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Norfolk. The " Sketch of the Natural History of Yarmouth," 

 by C. J. and J. Paget, published at Yarmouth in 1834, contains, besides 

 Catalogues of the birds, insects of various other Orders, and plants, a 

 list of 220 Lepidoptera, the majority found in Norfolk ; also notes. 

 My own list, published in the " Transactions of the Norfolk and 

 Norwich Naturalists' Society," 1874 and 1884, contains 1350 species, 

 with localities and other information. More recently I have been 

 obliged by the Rev. C. T. Cruttwell with a valuable MS. list of his 

 captures in the south of the county, especially among the Tineidce ; 

 and by Dr. Carlier, of Edinburgh, with a similar list of the Macro- 

 Lepidoptera noticed by him around Norwich. 



For Herefordshire the only list with which I am acquainted is 

 that by Mr. Thos. Hutchinson, published in the " Transactions of the 

 Herefordshire Field Club." It comprises nearly 1300 species, mainly 

 the result of many years' work by Mrs. Hutchinson and her family in 

 the Leominster district, and of Dr. John H. Wood, in that of Ledbury 

 and elsewhere, but unfortunately it is merely a list of names, and 

 furnishes scarcely any other information. 



In the " Handbook of Birmingham," an article appeared from 

 the pen of Mr. W. G. Blatch upon the Lepidoptera of that district, 

 comprising part of the counties of Warwick, Worcester, Stafford, and 

 even small portions of Salop and Nottinghamshire, but that work 

 being out of print, and not readily obtainable for constant reference, 

 Mr. Colbran J. Wainwright has obliged me with a MS. list for that 

 district of 300 species of Sphinges, Bomhyces, and Noctiice, to be 

 followed by further instalments when required. This is very carefully 

 drawn up, and furnished with numerous localities. 



Except as touched in this list, I find no catalogue of the Lepi- 

 doptera of Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire, or Salop, nor do I know 

 of any for Bedfordshire or Northamptonshire. 



The " Lepidoptera of Burton-on-Trent and neighbourhood," by 

 Messrs. P. B. INlason, J. P., J. T. Harris, and others, published in the 

 " Transactions of the Burton-on-Trent Natui-al History and Archaeo- 

 logical Society," 1885, is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of 

 the species inhabiting Leicestershire and portions of Derbyshire and 

 Staffordshire. It includes the Micro-Lepidoptera, comprises 1000 

 species, and furnishes very numerous localities. Unfortunately, it is 

 a matter of some research to ascertain to which county some of these 

 localities belong 



In 1891, a list of the Macro- Lepidoptera of Leicestershire, by 

 Messrs. F. Bouskcll and C. B. Headly,was published by the Leicester 



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