78 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
evening at dusk. Far from these it seldom, if ever, strayed. 
Leucania turca, Nola strigula, Epunda nigra, Xanthia aurago, and 
Hadena contigua are among the species to be taken at sugar; and 
Calligenia miniata is common about Little Holm Hill. I once 
took in this wood a solitary specimen of Minoa euphorbiata. 
Among the heather and furze in and about the newly enclosed 
part you may look out for Chelona plantaginis and C. villica. 
(To be continued.) 
OH GY LA ~~ Cig NO Sea. 
By F. D. WHEELER. 
I was interested by observing some time ago, in the 
‘Entomologist,’ an article by Mr. T. Hedle on the disappearance 
‘of this species from Wicken Fen, shortly followed by a notice of 
its capture there this season by Mr. G. T. Porritt. Mr. Hedle 
attributes its scarcity to the floods of the winter 1875-6, in 
which I cannot agree with him; but before entering into these 
surmises, perhaps it may interest some collectors to whom the 
fens are ‘‘terra incognita,” if'I give a short sketch of my 
acquaintance with this insect. 
I first visited Wicken Fen in 1872, when I had somehow 
acquired the notion that Macrogaster arundinis was a thing of the 
past, and Orgyia cenosa almost so. This was confirmed to some 
extent by the fen-men, who told me they could no longer obtain 
larvee or pup of the latter, though the former was occasionally 
met with as an extreme rarity. That season I was not fortunate 
enough to secure either, but in 1873 I first formed acquaintance 
with both by means of the “attracting lamp,’—a method of 
collecting which for fen-work simply eclipses all others. 
Cenosa first occurred on July 25th, 1873, and on the night of — 
July 28th, as many as ten specimens came to the lamp. In all, 
upwards of fifty fell to my net that season, all male, of course, 
though my friend Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher took one female at rest. 
They flew between about 11 p.m. and 2 a.m., greatly resembling 
Liparis auriflua on the wing, but with a softer flight, and were 
easily netted. Next year (1874) I was staying throughout the 
months of July and August within six miles of Wicken Fen, and 
visited the ground regularly every other night. The weather was 
