rio wi th i f : he rlid nnf :nnp:r to be "^vu r-

early for the frrst tortoiseshell ButterfIies at Market r''hici-. appeared on 2.1 Ju11r. On 14 Juiy' 1992, ele'"'en species were Bosworth in 1993 recclced Hith a total peak number of :9 L:isects, mostiy on the Tn reqn-h

f rontrann i oq f ram ' ^"mrr rocnrrlq -" f affect f:-gures as rnuch as the weather but nevertheless no Loi^t numbers - even of i'uhiiesi correl-ation betr^reenreport data and lrfe cycle could be seen. We await I'{ost noticeable in 1993 rvas a lack the 1994 season wrth anticipation. of small tortoiseshefls in early Jean Harvev summer- lhey peaked at 50 simul- teneonq sichtinos cln 1.1 .-Irrlv 1992 .,h^-^-^ +L^-^ sner:imens rrnf iI 24 Arrcrrct 'r 1qq3 '992 More records: anrl the neak weq onl v ?1 Sma-ll--Tkip-per Essex skipper : l cn nrnrlrrnorl r-Fr' I r--- r.]- i +-- e!rv f/rvuuesu rtLOrIy rq!99 l\rl! LgJ / QinSy skipper Grizzled skipper neakinrr at 2A on )6,Ittlw uh.i'a.993 Speckled wood Gatekeeper vr. !v usrf Meadowbrown Ringlet peaked at only 6 on 17 August. The peacocks came earlier in 1992 Similar records: maintaining peak numbers from 25 to 6r€en-vel?reA- Orange tip 45 over the per:-od 24 JuIy to 10 Commonblue Red bdmiral Marbled white Peacock Artotrst: the f i rst qrrmmpr ne:r-99[ Yv$v Small heath uru/jli,il noLh^+ appear unEtl,,-+i I 1I Aug:us^,,-,,^+ ! In Less 1gg?-IJJJ, rr:rwina in numbers from 10 to -5mFerrecords: 16 between 14 and 18 Auqust. farje Brimstone Large white Small white Small coDper Green hairstreak Apart from these major differences, Wall brown Tortoiseshell there was obviously a general Poor or under-recorded: shortage in 1993. The Buadleia ffi btue started to bloom on 27 June in Painted taOv Comma 199?I JtL, tsqu),ro:drr lUIf nr tho rsr9ul:rae rrurlwet-nrrmhn-- of tortoiseshells and peacocks. The earliest blooms 1n 1993 were later, orr 7 July, but strII too

10 ButterfTy records from Market Bosworth I gg2_l gg3

Ycar I 99: I 99J Species f)tr.vs Pcriod Peak no. I)s)s I'criod of Peal no. rccordrd of rccords recordcd recordcd records recorded Smdl tortoiscshcll (hibcrnat06) t l0.ir f J I l.iii.:.t.t I I I Small torloixshell (suarnrer) .il 6.rij.l9.Lt 50 9 3.l.rii. l.ir 1 Paock (hibcrnators) 6.iv-16.r' I I 0.iv-I 5iv Peacock (surnnrer) {: I J.r'ii.l.t.ir .15 rn |.\lX-.,i.Lr t6 Rcd (spring) admiral I ?7-r' I 1 I 7.ri-l3.vi I Red admiral (sumnrcr) JJ 6.rii. I 7.r 6 I: I J.viii-J-t Conrma ll 8.rii.9.r 8.viii- I 5.viii Painted lad.r. 6.rii. I 0.r

Ilrimstone (hibcmnton) 6 E.ir- I 7.r J I J.nl. /.r' I Brinrsl one (sunrnrt,r) ) lJ.rii-9.yiii I 5.riii-l.x I t argc uhitc (spring) 6 l.r'.I 9.r larye (sunrntcr) u,hite J 6.rii-lJ.ir I8 {(, r.r'lu.JU.rr 6 (irccn-r'cincd u hitc (sprine) .l ,l.v-I 7.r. I J J.v-{i,r I Grccn.r.cincd s.hite (sunlnrcr) ) /.r I-.).lI t0 I I 9,rii. | 7.r'iii 1 Snttll u'hite (pring) 7 ll.ir -3J.r I J J.r'-l6,vi Snrrll qtilc (sunrnrcr) J9 /.\ It.J.ll l0 6 l7.rii- l.i 6 Ornngc tip J J.r -3J.r' I 7.r'-| 3.r' I\lcrdou'broqn l7.r i. I J.riii o IJ .lJ.vi. I 9.riii Ilcdge brou n (Gatckecpcr) :tt 6.vii-I 6.yiii lt 7 ll-i l.\'ul I 14all brour I S 3.viii.I 7.riii I I I li.viii I SpecUcd uood J lS.viii-30.ir I J l{.riii-.1..r Conrmon blue J J.\fu. I 0.\u ' Holl_r' blue (spring) 8 | {.r.36.r' E,r" I 3.r I Holl-y blue (summcr) l.l l3.rij.l.l.viii

Small copper a Lriii-J9.viii I Iarye skipper I 3.ri SmrU skipper I 0.r'ii-3?.rt

Number of dal's recorded I8 6.iv.37.v r5 I l.iii-19,r. 5l ?I.ri.5.ir (Gaps are absence on holida.vs) )U I 5.ri-2.ir l5 l6.ir- I 7-r 6 I 3ir.{-r

Note: the peak number for a species is the qreatest species seen simultaneouslv number of insects of that -of day specified- day's records is .during-the Th" ;"ak totar for the .rr* the peaks for att a peaks occurring at diferent _"p."llr-,"""ia^"o that rtay, the times of the day for Oitter-eil-species- iZ 11 l Meadows

Between MaY and SePt e::'ber 1993 I recorCs i ]-e.-i l'leacor"', 198'7 and Fast, carried out rccth t raP'Ping at Lercesr-e: 1lorest 1989) from record luuvllvv!T.nrrahhnrorroh vuvrr .Mpadnr..'q AS cart of thg the ccun'.1'. Fur',hermore, ^L-^..6- survel' of the s:-te be rng UllV!N-..y >llvl cV ecological ^^ cnari rq nornh'nnrr-.inc a-ltnt. undertaken bY consultants actrng vFvv- ev -.--9rIJUur al19 uvullLlc> for the DePartment of TransPort also, thus emPhasislng the ^r --. ;r ---^^ ^€ ,.L-! .'^'.1A (the slte i-s threatened b1' srgnr r icance o! h'nat \{ourq appear proposals for a bYPass road). to be an establrshed coIonY at Loughborough Meadows. The site had been surveyed several years ago bY Peter Gamble and F'inel Iw. a soecimen of what could others and had some possibly be the Northern Deep-brown Produced hr,| / ar^-^nhtrr'6 vP/tf L _lUtulenta fUene- interesting moth records e.g. black uqr L \APVL rustic (AporophyTa ntgra) and dcg's hrrraenqis) kras also taken; tltis 's is tooth (Lacanobia suasa) , a:j provisional identification nrr rrpn t I v l-ro-"Yi nn . also well-known for some of rts vv Checked Coleoptera records Adrian Rr.lsse-lL Exceffent conditions, J.cl:sl' ca;c.es

For my rvork las t )/ear , i h'as required to operate tt.'o NN -:-Ehts on each cf the seven occasicls that garden f ,.risited the srte, and cn scrne A Charnwood occasions I afso oPeraiel ac--::::c Iight tre.Ps and carrred cut sugaring. Nly garden and field in Charnwood together are about a hectare. The Ho\n'e\ter, despite th:-s, the sPec:es biS Iarvn hTas once a meadow and I totals (rracros and mrcros) recc:ded Ieave a big piece to f f orver everY on each occasion \rere generaIIl' year. It is fuII of Prgnut and I get plenty of chimneY sweeper very l.otr (51 sPecies ber-ng - the rnaxlmum) and served to underlrne nioths . I have put as many (verY acrd the arvful nature of 1993 as far as drfferent appropriate garden Lepldoptera were concerned. f still so:-I) rirld plants into the find:-t hard to be'ieve that on as I can get and keeP adding more - 22nd JuIy r^rith conditions berng In fact I now Pot uP lots of very mild and still, ivr';h a wrldf lotu'ers and sefl thern in aid of temperature of 16oC at mr-Cn:-ght, no butterf Iy conservation. moon being vrsible, it \{as onIY possible to record 48 sPecies of Dragonf 1i-es g-alore ! rnoth (macros and micros ) when qurte la:-ge opera t ing t wo I\'n/ I:- gh-r s : I: The pond rn mY field 1s --,r wa- qqy4,,^ i n 1985. It rs h;bitat of such obvious quaL:-'-Yl dllu June guite deep ( f irze f eet ) in the native Elephaints artd dogs ! centre and I have Put every rrrtlnd *L^ nanrl nl ent f h: i- !T UerI-^n dal ! I vurrr Lrlc Fv..* r-6-- Vs -^.-i nq :nd i n f he nr-rnri- So f ar I Nevertheles; several sPecl-es of r(lq! v rlrJ lrrv b,v..\^ interest were recorded, inciuding have recorded ten specres of r-n the Trachysmia inopiana, small elephant dragonfly and damseIflY a:rricnq! iho Iist !v!heino' a^Y i. lhelluJ-a hawk-moth (DeiTePhtla Poce)1us) , w ser r A the shears (Hada nana), dusky-lemon depressa*, Aes.irna cYanea*, saflow ( gilvago) and geld grandts, A mlxta, SYmPetrum ^+-: - I af :rm* l'nananri.n' Lv.. nttcl la* spot (Plusj.r festucae) - J LL LVJALUttt t wverte9L A/vvl'!4 , Enallagna cYathigerun, Ischnura ol anan< Pvrrhoc.ma nvnnhtlT a* and The dog's tooth (Lacanobta suasa), =LCgarto t L -I L which had been recorded fron the Lestes sponsa*. - i/*m:l i nn :nrl /or ant- avi no seen) site in 198?, was again recorded in '. rrLcLrrrv vYY 4sJ good numbers, with 12 coming to lignt on the 8th June 1993- rn 1954 The commonest bY far, with as manY Buckler descrrbed this species as as 50 at a time, is C PueLLa beinq rare in the countY and it foLlowed by P nYnPhttla, A cyanea would appear to have remained that and S strro-latum. 4 way, with onIY two other recent contd Pl

12 Charnw ood gar d en Don't neglect contd rhododendrons.,.

I keep hoping fnr fl-raurrs tho El[Pg!9!, Hoi"' many gardens muddy darter and the four*spotted and parks have chaqor .nha s rhododendron bushes? Most l:qf i'aLv qyvsorr^n6: rYq- A naturalists consider these plants to be a poor habitat for most wrldlife Pienty of butterf l-ies and very little in the way of other f l-ora will- f Lourish near them. But what about i-nsects? In I have also recorded 20 species of qhnri ,a hanar nrrl-r'l i - l-'^A rrri - hrrl-forf lrr in +h6-.te gdrar*A^^ uen so Ia:€ 1,svrrorrsu the . Br.r.tis/r Journal_ Nothing rare aI though r dro ha'.'e of EntonoJogy and Natural (vol theLrre rlvr+Jhnl I w uruchltte hef orc i t hoa:ma History 6 p139, 1993), L____ _ SO Richard conmon! . Because of the freld I Jones describes the nof cmal I ha:+h occurrence of leafhoppers and bUt neVer inrtr iarqerq. _ lacehttrrs ^n thcee rnn: roni I ' numbers. The most recent to appear qyPqrsrtLry T J

Etta Ponn-Qmi f h dendron subspecies. The latter rs an introduced European leafhopper.

Any notes on insects associated ) wlth these ornamental plants woul-d be most welcome as are all records of Hemr-ptera. Ray Morris

and waste ground!

Derelict land is not to be ignoredl A site in south yorkshire recentlv gave an outstanding list of wasps and f l-ies. Many are part of the normal- col-onisation of such siEes and may only be present for relatr ets Lrivel v sr/ v orru!short L nari nd< r\n .yOU know of any potentially interesting wastelands where recording could be usefully done? Let us knowl

Anax imperator r

New Sourceof insect records in remote areas? '1 1.':sr to iunch at the Far On 3th SePtember Iasr )'ear, Pat and I took a lor 13krneast of I'lorth Hotel at Balnake:-I (l{C 393678), near Durness, and about if I might Cape Wrath. lfter an excellent meal, I askeo the ProPrretor a contrlbution to coilect a few sprders fron the outs:-de of the bur)-drng as . d >u! vey vr^f Hr14Yr.i -h f and ilouse sp iCe rs flies, He enguired j.f nY rnterests Iarge rrumber of adult caddis the rich Iimestone extended to aIl- smalI ani-rnaI lrfe no doubt frorn to the west of the and, if so, rvould I l:-ke the Iocks that lie are being exami-ned by contents of the W insect traP i:: hotel. These Nairn. Some 14 }arge the hotel kitchen? I could not the Joyces at were sorted out and really refuse; in any case, l! ichneumonids to Dr MR Shaw at the seemed a PitY to Pass uP the submitted Museums of Scotland" In this annnrl-rrni rr t\rL trl see what such traps Royal uvvvr L ur -l the naterial collected, even if the conr-ents case, unfortunatelY, ..^+ guuu^^^A ah^rr^h iALU rucrrLrryi.iFn+i f!' \./ere frizz]-ed and bleached ' I was n()L €lrlougll hewond oeneric level, 1 3 being expressed a Proper degree of vvjv.rv YY.-v-' and one Ne tef ja enihusiasm and, shortly after"+ards, Ophion spec.ies was handed a Iarge PaPer bag fuII species. of insects which had accunulated over the previous couple of ncrr"hs ' And f-l tes i J i the rest of the .Fienty of moths Nearll' all cf thousands of insects frorn the trap f Ires, tvrth a On reaching home, I had ;' gu:.ck \{ere !\{o-','.lrnged of verY smafl look at the contents and, rairer to preponderance the notorious m), surprise, most of the Iarger species, PresumablY TheY did include *oth" Iooked lltt Ie affected bY Highland mrdge. st r rk:-ng ade-green their sudtlen demise . O"er t he :'e:

14 RSPBconserve more than just birds

rT q,,,:m yrqLs!urar:'l-afrr'l f^Lv JeanLredll ROnl(Qn fnr Ar:,.iF4 $,, &! flarve)'rori{aft,e., c.:ar,irng ny at.tentl_on to the t+ork of the Roya] Society for the Protectron of Brrds 1n Lonserving our natural herltatel rn the RSPB Conservation Revie\^/ for 1993, sectlon t.t specrf:-cally deals with the conservation r:alue of the RSPB rFsprveq fnr 6el[s, in itself almost a first in the Unrted Kinqdom.

RSPB reserves support 88t of the extensive shingle, supports several 726 macro-moth species in the UK specrF-s found 'eggar. in such habrtats e.g. and an amazing 70t of the Red Dara grass South j-onall-y Stack reserve and Nat Notable specres. r-n North Wales is particularly Particularly weII represented are :-mportant for the thrift clearwinq. nei'i on: l l v q-ar-a associated with reedbeds, southe:n Purchase is the answer heathlands and northern birchwcods. However, in spite of the h:-Er. Other habitats forming part of the renre-sFntet l on an rcqor\roc _ v...= RSPB's land holdings cover groups are only poorly recordei, l:: heathLand, calcareous grassland, particular the clearr^rings. woodlands and moorland are alI nationally important sites for a Tnfcrnef i nnaT 7v imoorfanf qnF--.q Ls'rL rusv-=+ range of moths. wlth many species threatened by industrial, agri- Some internationally important ::c::. cultural and residential develop- qnen i pq ^ ra f arrnrl an vrr !g-gt.. g- =. _ . ment, the role ri-++L-,.r - --- of nature reserv6s inqnnf trc-- r'rqL Lrlew :, wcr,_--___ _, . _..-l _q in conservrng aII our rvil_dlif e, not wainscot, whrte-mantled rvarisco-- ;ust moths, is unquestioned. and the marsh malfow moth. all o: which are RDB3 species. However, it is only rvhen vast reserves ,,':.ao-e also support tracts of land are protected can coLonies of endemic subspecies s:::. there be any certainty of long-term as speckled footman, l-east mLncr safeguardrng of vul_nerable species. and a Scottish race of the broiii- The RSPB hcls a record of- doino t ip- th:-ngs on a qrand scale - and let'i be honest therr approach is the Some of the southern reserves ha...e onIY '.'iable \day in which rti cf i naf I rr cnrrlharn..1ern speciescnaai aa sucl,-,,^k a>- - conservatron can be real-rsticaLlv the ,'Terqcv f--Y__ ioor alrrr --...f:n-f- -JO:, carried out I webb's wainscot and the Kent black arches. Some of Britain's rarest moths are species whose strongholds are in more southern parts of EuropeD,!v^^^ ano--l naveL ^. very restrrctec range in this country. Dungeness supports five RD species: Sussex enerald, scarce chocolate trD, !vuf^^+---^ L.rqrr, whrte-.Lr !- spot and toadflax brocade

Wtde range of habitats

Even in the north, where there are lower numbers of moth species, species encountered in northern Europe or montane areas are found on RSPB reserves- For example, Rannoch brindLed beauty. Scottish annulet, sweet gale noth, the saxon and the exil-e 41e fnrrnd an m:nrr gf the Society's sites-

In coastal- areas, sand dunes are particularly important habitats for 14-spot Jadybird rare moths where the sand dart, Portland moth and shore wainscot Lrueur . Agdrrrl^-i h I rruilgenessnrlh^^-^-^ wIEn..1 +L Its

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Possiblenew county v hover f Iy f rorn DebdaleWharf

It was a frne ar:d sunn)/ Sundal, morning (27 .vl-.93) as \{e explored the banks of the Grand Union Canal, first towards the north, and then southwards towards Foxton Locks. Just to ihe south of Debdale \'jharf Bridge I was pleased to take my first specirnen of the hoverfly Anasinyia contracta (Syrphrdae), a female flying around the folrage by the waterside. f know of no cther Leicestershire records. anvone else?) . It ls re:crded ae -,'-.:a" j: ic.l rui f lr "siarce, r 35gcrgsggvvlervu -)y. €-^- €i.'^ iF r^ah 1.1r.-].,-r- trvlu t!vE -9uqtY- rlt duarrr Y\r -Jrl- J " Provisional- At]as of :he iloverf Lies of ilarvticksh-i::e" . \,

A second beautrfuL rnsect r ".,'i::ca r^/as pleased to see \\'as 3.::".'-c::.s f*;/l. h ,.,.^ | -\L'L'-\ ^,.- -<1c-:c-:-c (Tabanrdae) . rh:-s :uris L^F\i+-f- .F -L^ 1ln"u."iti"rss[/ in nfhor vqritlJrlrn^ ll4VI Lq L- llt l-Ig county and would be an :nteresirno rr., r rry Lv r0qfJ a) drr inrlir-:i-r sne-:eS. mepf i nn l nri m-l-a of i aaf i rro l rr hrr The lerw^F feed on veqetable matter indirrldual. rrrsits, rvith the Sc,ciety in mud and I used to see i-t arounC obtainr-ng permisslon for access. Cottage Farm Ponds rn Oadby. Whrclt site sh.rl I rie adopt f.or 1994?

Seeorrrll t, o-reh -r'-,rn ,rf insecf q h-- Another i-nsect on the hate:-s:-de rsuvrru! J foliage was a tenthredrniC sar..'llr', its orvn problems - l.fith some, such possrbly Macrophya specres, Dit as the ho,"'erflies, the next step is .tc that w1]l- have to await a r-t::p to burld a County Atlas to sho:^rthe Coventry Museum for confirtna::o::. drstrrbutron and status of the insects. with butterfli-es, rt may ha +hrf : ^rrahf i t:t irza :nnra:nh iS Behavioural studies, f or example rvrth gall rvasps, would be another approach. The Soctety nrnrziricq : forrrm q- f h:t nannlo vvvv4e tr Sornethoughts on the with similar interests can work together and provide muiual support 1993 AGM ia grlqvtE^nrl-r1 a nra+aaf q f n lre comnlof orl LU Vl VJ Yg LJ Lv ve vvrr'Vrs evs r.rnrr'., hc annd .sttceessf ttl Iv - Tf !v Yvvv lg hear fron anyone rvith records of I would -Lrke to tank Adr:'an fc: tle Lelcestershire hoverflres whrch exEremeJ-y^.,+-^-^l,, userur,,^^€..1 survey^',-.'^r' .'vl:-uI-.'}.,- ^)i :-e coulc, be included rn a ?ro','isional conducted amongst the members cf n+1-^

f he Sor:i etv- Threc nni nt!v s or-r-'tr'----q Yv+.l to me during our discussions at 'uhe LastIy, 1t was clear hor" :nportant AGM. Firstly, it is ver:/ drff:-cult is the Newsf etter i.n ; rcr,':-ding a to mount coordinated acti.rrtres for definitive record of inseci l-:-fe rn ,,t i^t., qnoci:l i ctq ln such w!uYly Leicestershlre. However, how good different fields " The most useful that record is, and hc',1 usef uI to cf - .l-'-^-Ar ,.nlrr function for the Society as a rvhole ruLursfrrirrra srrLvr{lv!vv!-L-,onfnmnl66i ug-Jcl/u) LrIlIy would be to "adopt" a drfferent on the work of the mer,bers. Here's ^i +^ ^-^la r'^-r >I Lg EAgrr yEAr fLv n Af iomnt aq honi no f or a nroduc!:'.'e 19941. detailed a record as possrble of the insects present. This could be John Kraner done through an arranged freld

to t From the journals

One of the surprisrng outcomes of the Socrecy's Membership Survey was the '.'^rr'lrl feOtfifement that lan:l noml-rorc in n:r+i^rr'l:r lilza ranrrl:r ng9,r5 Of What t"as happening in the national entomologrcal press. ft is proposed to review a .series of iournals r.'hich r'^rrv ertir-leq of .rFneral and qnccifin entomological interest. It 1s recognised that some journals may not be covered or that there ma)' be a bias by the revj.ewer. To counteract this, j.t rvould be appreciated rf LES members could dral attention to such ommisions/errors,/bras or, even better, submit reviews of their o\.inl This also applres to other publications rvhich may be of interest to our members.

Erjiish Journaf of Entcto)-cgy an,i Natural- History (1993) voLume 6

1. The d:-strrbutron and habrtat requrrements of the tiger beetfe Cicindela gernantca L (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in southern Britain - GR EIse p17-21 (a useful study into these beautrful beetles).

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Crcjn,Je-la germanica ;!ii nds af Er i f i ch Onamv- i rf aa

:. The British species of }/cnoc.h:'c:, J.-rrysoesfhja, Ftocheuu,.a and SjtLtrogra - -4 /T,cni donf era: celechiidae) PA Sokolof f .& F Rr:df nrd n?1 4 \(sncr-i rvev4er eq rlaqnrinf innc anrl nnlatrrorl nlriol

3. The deadwood fauna of Cornr.uall - KNA Alexander p 97-101 (a report on the indrcator beetle species of the far rvest wrth many records for the first time since the turn of the centurv).

4. Notes on European Phorj-dae (D:-ptera) - RHL Disney p107-118 (wrth keys, species descriptlons and genrtalra l-ine drarvrngs) .

5. The BritishEpermeniidae - HCJ Godfrat & PH Sterling p141-143 (descriptions \- of the microlepidoptera rn this small family together with a coloured plate).

qner:ies - (katt 6 Tha Rri f ish of Carvotn ir;m Grecror & fPnrznlnrr P l]rramar n145-1\'7 Jvvv- s vvv!:rj \^eJ to the identification of this Gelechid family of micro-moths wrth superb nl ates of oenitalia ano a colour nl af e of ndrrlts shared rvrth the orevi orrs

- YeYv4 /

7. A review of the Brrtrsh Opomyzrdae (Diptera) - CM Drake p159-176 (a very qnF-iaq ueLqlrEurieiai lcd nrcqenfation1;teJerrLaLJ-OII wrthWl-Lll identific:afionl-qent--^-* kevs. riaqcrini-y;IOnS, WJ-ng illustrations and line drawings of genitalia).

Zntomologist's Gazette (i993) voLume 44

Population fluctuatrons of the holIy blue butterfly, CeJ-astrina argioTus (L) ('epidoptera: Lycaenidae) - E Pollard & TJ Yates p3-9 (a national overview of the occurrence of this lovely butterfly in recent years - from the drstrrbution maps it would seem that a lot of data e.g. Leicestershire, is Iackinq I )

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Journals contd t 2. The status of 3aj.l:sto ccffee-i-i.a (3ei:erstedt, t1S391 ) (Leprdoptera: GraciLLar:-rdae) rn Scctland - KP BIand p15-'3 aI:i'.cugh this micromoch rs only apparently knorvn frc:r Scotland, the pape::.a,-s;ood l:-ne drarvrngs of the blrster mines the lar'.'ae cause rD rr'iIIol-'lea'.'es

i. fhenrreq in the nOmenCiatUre of cFrta1n sn;rie.q of -lra .renns Colcnnhara Hubner, 1882 (Leprdopterai occurring in Brrtarn - Al'1Ernnet p31-35 (Cof Emmet is probably the leadrng authorit:/ rn the countrl'regarding micromoth and his regular contr:-butj-ons on chan.ging names:-s almost rmpossible to keep up with some times ! )

4. Lepidoptera attracted to honey-water - RG Shotter p37-40 (a simple but ^f €^^+.i -+"Arr -t-r^.ri ^^ )r^" ^i j er IeC!rve"^ SIUqy snowrng no\i an) vrru sqrr cruu LO Our knOwledge Of inSeCt behaviour).

5. Cydia ampTana (Hubner) i-epidoptera: Tortricidae): the first confirmed British record - RJ Heckford p1C7-110. ''?- 6. Elachista ponerajla Fre)', " (Lep:-doptera: Elachrstrdae) :-n Brrtarn - AM Emmet & JR Langmaid p11i -1 i.:.

1 . A new tortricrd moth f or :::qIand - Acl.er:s -2.ogiana iClerck) (Lep:-doptera: - Tortricidae) in Hampsh:-re - --:. ingmard p15.t. t

8. Occurrence of Tel;e.:-:a .:::al:-s \NIann)(Leprdoptera: Chcl-eut:dae) rn the Errtrsh Isl-es in 199: - i-' -e:k:::' j oll!-136.

fPaoer-s 5-B are f\/nr-:1 a^-t-"rr'-',-:---s to fhrc iorrrne'l nf'pr harna:nramn:niarl Jvu!rrqf rs+rrv c.evvrr.verrfeu, unfortunately, b1' black 3 r''h:-:e :-:Iustrations.l

-'.-Lr' 9 o!Aoroahnla L vvttvLa !te€Ittahac^-rr^r^ L I -igq uuwur -v i-9 - \ !LvruvvT.onirlnnfarr" uL t ct . Noct:icae, ) ne;r to Britain - GM Haggett & C S:r:th p183-203 (i t rs unusual to have a new macromoth added to the Ufi llst and thrs article is e: accompanied by both black & rvhite and colour rl lust rat ior:s ) .

10. Ceroaontha (Dtzl'gc:.-'.'-:. --.::'ae (Groschke, 195- ) rDiptera: Aqromlzz:-dae) a species new to Brita:-n - i? 3iano p271--2i3 (a fly which forms galleries in ivoodrush l-eaves; mines :-:? :--::s-,rated in the paper).

11 " The British species cf ii:e l.::-':c.b:Ls tongipennrs (Heer) group (Coleoptera: Staphylinldae) - DA Lc:t p2Ea-281 (an illustrated key to distrnguish between --:.e the three British spec:es :: ?:-:ncbius genus by the Secretary of the LES) . I Cecidology (The Journal o! :.:e 3::i:.s.h Fl.a;rt GalT Society) (1993) vclune 8

1. A survey of common names a:.: D::'iomials used for Brrtrsh plant galls - BM Spooner & FB DeLarge p3-25 (a -ist cf alternative names rvhich may prc,.'e .rseful- to those researchlng the I:te:a:::e for plant galls).

.rl.i ? 1^'li ^^,--^h" _ jB_37 Of IOCaI ^1S:S i. n--nraq

3. An apparently unreported ga:1 cn p:-nk snowberry - JT Pal-mer p55 ro:namental- shrubs are beconing excellent places to Look for galls) .

/ mL^ -^1r ^-"^ino =. Ille fttnorrs of .qloas - RM phi I I inq nR4-R6 i'harzo 9qf I uauirrry rurrvse vr rr--* -4yv re - j JU greg Seen the gall on the bfacktho:'rn frurt?) .

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18 I b Rutland crickets

The Socj-ety has rarell, had any ner,'s th:-s t ree species . of the members of the Orthoptera - in fact the first and only r.ras in SA Kn:-lI-Jones records three the first issue of the Neivsletter species cf macromoth new to the back in 1 ^^ 988 I The f o l I or+inrr 66# rsl_e of wi"ght 1n 1gg2 (issue 1 -2) . from our "fur'"!uiiJiXllt^^3o;;::: The species !^/ere: Earias jnsu-Zana pondent are most rvelcome. (Borsd.) - also the fourth known British record; Eil_ena canioLa fn August 1993 one female speckled (Hubn. ) - thought to be a migrant (Leptophyes bush cricket pu;:cia- as it was far from j-ts breeding trsserna) was on a roadsrde ve:ge a: areas of Devon, Cornwall .n'as and Great Casterton and a male Pembrokeshire; Cryphia algae (Fab.) Located in a f :-eId at Lyddrr"iqr.c:r. - seventh British specimen. A second female was four:d- outside a window in Barrowden on 27.v:-r:.93 In the same issue Cydia and a male was in the same loca:rc:: composrtel_la (Fab. ) turned up as a on I t.x.yJ. first record for Westmorelind ln August 1992. It is interestinq to The l-ast Rutland records for tn:s note that this species has itso crlcket were in 1990 when a n'.,:c:.- been recently recorded from was f in j-or's ound Pr Coppice a::i Leicestershire (Knighton, 1993, Jon were adults later recorded ::: Daws; Asfordby HiIl area by LES CI:-psham Park Wood. previous:o members also 1993). that :-t \.ras 1986 when a male ....-as ::und in the grass verge a-. The chestnut-coloured carpet (?hera ?:ckworth. cognafa fhunberg) was recorded for the first time at Austrvick in Dark (.F.ho]jcicr,:e:-: bush crickets Yorkshj-re (1992) (rssue 3-4). This 9:-rseoaptera) \^/ere recorded- :s moth is local and locally wide- usual- in Burley Wood crnd G:ea: spread further north. fan Evans Casterton but the oak bush cricker recent ly sent a specimen (Nleconema to tha-Zass;nu,n) has not beer Leicester Museum for rdentifi_cation reported since 1991. originating from a butcher,s in Jean Har\/e): Sutherland (see elservhere in this Newsl,etter) .

.Lptpnyasrni ^1"-^ pos EVj ttana (WaIk. ) is Ent Rec moth gradually garning ground notes northwards. Since the first Welsh record from Cardiff in 1989 and the previously most northerly record ,Tane Mr-Ph:il in roqn^hca l-a +h^ ..v- r.s-^, 4rr !ervvtl_g Lv L.lg from Leicestershire al_so i 989 bv plea for other revier^rers of r3e the author, the moth has now entomological L Iiterature, has made reached Denbighshire (taken at mv1 the following contribution based 1-vij-.92) (issue 3-4). Frrrthar upon articles published :,n the 1993 specimens were taken in May and lssues of the Entono)ogjst's Reco:-C June 1992 further alono the Nnall & JournaL of Variation voLume I 05. wares coasr at crln-l;;;";:'" Because of her own interests there 1s a distinct b:-as towards the The second British record of lepidoptera ! Gel-echia sentrcete ll_a (Staud. ) came from Kent in 1992 (issue 7-8). fhe Richard Jones reminds us fn issue moth was fi-rst recorded as new to i-2 that the London plane tree has Britaln in 1989 in Essex. recently become the source of PhylJonorycter platanl (Staud.) a Last year ( 1993) , in the south of specres new to Britain- In England, the early 9rey, the dotted introducing it to the British lrst, border, the spring usher and the Emmet describes how this moth, a march were recorded before the end. native ',has of south-east Europe, of January. Do you have early stead:-1y been expanding its range records for any species for 1 994? its arrival_ in Britain was deemed to be just a matter of Jane McPhail_ time". Watch out f or l_eaf mines in

\ 19 FIELD MEETINGS1994 I

For the 1994 season aII f ield meetrngs are ct:n; :.e-C cn Saturdal's. l"leet at 0945 at the New tialk l.tuserlmcar park or at I C33 ::: :he ileic. Please contact the leader the week bef ore to check f or an1' las: :r.:::u:e ar:aiEe::.en:S. This is especiallv important f or the Croxton Fe:< .r,eetincs. There tv:-II be an '*-- "r'l -a Anrrhf pt'cninaqElrrrlvr e-riq.'u un-lr- '"9! :!Gvl-t:g- \!rlr ' annnrfrrnif\/vvFv- i^..*F tran in the'-.- =\ be arranged before then I april 16th HOLLY HAYESwooD, NHrTwrcK

Leader: Jon Daws (0533-473031)

Broad-Ieaved wcodland wath wet flushes, streamside and sheltered open areas. O*d grassland, marshes alid a pond are adjacent.

Park on Hilarl, Crescent, off HalI Lane and TresaII Road, 5K442152

^Y nrrh I.1^^1 a::;_c'J lvlrrr 1 dth u!vuv -ii Leader: John I'lcus'er' (0533- 41 326:; 0509-lc:- : ',"..i-.::.tr The Iatest LF.TI:C l:eserve. Broad-1eai'ed :: ' '.':s:: geologl' ancl f iora. Th:-s r.'iII be the secc:-:i :- :'

f i rct nro\'erivv ..'er'.'! vA : rtFre.qt i no f or sun l--'.'::.; ::.:€,-:: vrv! r flole11, rrdes.

Parkrng rr':-Ii be d:-f f rcult: either A4'll .l-. Si.-'t-- : ::' nortir of rvood SK4l l:'l l.

'l June 8th TI{ENTY ACRE PIECE, SIX HILLS

Leacler: John l"louslei' (0533-473262; 05:'9-:a:-i;

Another LRTIIC reserve of rvet acrd/neu!ral ;::ss -=:': a:-: scrub wh:,ci, ls good for IePrdoptera.

.nraht nnrkino off the 8676 at SK638212.

r,.l,, a*A u ury .rru CROXTONPARK, CROXTONKERRIAL : Leaders: John Nlouslelr (0533-473262; 0509-26013'1) a::: --=:-=li:?:-=:- (0533-4'73262)

A former deer park rvith ol-d trees, woodland, scrub, :--a:s:' =::: ol-d pasture . Thrs wrll be a j oint v j-sit t"rth ::-3 3::.::sh '{istorv w Acr-ess -.C '-:-'S nas lllLurt.vrvvFnf nmnlooi c:l R Na-rrr:1 svrJ vvvrer.ISonief ' s:--e been very restricted rn the past, so thrs vlsit ar.tr::.e:-ex! on Sentember 17ch wrl-I be a rare opportunity to see :i^.e !a:k a::i to vrlrrr --:.:*q ualr!.^rrrr nrrt rer:oraJrnn slrnnort is essentiai f c: f refd outing " - the Ieaders nearer the P:rkino5q!jl:rrYJv" vet to be finalised contact

September , CROXTON KERRIAL 17th A second chance to visit this site.

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