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Fine evenings, from March to October, (and 

 indeed nearly throughout the year^) should be 

 devoted to moth'mg. 



" 'Tis on some evening, sunny, grateful, mild, 



Vv'hen nought but balm is breathing through the woods, 



With yellow lustre bright, that the new tribes 



Visit the spacious heavens, and look abroad 



On Nature's common, far as they can see, 



Or wing their range and pasture." 



Although some species of moths fly by day, or 

 in the afternoon, yet by far the greater number 

 begin to fly tovt^ards sun set, and continue to fly 

 to a very late hour. Indeed^ it is most probable 

 that many fly all night, as some species have 

 been taken so late as twelve o'clock, and others, 

 at the very earliest dawn : 



" before the powerful king of day, 



Rejoices in the East." 



When the air is very serene, the skirts of 

 woods, marshes, banks of rivers, and meadows, 

 near hedges, will be found the best situations ; 

 but if windy, lanes in woods, and sheltered 



