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costoselld larvae on the same plant produced much handsomer 

 moths than those of the common whin or furze. Our next try 

 was to find the larva of Spiloiiola amoenana {incariuitnna) on 

 the Rosa spinosissima : we saw our old friend Dictyopleryx 

 Berymauniaiia, which we recognised, and made out that we 

 had three species of To ;7r/.f larvae ; the other two species 

 produced one only of S. ai/ifviiana, and several S. roborana. 

 Our elbows being sore with lying on them, and our eyes full 

 of sand, and being starved into the bargain (this in June), in 

 order to stretch ourselves we went among the roclis to birds'- 

 nest: rock pipits and rock doves were there; but this game 

 was soon up, when we saw great patches of Cochlearia 

 hanging down in masses, and I told my energetic friend this 

 was the spot where I took some years ago the handsome Irish 

 form oi Pluiella anuulatella. He was not long before he was 

 up and throwing the plant down to me; but some of the 

 loose soft freestone giving way gave him a hint to be cautious. 

 We filled our bags and nets, too, with the plant. In the 

 meantime I tumbled one-half of mine away, expecting to find 

 the larva of Gelechia leucornelanella to fill its place; but no 

 such luck ; it would have been better to leave the plant on 

 the chance of P. anuulatella. But here is another mystery : 

 I beat over and over again the plants I had thrown out on to 

 a bare rock, and not a larva could be seen, nor yet any traces 

 of the seed being eaten. However, I tumbled the remaining 

 plants on to a newspaper in my breeding-room ; and next day 

 there were several fine full-fed larvae. They changed well on 

 the paper, and I bred over a score. The larvae must have 

 been buried over head in the seed-pods. This was the only 

 journey to Morecombe. 



Now we will pay a visit to Humphrey Head, a bold 

 promontory right opposite, about eleven miles across. 

 During the last week in June, the wind blowing as usual, we 

 kept wailing for fine weather, which never came. We had a 

 resolve always ready that we would go in spite of wind or 

 weather. At last it was dry for a few days, so off we set to 

 look for Coleophora salinella on a salt marsh, where 1 took 

 such a lot some years ago. We had to crawl on our hands 

 and knees, parting the grass to get as many as we did, viz. 

 about thirty each : this was two days' work. On the Saturday 

 night we went oh the rocks, hoping to take Barret Hi ; but no 

 such luck : we were starved off, and only got Eupilhecia 

 cou.strictata, Liydia ndustata, Sericorin littorana, and such 

 like, — a miserable catch fur the miserv in store lor us. We 



