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you can find among the heather, and standing still 

 await their approach and "bag" them. That is it. 

 Good ! four specimens in a very short time, taken by 

 standing still. That is the only way you can surely 

 capture the beautiful but rapid-flying Anarta Myr- 

 tilli, which would have led you a dance over the field 

 again and again, and then have eluded your pursuit, 

 simply because its habit is to fly rapidly and in the 

 bright sunshine over the heather, hiding itself among 

 the heather if the sun becomes cloudy, and reappear- 

 ing as soon as he shines again; feeding upon the 

 heather you will find the beautiful green larva of the 

 same species. 



On the trunks of the oaks the pretty little Coccyx 

 argyrana, will be found, while among the thistles 

 Ephippiphora sticticana occurs ; and flitting along 

 among the coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) we shall see 

 Ephippiphora Brunnichana, while on the trunks of 

 trees and hidden among the heather Pcedisca corticana 

 occurs. 



Among the tansy (Tanacetum vulgar e) Bier or am- 

 pha sequana occurs, while among sycamores we shall 

 find the pretty Stigmonota Trauniana, and Penthina 

 Betuletana among birches; among the brambles we 

 shall find Notocelia Udmanniana, while on the 

 sandy bank (among Hypericum perforatum) Catop- 

 tria Hypericana may be found ; and Catoptria Al- 

 bersana occurs among honeysuckle at " West Wick- 

 ham ;" Catoptria Hohemvorthiana among thistles, 

 and C. pupillana on the coast among the sea worm- 

 wood. 



Now there are a great number of insects that do not 

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