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was a better sort of a fellow ; and his master and I being 

 good friends 1 made the most of it, and took a fine series of 

 Ephippiphora Pjiugiana {sciitnlana), a lot of Depressaria 

 hypericeUa {(he first time I ever met with it), several Gelecliia 

 acuinuialella, Eupcecilia maculosana, Lampronia riihieUa, 

 &c., and one fine Cidaria silaceala. The walls in this 

 district are built entirely of stones, full of fossils. 



During the first week in June, the weather bitterly cold, 

 Mr. Threlfall and I could find no moths at Witherslack 

 worth looking after, so we went to Whitbarrow. About three 

 miles from the inn we first turned into a large larch 

 plantation, and found some larvjB of Spilonoia lariciana and 

 PoecUsca occidtana. Then on the way, amongst the stems of 

 Eapatorium cainiabinnm, we found the larva and pupa of 

 Pterophorns niicrodactyltis, and the twisted ox-eyes yielded 

 larvae of Dicrorampha cottsor/a/ia. At the base of the rocks, 

 on the wild marjoram, were the larvae of Coleophora albitar- 

 sella; from the stunted blackthorn we tried hard to dislodge 

 the larva; of R/iodop/icea niarmorella, by no means an easy 

 job : you must make up your mind that your umbrella will 

 have to be carried home all to tatters and limbs broken, 

 or thrown away as not worth mending. We did not get over 

 a score in two or three hours, until I met with a whitethorn 

 tree under the crags, with a lot of sheep's-wool on it. As 

 soon as 1 could get my remnant of an umbrella to open, as a 

 last try, for the wind was blowing a gale, I gave a bough a 

 sudden knock, and then stood in amazement. I counted 

 up to fifty, and still there were more to count. I tried 

 again, after partly picking the last lot, and got quite a 

 hundred off this one bush. Close by was a buckthorn tree ; 

 I put some branches in a bag, and bred quite two hundred 

 Laverna rhamiiiella from them. Next 1 turned to Ephippi- 

 phora sigualana larvae, on the sloe, but found them very 

 scarce, only breeding about a dozen specimens, and a few 

 HemUhea thymiaria, and a small dark Coleophora^ off the 

 same leaves. On the Lychnis dioica we found a lot of larvae 

 of Gelecliia viscariella. As to mothing we were glad to stay 

 in ; at least I would not stir ; but my friend turned out with 

 his lamp, anxious to get Depressaria pallorella, but in vain ; 

 he always brought in a good supply of Depressaria arenella 

 and D. applanella. Even the larvae of Eupithecia sohrinala 

 were scarce, and only one Thera simulata ; and of 

 Aryyresthia arceuihinella, only odd ones were out; so this 

 out was made the lu^st of. 



