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margin of the hills to the west of the village; these are favourite 

 resorts during summer, and are very prolific in moths, but for the 

 present we will pass them. Having done so, we will turn at 

 right angles, and go between two little hills into a rather extensive 

 valley, well grown with the dwarf silky willow. Here may now 

 be found fine larvae of Orgyia fasceliiia and hasiocampa quercus, and 

 young larvae of Lasiocampa trifolii. The main object of our present 

 walk, the Nyssia zonarla, may be also found here sleeping on the 

 willow twigs, or on any tuft of herbage growing near : this is a sluggish 

 insect in the day-time, and requires no skill to capture. In mild 

 weather it may be readily seen ; but when it is cold or windy, it creeps 

 into some corner on the sheltered side of a tuft of grass or carex, and 

 lies very close, it then requires to be more carefully looked for. 

 Sometimes this insect is plentiful here, and occasionally the apterous 

 females are more abundant than the males. We will now leave this 

 valley, and examine the short thick grass on the sunny slopes in quest 

 of the cocoons of Lasiocampa riibi and Phragmatobiafidif/inosa; the 

 former is a long, slight, semilunar cocoon, and is often spun in those 

 places where the burnet-leaved rose is freely mixed with the grass, and 

 has one end near the ground, whilst the other often appears above the 

 herbage The second is also slight, but is of a roundish form, and may 

 be mistaken for a spider's nest : both require to be looked for closely. 

 This spot may be frequented throughout May and June in pursuit of 

 Harpalyce galiarla and Lozugranuna Uneolaria ; it also produces 

 several beautiful little Pyrales, which flit swiftly amongst the roses 

 whilst the sun is shining, and require a quick eye, close attention, and 

 sharp practice to catch them : these are Bhodaria sanguinalis, Pyrausta 

 cingulalis, P. purpuralis, and P. ostrinalls. 



Our next ramble will be early in June, not to any particular spot, but 

 to beat the banks wherever any suitable ones occur. The bare banks 

 are frequently crested with dead vegetable matter, tufts of which lie 

 scattered on the slopes. Numbers of moths resort to these for their 

 daily concealment and sleep, and may be readily shaken out. If the 

 sand is cool when the insects are shaken upon it, they will generally 

 remain there until secured ; but should it be hot through the action of 

 the sun, they will fly directly away, and then it is almost useless to run 

 after them as they generally escape. Lupernia infe^ta, L. albicoloii, 

 S/jfdotis pracox, and many athers may be taken in this way. The 

 melhod of attracting Noctum by means of syrup composed of honey, 

 sugar or treacle, and rum, is practised with great advantage. This 

 mixture should be daubed in small patches on the trunks of trees, 

 where these are met with near the sandhills, on posts, or any other 

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