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turned out to be H. luticomella. All the month of May was 
cold and cheerless, as was most of June. In the last week of 
the latter month I had the pleasure of a visit from Mr. Sang, of 
Darlington, who came specially to take Nemophora pilella. We 
fortunately had a little sunshine, which tempted us to try for this 
moth; but on arrival at the ground everything was saturated 
with wet, and we only took about eighteen specimens; we 
added, however, to our bag some two or three dozen Gelechia 
longicornis. 
My next ramble was to Carlisle in Whitsun-week, but the 
cold was very trying. I made two journeys to my old hunting- 
grounds near Arnthwaite, where I took in the two visits three 
moths, viz., one Coccyx distinctana, one Hupecilia nana, and one 
Tinea semirufella! Mr. Threlfall had told me where to find the 
larvee of Coleophora olivaceella, and with patient work I managed 
to take enough to breed a series. The rest of June was cold and 
windy, but I made a visit to Morecambe Bay for the larva of 
Plutella annulatella, but I had little success; the only moths I 
got were some splendid specimens of Eupecilia atricapitana. 
In July the weather improved. During the last week of 
June I went to Windermere, and went to work with a will to take 
Nepticula intimella, where I had noticed traces of it for the past 
twenty years. Lots of species of the genera Lithocolletis and 
Ornix were to be seen, but the specimens were generally in bad 
condition. Still, by working hard, I took an extraordinary 
number of species of these genera, and was pleased to find how 
long some of them remained out,—quite a fortnight,—perhaps 
on account of the superb weather we got during the time. 
I took eighteen species of Lithocolletis, the best being L. dis- 
tinctella, afew L. amyotella, L. kleemannella (mostly bred). Nepticula 
aucuparié remained out three weeks, and I took it in company 
with N. intimella, making up my series of a couple of dozens of 
the latter and four or five N. continuella. I have still many to 
determine, and possibly one new one. By sweeping the tops of 
the birches, sallows, and mountain-ash shrubs I got half a 
hundred Tinagma resplendella, though, oddly enough, I got 
hardly any off alder, though this was mixed closely up with the 
others. After rest and refreshment, for the heat was sometimes 
intense, | came upon some Hnnychia octomaculata. Finding a 
nice patch of golden-rod, I made search for Leioptilus osteo- 
