THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Vou. XIX.] OCTOBER, 1886. [No. 281. 
ENTOMOLOGY IN NORTH LANCASHIRE. 
By J. ARKLE. 
Tue result of some cogitation as to where I should spend the 
last two weeks of a July holiday was to find myself a temporary 
resident in the little town of Morecambe. To North-country 
entomologists especially it may be interesting to know my 
experience of this neighbourhood, so rich in insect life. My 
captures were by no means extraordinary, but they are worth 
recording, as evidence of what may be done in North Lancashire, 
even under climatic conditions the reverse of favourable. I was 
fortunate in obtaining an introduction to Mr. H. Murray, of 
Morecambe and Carnforth, whose splendid collection afforded me 
so much pleasure, and whose kind directions and personal 
guidance resulted in most enjoyable excursions amongst the local 
Lepidoptera. To begin with, I will take Heysham Moss, a peat- 
moss covered with heath and fern, bog-myrtle and_ willow, 
situated along the shore, some three or four miles south of 
Morecambe. We take the turnpike-road for a mile and a half, 
pass the ‘Cumberland View’ Inn, turn down the first lane on 
the left, then the first on the right to a farmhouse where 
permission is given to cross a field or two between us and the 
Moss. On the willows past the homestead and still in the lane, 
we took larve of Dicranura vinula, while, hanging from the 
nettles, were pupe of Vanessa urtice. A few captures were 
made here of Hpinephele tithonus, while E. ianira, Pieris rape, 
and Lycena icarus were sporting around, and, as a rule, allowed 
ENTOM.—OCT., 1886. Q1 
