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and only separated by a twenty-foot dyke, known as Burwell 
Load. The moth may turn up again, and is always worth 
looking for. 
Amongst the most striking of our Geometers to be found 
at Wicken is Cidaria sagittata. The larve may be found on the 
seeds of the meadow rue in August, frequently in goodly numbers. 
The pretty Hyria auroraria is sometimes not uncommon, neither 
are the two “pugs,” Hupithecia subumbrata and LE. pygmeata. 
Wicken is a grand field for the student of the British 
Tortrices. Many are the local and rare species he may take 
there during a short summer holiday, either as imagines or in the 
larval condition. As an example I may mention Tortrix dumetana, 
T’. costana, Peronea hastiana, with some beautiful and curious 
varieties. The larvee of P. Shepherdana are found along with those 
of P. aspersana in rolled-up leaves of the meadow-sweet in June, 
and will repay the trouble spent upon collecting them. ‘The 
imagines of these species are found sitting upon the leaves of that 
plant commonly in August. Another local species is Dictyopteryx 
uliginosana, which is double-brooded, and appears in June and 
September. In June, also, may be found, but not commonly, 
Penthina carbonana, while Sericoris herbana is taken in July 
with S. micana and Phoxopteryx paludana in June and August, 
and many others. 
Of the plumes, Pterophorus bipunctidactylus, P. lithodactylus, 
P. microdactylus, and the very rare P. paludwm are represented. 
The latter is seldom taken, but is possibly overlooked, being 
a small and obscure species. — 
That large division of the Lepidoptera, the Tineina, is especially 
favoured at Wicken. Many rare and some new species may still, 
no doubt, be found. The genus Depressaria is rich in its members. 
The strikingly black and white Anesychia funerella is not known 
to occur elsewhere in this kingdom ; it is frequently found in some 
numbers. So conspicuous a lepidopteron must have greatly 
pleased its re-discoverers, Dr. Bree and Mr. Bond, when first found 
by them. The genus Gelechia will alone well occupy much of one’s 
time at Wicken, if we wish to succeed in obtaining a better know- 
ledge of its species. One has been latterly added to the British 
list from that fen, namely, Gelechia marosa. Other rarities 
to be found there are Laverna phragmitella, which feeds in 
the seed-heads of the reed-mace (Z'ypha latifolia). An interesting 
