18 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Crambus adipelltis fell to my net; C. uliginosellus was 

 very common, but entirely worn out, — useless for cabinet 

 specimens ; and one fine male Geometra j^npilionaria. 

 Visiting my sugared leaves T found plenty of moths, but all 

 common ; the only species new to me, alive, was Celana 

 Haivorthii, — two specimens were duly bottled, with a lot of 

 Leucanidce^ &c., for morning's inspection ; three larvae of 

 Simyra venosa were found on the reeds. As time went on, 

 and moths got more and more scarce, one could realise the 

 solitude, — alone on this boggy fen ; and to improve it I 

 dropped suddenly into a water-hole up to my thighs, thus 

 putting out my lamp. Scrambling out as quickly as possibly, 

 and squeezing out some of the superfluous moisture, I 

 re-lighted my lamp, and took a short pull at the brandy- 

 flask and a long one at my pipe, from which I got much 

 comfort. Looking at my watch I found it was two a.m., so 

 determined to make for the "Jolly Maltsters." Getting into 

 the boat, I pushed my way back to the Broad. In returning 

 along the ditch I took a few specimens of Crambus 

 pahidelliis, one of which is of a beautiful pure white colour, 

 . with spots of black, — in fact as white as Myelophila crihrella, 

 one specimen of Herminia crihralis, three Schoenohius 

 Mncronellus, and a lot of Chilo PhragmUellm. Once on 

 the Broad I found it was not so easy to get home as I 

 imagined ; it being still dark it was difficult to hit on the 

 landing-place. However, 1 got safely to bank. Here 

 hundreds of Acentropus niveus were disporting themselves 

 over the water, flying close to, and even settling on, its 

 surface, rising from it again with the greatest ease. It was 

 three o'clock when I reached the house, — pretty wet, of course; 

 but after a good wash and dry rubbing I turned into bed, and 

 was soon fast asleep. The morning examination of captures 

 proved my night's conjectures : only very common species 

 had rewarded my pains. My other nights were pretty much 

 a repetition of my first ; the only addition worth notice being 

 a nice dark specimen of Acronycta leporina. 



The day work was singularly dull, — very little was to be 

 done in the way of captures. I was much pleased to get a 

 \e\\ splendid larvae of Papilio Mnchaon : this grand species 

 appears common here, although this season not so plentiful 

 as in former years. According to the men who work on the 



