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disappointed. For some three weeks I saw the sun rise each 

 morning as I was returning home, having been out all night. 

 Papilio tnachaon is common, flying slowly about and fond of 

 resting on the flowers of the ragged robin ; and in early 

 morning hyria aurora ria the purple bordered gold, is seen 

 flitting over the shortest herbage. But it was at night that I 

 worked the hardest. At dusk, round the swallow bushes, 

 Lobophora sexalisata, the small seraphim, would fly rapidly. 

 Lithosia niuscerda, the pearl footman, found, I believe, only in 

 Norfolk, is common in company with L. griseola, the dun 

 footman, and its variety, Strainineda, the straw footman, and 

 at the blossom of the yellow iris, Chcerocampa Elpenor, would 

 be seen hovering. Noiiagria despecta, the lineated wainscot, 

 was to be seen in myriads, together with Scoparia pallida 

 and Nudaria senex, the scarce muslin. Round the bushes 

 hovered Epione apiciaria, the bordered beauty, and Cidaria 

 pyraliata, the straw spinach moth. 



In long grass Acidalia imniutata, the lesser cream wave, and 

 Pliibalapteryx lignata, the oblique striped carpet, may be walked 

 up. Senta ulvce, the silky wainscot, occurs in all its various 

 forms, the plain, striated, the two spotted, and the rare dark 

 lined form, called Wisinariensis. In the shoots of the reeds 

 the larvae of Lcucania phragiiiitidis, a white larva with 

 chocolate coloured blotches, are found, inside the upper portions 

 of the reeds, the larvae of Nonagria neurica, a pale rosy larva 

 much attenuated, as all the Nonagria larvae are. In the lower 

 parts and roots of the reeds feed the larvae o{ Nonagria Intosa, 

 and the larvae of Chilo Phragmitellus. On the leaves of the 

 reeds feed larvae oi Lcucania straniijiea and Lencania pallois. 

 The reed therefore has many enemies among the lepidoptera 

 alone, and I have by no means exhausted the list. The 

 stems of reed mace, are mined by larvae of Nonagria 

 Typlice and Cannae, the reed moth. It is easy to dis- 

 tinguish the pupae of the two species, as the chrysalis of 

 Typhoe has its head downwards, whilst that of Cannce is 

 upwards. One of the greatest rarities in those days was 

 Nonagria brevilinea or Fenn's Wainscot — named after the 

 gentleman who first took a specimen of this species. In my 

 opinion this species has been placed in the wrong genus, and 

 should be placed as a Lcucania. Its structure is certainly 

 more like that of Leucania, and its larva is an external feeder, 

 whereas the larvae of the NonagricB are internal feeders. 

 I shall never forget taking my first specimen ; it was worn, it 

 was jagged as regards its wings, but it was a veritable 

 brevilinea, and that was the only specimen I took my first 

 season. Subsequently by working the honey dewed sallows. 



