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varied as usual, some being beautifully green (alas, the green 

 fades !), others of the smoky form. Another moth in these glens 

 worth a passing notice is Cidaria jwimlata. The ground colour 

 of the upper wings was not so yellow as in our Delamere Forest 

 insect ; it was more obscured by smoky shades and darker central 

 bands ; more approaching the jjlackish examples which are to be 

 met with at Eannoch. 



Tea was thoroughly enjoyed at a farmhouse near the foot of 

 the Pike, and then we set off for home. About midway along, 

 to the right of the road and over the high stone wall, is a deep 

 little glen about thirty yards across, with, of course, the inevitable 

 brook at the bottom. The sides were clothed with tall grasses 

 in full flower, ferns, oak and bramble scrub, and a perfect 

 illumination of blossoming foxgloves. This fairy spot we had 

 reserved for our return, and it well repaid us for in a quarter of 

 an hour we had as many larvfe of E. jmlchellata as we cared to 

 take. I took, in addition, a green Noctua caterpillar out of one 

 of the foxglove flowers — probably a DiantJicecia. All have gone 

 down, long ago, for their winter sleep. 



Although a black, ominous cloud rose in the afternoon over 

 Clougha Pike and followed hard upon us on our way home, the 

 sea horizon was clear and sparkling in the sun away to windward 

 (S.W.) next morning. By an early train we again joined Mr. 

 Murray, at Carnforth Station, and made our way via Arnside 

 and the Kent embankment to Witherslack Moss. At rest on the 

 rocks where we left the embankment we took Gno2)]ios ohscuraria 

 and a fine, but doubtful, Scoparia. Fringing the cornfields 

 Chrysanthemum scgctum (corn marigold) showed its wealth of 

 yellow flowers just as it did two years ago, and an occasional 

 Argynnis (ujlaia or A. adippc lent animation to the scene. On 

 the Moss lots of fresh B. qiiercus let us a good deal into the 

 secret of " assembling," about which I may have something to 

 say in a future paper. Many C.paliidata (imhutata) were netted, 

 and in fine condition, one H. miiricata {auroraria) and a couple 

 of male Nemeophila plantaginis. Cramhus margaritellus and 

 Mixodia schidziana were nuisances, as we frequently mistook 

 them, when on the wing, for C. palndata. 



Our next ground was Meathop Moss, by the side of the 

 wood. Here Selidosema ericetaria {ylumaria) was a plentiful 

 insect, although rubbed and chipped as a rule. Females 

 were not so common as males. N. plantaginis was again met 

 with. 



Retracing our steps, and taking larvti? of Eupithecia constrictata 

 by the way, off flowers of wild thyme, we made the best of a 

 waning day in a hurried visit past the Derby Arms and through 

 the village of Witherslack to the Pug Eocks. Our object was 

 SciajiJtila penziana, and, although late in the season as well as 

 late in the day, we got a fine specimen at rest on a rock face. 



