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the same numbers on favourable or poor nights, and in some cases were on 

 the wing for nearly a month. Some nights nothing was moving until 

 much later than usual, and I had been on the point of " closing up " for 

 the evening — my patience being exhausted — when some things would 

 come along amply repaying me for the previous barrenness. There was 

 quite a difference, too, in the way in which the light appeared- to affect 

 different species ; some would dash around the lamp until they got their 

 wings singed ; others would fly in and sit down quietly on the table, as if 

 inviting capture ; some seemed only anxious to get out of the glare, and 

 would settle quietly on the floor or the hanging tablecloth ; some (chiefly 

 Noctuids) could not make themselves scarce quickly enough, which they 

 did by getting behind the cases, books, or on my shelves, and staying 

 there ; others were very restless and kept on the move until captured. In 

 some few cases it appeared as if my visitors had but looked in to make an 

 inspection, for after a turn or two about the room or lamp, they beat a re- 

 treat in a very businesslike manner ; but I also noticed that some things 

 which came dashing in, when they retraced their steps (?) did so with a 

 very sober or hesitating flight, as if not sure of their way. As a rule, the 

 Bombycida?, Plusise, and Geometrid£e behaved very well, not being very 

 wild, and they soon sought resting places on the walls, etc., seldom at- 

 tempting to secrete themselves. 



Besides the moths taken at light on the evening in which they came 

 into my room, I usually had another good catch the following morning, 

 and took more specimens again about dusk the next evening. On quit- 

 ting work, or rather pleasure, for the evening, I would first close my 

 window, leaving the blind half up, then put out the light and retire, care- 

 fully shutting the door. In the morning nearly everything in the way of 

 " Micros," Geometers and Bombyces — also any Plusias overlooked the 

 previous evening — would be found congregated on and about the window, 

 on the blind or table cloth. (On July 2nd one of my captures in this 

 way was a beautiful thing, and the only one seen, Dasyspoudaea Meadii.) 

 The Noctuids generally appropriated the holes and corners, but the 

 majority of them did noi show themselves in the morning. After picking 

 and choosing what I wanted, I opened the window and freed the rest. I 

 put on the fly blind to ventilate the room, keep out the flies, and keep in 

 any moths still there. Towards dusk the Noctuids, which had hidden 

 themselves during the daylight, would come from their retreats and they 

 were easily bottled off the window or fly blind, where they gathered. 



