﻿A HOLIDAY IN NORFOLK. 



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On August 3rd we lay at Horning, and here we had our 

 sohtary really cloudy night, and spent a hour before dusk before 

 an alder-car, in the hope of seeing Lithosia mnscerda fly, but 

 none made its appearance, though a Norwich collector netted 

 one on the road opposite the ferry. There was an east wind, 

 and rain came on with the dark. When it ceased we again 

 found N. hrei-ilinea and other Noctuae by searching. P. vittata 

 came to light in some numbers, with A. immutata, a single 

 Eugonia alniaria, Nudaria senex, and Pijrausta aurata. We had 

 worked for Tor trices in the afternoon, but little appeared except 

 a few of those already mentioned and Grapholitha ramella. 



On Sunday morning we were at Ranworth Church, with its 

 beautiful screen, and in the afternoon, when the river was alive 

 with yachts, which add so much to the interest and charm of a 

 Broadland holiday, we started to go up the Ant to Barton and 

 Stalham for Nonagria cannce. Our skipper warned us to " stow 

 well," but as the boat lay over, the table in the cabin, against 

 which our insect-boxes were resting, broke away, and one of us 

 went into the cabin to preserve order. Then came an amusing 

 and for the moment alarming incident. A sudden gust of wind 

 laid the boat with unreefed mainsail right over, and brought the 

 water well over the combings up against the cabin-side. One of 

 us on the stern counter drew up his legs and hung on for dear 

 life, while the man in the cabin was bombarded with insect- 

 boxes, lamps, a 7-lb. tin of carbide, and various impedimenta, 

 and sudden spasms shot through us at the prospect of all those 

 ncurica coming to a miserable end. We ran the bows ashore, 

 and lay on for the wind to moderate, and a rapid inspection 

 showed that beyond the loss of a few pins no damage was done. 

 We were soon able to proceed, and after lowering the mast to go 

 under Ludham Bridge we ran up the Ant under the jib. A look 

 round with the hand-lamps gave us again a N. ncurica or two 

 fluttering among the reeds. 



The next day we took the dinghy, and, landing, set to work 

 at the bulrushes for the pupte of N. caimce. Our first results 

 came from the stems of Typha angustifolia, working from the 

 back— that is, the shore side ; but presently, coming across a 

 small clump of T. latifolia not more than a few yards square, we 

 found a dozen in as many minutes. They were mostly pupoe, 

 but we found three or four larvse that had not yet pupated, one 

 of which, at all events, has safely pupated since. Nonagria 

 arundinis was naturally very abundant. Altogether we found 

 two or three dozen N. cannce. It is advisable not to cut the 

 rushes at first, but to pull away carefully the outside leaves, and 

 when the pupa is seen to cut away the piece of stem containing 

 it. The pupae were subsequently laid on damp flannel, and at 

 the time of writing several have successfully emerged, also some 

 ichneumon flies ! 



