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scores of bushes, only to dislodge an odd one now and then, 

 and these were no sooner in the umbrella than they were 

 blown out again. However, by " pegging" at it, I found odd 

 bushes in sheltered corners that yielded as many as I 

 cared for. The same occurred with Macrocliila marginella 

 the worst, scrubbiest bushes yielded most. Nothing else 

 turned out, only odd Zelleria hepariella ; and on the grass 

 beneath, a little white speck now and then was seen ; these 

 were the little delicate Elachista triseriatella at rest, a 

 perfect little ermine (Yponomeuia) in the markings and 

 general appearance. 



I now paid a visit to our marshes for Cramhus contami- 

 nellus, from the last week in July to end of the first week in 

 August, and only got twenty-eight specimens — about one 

 evening's work. There was one remarkable circumstance 

 some years since : every veneer 1 took was C. contaminellns ; 

 now the same place yields twenty of the common C. tristellus 

 to one of the former. The Crambidce begin to fly about nine 

 o'clock in the evening most freely, and long after dark, in 

 the bare marshes. One seldom gets a calm night. I had one 

 only, and then I met with twenty-four specimens of an 

 Elachista(t), which 1 think will want a name. It is identical 

 with specimens 1 took at Howth, and near Fleetwood, some 

 years ago. 1 hope to breed it, as I have now the larvaj 

 feeding. The same night a light Tortrix flew past me ; it 

 was too dark to see what it was, but 1 felt pretty sure it was 

 Eupoecilia manniava. 1 was anxious to settle when I got 

 home whether 1 had the prize or not : however it turned up 

 a pretty fair male E. manniana. This was quite five weeks 

 late. 



1 found moths scarce everywhere, so I set off to Arnside, a 

 nice little village on the opposite side of Morecambe Bay to 

 Grange, a place in which I had never collected, to enjoy 

 myself and prospect about, and be for once a prospective 

 idler, so that when good moth times come again I should 

 know the country. 1 mounted the hill behind the village 

 and hit a yew tree, and out flew EiipilJiecia sohrinata, I 

 might sav by the dozen ; they were so abundant that I 

 ceased to hit either the yews or the juniper; they were such 

 a pest, quite a contrast to the opposite, Witherslack, side. 

 The sun came out ; and here was flying freely Aivpliysa 

 qerniuyana, and Peronea aspersaua in profusion. I had my 

 net in my pocket (never without), and a few scores of boxes 

 that were soon filled. A couple of days later I went well 



