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ill the afternoon. But the rain held till six o'clock, and we 

 finally decided to make another night of it where we were. That 

 evening it blew hard, though the rain stopped, and we made our 

 way with sugariug-tin to the shelter of a clump of alders and 

 oaks, and sugared the flower-heads. In the shelter of the trees 

 all the moths out were flying, and there we had our solitary 

 successful night with sugar. We took a number of Aiiamea 

 leiicostigma, including some good var. fibrosa. Flying were a 

 few L. straminea and Lithosia griseola and stramineola. Such 

 moths as Apamea didyma, Triphcena comes, and Leucania impura 

 were in some numbers, as well as what appeared less likely on 

 the marshes, Agi'otis nigricans and A. tritici. Calamia pliragmi- 

 tidis was again present, and Leioptilus microdactylus was taken 

 from the flowers of the Eiqiatorium ; and on our way back (our 

 consciences having quieted themselves since the previous night) 

 we got a few more neurica from the reed-heaps, as well as one or 

 two flying. 



At whatever cost we decided to leave the next day, but our 

 skipper had a new sail which he had no intention of reefing if he 

 could avoid it, and as it blew very hard again, we waited till the 

 afternoon. Two or three larvae of ArsiloncJie alhovenosa were 

 found during the day, and a Plusia festucce which emerged 

 after pupating, on September 14th. At four o'clock we got 

 under weigh. The wind fell into a dead calm, and some 

 " quanting " and towing were necessary, and we finally lay 

 up near St. Benet's Abbey at nightfall. We made hurried 

 preparations, but the night proved unpropitious, and with one 

 exception, which from other causes was a failure, all the remain- 

 ing nights were clear and cool, with heavy dews, and hardly 

 anything flew. Sugar and sheet were alike unproductive. At 

 St. Benet's our hand-lamps gave us some N. hrevilinea, in good 

 condition for the most part, a few^. leucostigma, several Tapino- 

 stola fulva, both pale brown and a bright red form. Epione api- 

 ciaria was in numbers, as it was in most places, and we also took 

 Phihalapteryx vittata, Eupithccia tenuiata, Peronia shcpherdana, 

 and Pcedisca semifuscana, the last very varied, including the 

 striking variety with white inner margin. 



The next night we lay at Ranworth, and now we had hopes 

 of Lithosia muscerda — hopes which were doomed to disappoint- 

 ment. N. hrevilinea Vf3i,s again netted and taken at rest, together 

 with most of the other moths already mentioned, including 

 N. neurica, and in addition the following : — Apamea ophio- 

 gramma, Coremia designata, Acidalia immntata and emarginata, 

 Drepana falcataria, Selenia bilunaria var. juliaria, Ditida semi- 

 fasciana, Penthina betulatana, Phoxopteryx sicidana, and Grapho- 

 litha nisella and G. penkleriana. A batch of Peucedanum gave 

 larvae of Papilio machaon, mostly full grown. A couple of pupae 

 were also found, which emerged later in August. 



