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Stocked with both big and little boxes, as I saw Eri^bia 

 Blandina were stretching themselves, quite limp and in such 

 splendid order that I could not help taking a nice series: 

 one, with a pale yellow patch instead of the brown in the 

 upper wing. Now comes a clap of thunder; all goes dark 

 around, and I had to begin to look for a place of shelter. A 

 heavy shower; and then all is quite calm. Now the 

 moths are all alive, and so am I. Whilst sheltering I 

 was watching among some Rosa spinosissima, expecting 

 Spilonota amoenana to turn up. I was soon amongst 

 them, and boxed about a score. The day still keeping dark 

 1 found an old crab tree, I may say, full of Argyresthia 

 andereggiella ; I boxed eighty, as quickly as I could keep at 

 work, they were so easily seen on a dark day ; but when the 

 sun is bright you caunot see this silvery species at all. Next 

 I gave a thump at a young oak : a moth darts out to the 

 ground. I follow it, thinking it is a flight that I had not 

 seen for years: there it was — a splendid male Slilbia 

 anomala. It seeuied to know 1 was looking at it: up it got, 

 and made a dart over a stone wall ; but my net secured it. I 

 saw another, but lost it. Larentia olivata was in abundance, 

 but worn. 



Another visit, about the IQtli, I went to look for Lycceiia 

 corydon — to see it alive; but no luck. It used to abound 

 along with the Erebia Blandina, but noue have been seen 

 for years, I am inl'ormed. However, I look EpJnppiphora 

 signatana, Cleodora cylisella, and Gelecliia rliombella ; the 

 two latter first time in the north. Elachista adscilella was 

 in abundance. Altogether Arnside seemed to be the best 

 place for numbers that I had been at. 



Last year, a week later, when it was blowing a gale, Mr. 

 Threlfail and 1 found several Yponomeuta pluinbella sheltering 

 beneath a spindle tree ; and on the lop of Arnside Knot, in 

 a lir wood, some very fine dark Plutello cruciferella, a 

 queer place for a turnip feeder. By the way, a young friend 

 of mine took twelve Argyiinis Adippe and one Thecla 

 betulce one day, at Arnside. 



The junipers in this district grow to twelve feel high, 

 and are capital shelter for moths. There were plenty of 

 Argyresthia aurnleiitella and some Corisciiim cuciilipe/t- 

 nella. The fine fir \viaods, also, will no doubt yield well 

 with a good season. 



(To be continued.) 



